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The young stars thriving in Europe's top 5 leagues

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The young stars thriving in Europe's top 5 leagues With the onus on youngsters, there are number of players aged 21 and under in Europe’s top five leagues this season impressing. Here, using our unique rating system, we run through the best U21 team of the season so far.Paul Bernardoni - Nimes (6.94 rating)Nimes have made a solid start to the ...

Ligue 1 round-up: Nantes end winless run in emphatic fashion

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Ligue 1 round-up: Nantes end winless run in emphatic fashion Nantes brought their five-match winless run to an abrupt end with a resounding 4-0 win over Toulouse to leapfrog Monaco into the relegation playoff spot. Toulouse’s winless run now stands at six matches after the heavy defeat in a week that saw PSG maintain their 100% start to the league seaso...

Scout Report: Ibrahim Sangare - Ligue 1’s next midfield colossus

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Scout Report: Ibrahim Sangare - Ligue 1’s next midfield colossus It’s fair to say that France’s top tier produces a number of top young stars in the making, some of whom go onto greatness while others fall short of expectations.It’s always a playground packed with midfield talent, and that was certainly the case at Toulouse around the turn of th...

Lyon dominate WhoScored’s Ligue 1 team of the month

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Lyon dominate WhoScored’s Ligue 1 team of the month October was a pivotal month for Lyon as they secured 10 points from a possible 12 available to rise to third in table. Having been held by Angers, they then went on to brush defending champions Monaco, Troyes and Metz aside. As such, it’s no surprise to see them with four representatives in ou...

The Expert: Sharp-shooting Delort lifts Toulouse ambitions

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The Expert: Sharp-shooting Delort lifts Toulouse ambitions “You’re going to have a few headaches with Andy.” It’s not the sort of line that you expect from an agent speaking to the head coach of his client’s new club, but that’s exactly what Toulouse boss Pascal Dupraz heard down the line when he took a call from Jean-Chr...

Top 10: Europe's best teams at holding onto winning positions

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Top 10: Europe's best teams at holding onto winning positions The ability to manage a game once you have taken the lead can be difference between winning a title or falling short and securing survival or being condemned to relegation. It’s something that some pride themselves on, with Jose Mourinho perhaps the most famous example of a manager that has be...

Revived Toulouse Down But Not Out

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Revived Toulouse Down But Not Out It was a beginning in keeping with Toulouse’s sorry season. When Pascal Dupraz was appointed as coach to replace Dominique Arribagé, it seemed like president Olivier Sadran was already planning for life in Ligue 2. Arribagé’s side had just been beaten at home in the worst p...

League Focus: Relegation Battle Warms Up French Winter

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League Focus: Relegation Battle Warms Up French Winter One of the most curious, and most-quoted, statistics of the first half of the Ligue 1 season was a by-product of Paris Saint-Germain’s growing dominance of French football. Going into Christmas, second-placed Monaco were closer to the bottom three (13 points away) than they were to Laurent Bla...

Team Focus: Monaco’s Squad Depth Already in Question

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Team Focus: Monaco’s Squad Depth Already in Question Many different tags have been applied to Monaco since the club changed tack in terms of recruitment, post-James Rodriguez and Radamel Falcao. They’ve been described as the new Porto, and one of the most exciting young teams in Europe. Yet after Saturday’s limp draw at Toulouse, coach Leo...

League Focus: Relegation Battle Tightens on Ligue 1’s Binary Sunday

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League Focus: Relegation Battle Tightens on Ligue 1’s Binary Sunday 1-0, 1-0, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1, 0-0. The Sunday afternoon multiplex in Ligue 1 might have looked unappetising viewing on paper – with the final five being played simultaneously, after the Saturday schedule was cleared for the Coupe de la Ligue final – but there was no shortage of tension.At the...