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Marvellous Maxwell Compromising Fekir and Valbuena Euro Chances

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Apr 11 2016 10:55
Marvellous Maxwell Compromising Fekir and Valbuena Euro Chances “It was, without a doubt, one of my most difficult weeks in terms of choice.” Bruno Genesio thought long and hard before finalising his Lyon team for Friday night’s trip to Montpellier. The coach’s decision revolved around one position in particular. Maxwell Cornet had been r...
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Match Focus: Lyon Finally Step Up On Historic Night

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 9 2015 16:30
Match Focus: Lyon Finally Step Up On Historic Night His 150th appearance in Ligue 1. The final derby between Olympique Lyonnais and Saint Etienne at Stade de Gerland. Never let it be said that Alexandre Lacazette has anything less than a perfect sense of timing. “I lived out a dream,” the Lyon striker said after hitting the hat-trick whic...
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Player Focus: Returning Playmakers Can Light Up Ligue 1

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Aug 17 2015 12:10
Player Focus: Returning Playmakers Can Light Up Ligue 1 If there is a sense of a talent drain from Ligue 1 - at least from middle-ranking clubs like Nantes and Lorient - in the face of the Premier League’s riches, then the return of some familiar faces is providing a welcome counterbalance to that. This week, Mathieu Valbuena completed his return t...
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Player Focus: Playmaker Payet Takes Over the Creative Reins at Marseille

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Nov 26 2014 16:00
Player Focus: Playmaker Payet Takes Over the Creative Reins at Marseille After an impressive World Cup, one would have expected Marseille to fight tooth and nail to keep hold of Mathieu Valbuena. The pint-sized playmaker ranked among the 25 highest-rated players according to WhoScored (7.56) at Brazil 2014, so his departure to Russia for Dinamo Moscow was somewhat of a s...
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Team Focus: Dinamo Striking the Balance Between Defence & Attack

by Domm Norris at Wednesday, Sep 10 2014 14:08
Team Focus: Dinamo Striking the Balance Between Defence & Attack Money - a word that has seemingly become synonymous with Russian football in the 21st century. Roman Abramovich’s takeover of Chelsea popularised the idea of mega rich Russian oligarchs taking a football club from mediocrity to the pinnacle of European football. Since that point, the likes of ...
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Team Focus: France Finding the Formula to Forget Ribéry

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Sep 8 2014 16:55
Team Focus: France Finding the Formula to Forget Ribéry The dust is only just settling on the international retirement of Franck Ribéry, and it will continue to wag French tongues for a while yet. “I don’t understand him,” UEFA president Michel Platini told Bild am Sonntag in an interview published this weekend. “He’s...
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Team Focus: France's Strength in Depth Can Lead Them to Glory

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Jul 3 2014 16:00
Team Focus: France's Strength in Depth Can Lead Them to Glory A little over 4 years ago, France’s World Cup hopes were left in tatters. The players refused to train after Nicolas Anelka was sent home following a row with head coach Raymond Domench, culminating inLes Bleus crashing out at the group stages of South Africa 2010. In the aftermath of the Worl...
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Team Focus: Marseille Give Bielsa Reason to Dream

by Andy Brassell at Tuesday, May 6 2014 14:21
Team Focus: Marseille Give Bielsa Reason to Dream One could never suggest Olympique de Marseille are ever in a state of calm, but they certainly felt more themselves on Sunday night as they celebrated a period of damaging uncertainty coming to an end. As Marseille and Lyon took the field, a banner displaying the words “El Loco – Haznos ...
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Player Focus: Valbuena Continues to be the Centre of Attention

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Sep 30 2013 12:27
Player Focus: Valbuena Continues to be the Centre of Attention It’s never too late to break away from a stereotype. Mathieu Valbuena should know, having been the butt of rubbish jokes about his size and – more importantly – miscast as a winger for too long. Le Petit Vélo has had his share of knockbacks down the years, from being shown t...
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Player Focus: Europe's Most Creative Players This Season

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Sep 6 2013 10:30
Player Focus: Europe's Most Creative Players This Season Cesc Fábregas - a name that Manchester United fans will want to quickly forget. The Spaniard was heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford this summer, only for the midfielder to remain at Camp Nou on the back of Thiago Alcántara’s departure to Bayern Munich. Having attempted to...
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