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Top Match Tips: The smart money on this week's biggest games

by Tancredi Palmeri at Ijumaa, Okt 14 2016 12:55
Top Match Tips: The smart money on this week's biggest games As club football resumes with a bang this weekend. Mario Balotelli will be looking to continue his renaissance against Lyon on Friday before Manchester United face Liverpool in the North-West derby on Monday. Wedged between those fixtures are Napoli and Roma in the Derby del Sole and the meeting of ...
Categories: WhoScored Tipster

Weekend Round-up Quiz - September 12th, 2016

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Sep 12 2016 11:46
Weekend Round-up Quiz - September 12th, 2016 There were, as ever, a number of big stories from the weekend's action across Europe. The Manchester derby saw Pep Guardiola improve his head-to-head record over Mourinho, Barcelona lost to promoted Alaves and Mario Balotelli scored twice on his debut for Ligue 1 outfit Nice. In this week's quiz we'...
Categories: WhoScored Quiz

Balotelli Hoping Lightning Strikes Twice in Nice

by Ben McAleer at Alhamisi, Sep 8 2016 10:55
Balotelli Hoping Lightning Strikes Twice in Nice In the hubbub of transfer deadline day, one of the more intriguing moves proved to be Mario Balotelli’s free switch to Nice. Liverpool willingly got the Italian off their books at the last possible opportunity and, after an unsuccessful loan spell back at AC Milan, the Reds were happy to cut t...
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Ligue 1 2015/16 Round-up - Can Anyone Compete With PSG?

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Mei 16 2016 17:10
Ligue 1 2015/16 Round-up - Can Anyone Compete With PSG? How do Paris Saint-Germain move on from Zlatan Ibrahimovic?He arrived with a bang, and left with one. Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s final game at the Parc des Princes on Saturday was spectacular, with the game stopped for an ovation in the 10th minute before he scored twice against Nantes to help take ...
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Player Focus: Should Hatem Ben Arfa go to Euro 2016?

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Jan 18 2016 17:30
Player Focus: Should Hatem Ben Arfa go to Euro 2016? Some things never change. As Hatem Ben Arfa responded to questions in the media area of the Allianz Riviera after his match winning performance on Friday night, the Nice midfielder was interrupted by a tap on the shoulder. It was from the hand of Saïd Chabane, the president of Angers, whose tea...
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Team Focus: Gazélec Ajaccio's Historic Moment is a Shock For On-fire Nice

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Okt 26 2015 11:06
Team Focus: Gazélec Ajaccio's Historic Moment is a Shock For On-fire Nice “N’attendez pas la pluie pour mouiller le maillot” - ‘don’t wait for the rain to get your shirt soaking wet’, says the banner behind the goal at Gazélec Ajaccio’s modest Stade Ange-Casanova. If Corsica can be climatically inhospitable at this time of ...
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Team Focus: Stylish Nice Once Again Shine on the Road

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Sep 21 2015 11:04
Team Focus: Stylish Nice Once Again Shine on the Road They may be separated by a 250km ferry ride, but when Nice and Bastia meet, it’s a derby. That is the feeling on both the Côte d’Azur and the northeastern coast of Corsica and accordingly, sparks tend to fly when the pair come together. After some unsavoury incidents surrounding re...
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Player Focus: Returning Playmakers Can Light Up Ligue 1

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Ago 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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League Focus: Relegation Battle Tightens on Ligue 1’s Binary Sunday

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Apr 13 2015 15:54
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...
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Player Focus: Astounding Amavi Continuing Steady Rise to Stardom

by Ben McAleer at Jumanne, Feb 24 2015 15:30
Player Focus: Astounding Amavi Continuing Steady Rise to Stardom Monaco may have secured the bragging rights following their 1-0 win at Nice in Friday’s Derby de la Côte d’Azur, but one player who deserved to exit the field with his head held high for Les Aiglons was young Jordan Amavi. Awarded the WhoScored man of the match award - his 5th of t...
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