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WhoScored All Star Team of the Week - Week 1

by Paul McKinnon at Jumatatu, Ago 15 2011 16:16
WhoScored All Star Team of the Week - Week 1 In our regular Monday afternoon article of the new season, we take a look at the top-rated XI from Europe’s top five leagues over the previous weekend. Some team performances really stood out and contribute to our line-up; Montpellier’s shock 1-0 win at Ligue 1 champions Lille sees two o...
Categories: Player Focus

Giroud Stuns the Metropole into Silence

by Andrew Gibney at Jumatatu, Ago 15 2011 11:43
Giroud Stuns the Metropole into Silence After the 1-1 draw away at AS Nancy the Champions Lille returned north for their first home game of the new season. Montpellier, under Rene Girard, decided to spoil their homecoming party; after holding off Lille’s attacking threat it was left to Olivier Giroud to stun the Stade Lille Metropol...

Lyon 1-1 Ajaccio Post Match Analysis

by Andrew Gibney at Jumapili, Ago 14 2011 15:08
Lyon 1-1 Ajaccio Post Match Analysis After the disappointed of last week new boys AC Ajaccio picked up their first point of the season quite surprisingly against Olympique Lyonnais. Although Lyon controlled the game with 69% possession and 11 more shots it was Ajaccio that took the lead through Frederic Sammaritano after 59 minutes. Ly...

WhoScored.com's France National Dream Team XI

by Andrew Gibney at Jumatano, Ago 10 2011 12:06
WhoScored.com's France National Dream Team XI Laurent Blanc leads his France side to Montpellier to take on an exciting Chile side, that reached the quarterfinals of the Copa America, in a friendly on Wednesday night. Under his guidance Blanc has tried to mix the experienced internationals with some of Ligue 1’s most talented players incl...
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PSG 0 - 1 Lorient Match Report

by Andrew Gibney at Jumapili, Ago 7 2011 10:39
Saturday night saw the eyes of the world focused on the European capital of love. Although Christian Gourcuff’s Lorient side had no plans on showing PSG any act of kindness. New signing Julien Quercia silenced the Parc des Princes after 28 minutes when Yann Jouffre’s free-kick made it al...

Lille Fail to Make Possession Pay at Nancy

by Paul McKinnon at Jumapili, Ago 7 2011 10:08
Lille Fail to Make Possession Pay at Nancy Rudi Garcia’s Lille opened the defence of their Ligue 1 title with a disappointing 1-1 draw at Nancy last night. After losing key figures such as Gervinho and Yohan Cabaye in the summer, the champions were keen to follow up an away record that saw them lose just three times on the road last se...

Ones to Watch this Weekend: European League Picks

by Martin Laurence at Alhamisi, Ago 4 2011 13:59
Dortmund vs Hamburger SVFriday 5th August - 19:30Reigning Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund begin the new German campaign in style with a mouth-watering home tie with Hamburg, who finished last season in 8th.This fixture has seen the home side, be it Dortmund or Hamburg, win 4 of their last 6, ...

Ligue 1’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Jumatatu, Ago 1 2011 09:26
Ligue 1’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11 Our final article in the series focusing on attacking full-backs sees us take a look at Ligue 1. Benoît Trémoulinas of Bordeaux heads our list while Rod Fanni, Marseille’s mid-season purchase from Rennes, is the only player amongst the top six teams to find his way in our selectio...
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The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe

by Martin Laurence at Ijumaa, Jul 29 2011 16:43
The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe As a round-up of WhoScored.com's feature on Europe's best attacking wingers from each of the top 5 divisions, we have collated the leading 5 players per category based on crossing and dribbling levels from each of the leagues, with some interesting conclusions to be drawn.As a reminder, all players ...
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Ligue 1's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Jul 27 2011 13:55
Ligue 1's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution In the reverse of our feature studying the world's leading wingers for their attacking threat from wide, we continue our look at the leading players in the same positions for their defensive contribution to their respective sides, with our penultimate episode focussing on Ligue 1. All figures shown ...
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