Match Focus: Lyon’s Growing Stamina Catches Out PSG
by Andy Brassell
at lunedì, set 22 2014 17:44
Three weeks, it turns out, is a long time in the life of Ligue 1. If somebody had told you at the start of the month that after Paris Saint-Germain’s meeting with Lyon, one team would be steeling themselves for a productive winter while the other would be questioning the very direction of thei...
Player Focus: Europe's Best Battling Defensive Midfielders
by Martin Laurence
at giovedì, gen 3 2013 16:21
The transfer window is now upon us and in a series of features scouting some of the top players in Europe thus far this season, we start with 10 of the best battling midfielders around.For those looking to add steel in central areas to their teams, you need look no further than the leaderboard here,...
Team Focus: Lyon's Midfield Changes
by Andrew Gibney
at giovedì, set 6 2012 12:36
It would be easy for the city of Lyon to have slumped into a fit of depression of late. Four games into the current season, Les Gones sit second in the table behind the impressive Marseille, however off the pitch it has been nothing but despair. No less than 11 first team players departed the Stade ...
Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage
by Martin Laurence
at venerdì, dic 30 2011 21:18
As we approach 2012 the only players in Europe's top 5 leagues who aren't enjoying the festive break are plying their trade in the Premier League, so in the meantime we analyse the best XIs at the halfway stage of the season elsewhere.First up we look across the channel at France's Ligue 1, where PS...
Eerie Similarities Make PSG-Lyon Clash Tough to Call
by Martin Laurence
at venerdì, set 30 2011 09:00
WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI - Gameweek 6
by Paul McKinnon
at mercoledì, set 21 2011 16:03
Lyon condemned Marseille to another defeat as they maintained their unbeaten record at the top of the Ligue 1 table. Valenciennes record their first win of the season with a home hammering of Gijon, PSG laboured to an away draw at Evian and Sochaux grabbed a valuable point at champions Lille. Nice a...
Maxime Gonalons - He Has Gon-A-Long Way
by Andrew Gibney
at domenica, set 11 2011 16:47
In the past fortnight it has been a very interesting time in the Rhone-Alps region of France. At Saint-Etienne mystery grew over the status of midfielder Steed Malbranque which ended with his contract being terminated and then over at their rivals Olympique Lyon it has been a busy week with the clos...