Posts Tagged ‘ligue 1’

One 2 Watch – Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa 4

One 2 Watch – Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa

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This week we feature Montpellier full-back Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa. The Frenchman has come on leaps and bounds since making the move into the starting eleven while in Ligue 2. This season, Yanga-M’Biwa was linked with a move to Arsenal but remains at Montpellier as they take part in the Europa League.

Ligue 1 kick-off: 5 days and countin’ 3

Ligue 1 kick-off: 5 days and countin’

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France is getting ready for the start of the 2010-2011 Ligue 1 Orange season, and fans are eager to see if their team can battle for Olympique de Marseille’s crown. In this article, Etienne Michon takes a look at the biggest transfer moves and analyze more deeply the strength and weaknesses of the major teams.

Ligue 1 Season Preview 2009/10 1

Ligue 1 Season Preview 2009/10

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With a lot of talking point in French football this summer, Niall Farrell gives his insight in to the new Ligue 1 campaign. Of the ‘big 5’ leagues last year (the top 5 UEFA leagues, based on coefficient – that’s the EPL, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 respectively), the French Ligue 1 [...]

Big Fish, Little Fish 1

Big Fish, Little Fish

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Timing is everything. A perfect photo or a blurred mess, a hilarious joke or a fluffed gag, a defence-splitting pass or a ball bobbling hopelessly over the sideline. Such things depend on fractions of seconds, intervals so short the mind can’t contemplate. It is not a matter of technique nor of application; it is an [...]