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Team Focus: Gritty Girard Begins to Persuade Lille Doubters

by Andy Brassell at Jumanne, Okt 22 2013 12:20
Team Focus: Gritty Girard Begins to Persuade Lille Doubters As he returned to the Stade de la Mosson for the first time since he left Montpellier this summer, Lille coach René Girard was welcomed as you would expect the man who guided the locals to a first-ever Ligue 1 title to be. Fans brandished scarves bearing his name, the club’s administrat...
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Player Focus: Rio Mavuba (Lille)

by Andrew Gibney at Alhamisi, Sep 13 2012 12:09
Player Focus: Rio Mavuba (Lille) Football teams are made up of all different types of characters; you have your superstars, your tricky wingers, brave-heart defenders and penalty-box strikers. However, every team has a player that never gets the plaudits, will never make the front of magazines and fans don’t jump at the chanc...
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Player Focus: Joe Cole (Lille)

by Andrew Gibney at Jumatano, Apr 18 2012 11:19
Player Focus: Joe Cole (Lille) Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa could only watch as the ball flashed past him and into the net; the camera panned back to see Englishman Joe Cole with the widest smile we have seen all year. With one flick of his left boot he had put his team 2-0 up, bombarded by his over-joyed teammates it was t...
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Match Analysis: Lille & Udinese's Home Form Halted

by Paul McKinnon at Jumanne, Feb 14 2012 11:22
Match Analysis: Lille & Udinese's Home Form Halted WhoScored’s early-week round-up of those significant streaks that have ended in Europe’s top five leagues takes place in Ligue 1 and Serie A this week. In France, champions Lille lost at home for the first time in eleven matches, while Udinese’s unbeaten 2011/12 home record finally...

Player Focus: Will Lille Roux their Latest Signing?

by Andrew Gibney at Jumatano, Jan 25 2012 12:11
Player Focus: Will Lille Roux their Latest Signing? This January’s transfer window has been quite quiet en France. League leaders PSG have been linked with nearly everyone in the footballing world. Apart from defender Maxwell the main goal for Leonardo and co. was to equip Carlo Ancelotti with a new attacking option. David Beckham, Alexandre Pa...
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Match Analysis: AC Milan & Lille Streaks End

by Paul McKinnon at Jumanne, Jan 17 2012 13:54
Match Analysis: AC Milan & Lille Streaks End Milan tasted defeat at the San Siro for the first time this season as Inter made it six straight wins and climbed up to fifth in Serie A. A 2-0 loss at Marseille saw Lille beaten for the first time since early August as the champions dropped 7 points behind Carlo Ancelotti’s PSG at the top of ...

Troubles on Travels End Streaks for Levante, Dortmund & Lille

by Paul McKinnon at Jumanne, Nov 1 2011 12:48
Troubles on Travels End Streaks for Levante, Dortmund & Lille Normality was resumed in La Liga this weekend and with it, the early-season romance was somewhat gone. Levante’s unbeaten start to the season finally came crashing down at Osasuna and on hand to prosper were Real and Barca - victories against Sociedad and Mallorca leave the giants first and se...
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Player Focus: Hazard Perception Test

by Andrew Gibney at Ijumaa, Sep 30 2011 14:36
Player Focus: Hazard Perception Test You may not be able to tell by the recent heat-wave but September is drawing to a close and with eight games played in Ligue 1 the table is starting to take shape. PSG, Lyon, Rennes and Lille are in the top six and all four are likely to stay there for the rest of the season.Champions Lille have str...
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A Lille Less Conversation, a Lille More Action Please

by Andrew Gibney at Jumatano, Sep 14 2011 11:15
A Lille Less Conversation, a Lille More Action Please When Lille won Le Championnat last season it brought about a great amount of pressure and expectation onto the Champions. Before they even had time to celebrate their success many sceptics questioned how they could possibly follow up such a dominant season. Losing Gervinho, Yohan Cabaye and Adil Ram...
Categories: Player Focus | Team 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...