NICE – 2 (Delort 51, Boudaoui 73) Walter Benítez, 7 – Not much he could do about the goals but made two important interventions, one a flying hand to halt a Ben Yedder headed cross which may have been sneaking in and another to prevent Boadu from scoring when one-on-one at 2-2. Jordan Lotomba, 4 Read more about Player Ratings | Nice 2-2 Monaco, Andy Delort and Amine Gouiri drag Nice to a point[…]

Nice-Matin report today that the prosecutor against the fan that kicked Dimitri Payet during the Nice-Marseille crowd trouble has called for a five-year stadium ban and six-month prison sentence against 29-year-old man. The fan, named as Tony C., appeared in court this Wednesday before the Nice magistrates’ court along with his lawyer. The final deliberation will Read more about Prosecutor calls for five-year stadium ban for Nice fan who attacked Dimitri Payet[…]

This feature is the latest in our series looking at the top 20 hottest properties in Ligue 1; those players to keep an eye on this season and who are most likely to feature heavily in the 2022 summer transfer window. Look out for number 15 tomorrow and follow the run down in full here Read more about 20 Transfer Targets for 2022 | 16th: Etienne Green (Saint-Étienne)[…]

L’Équipe report that Ligue 1 authorities’ disciplinary commission has given its verdict on the various incidents of crowd trouble across the country in the last few weeks, with Lille, Lens and Marseille all being handed a suspended one-point deduction. In particular, the sanctions concern the pitch invasion during the Derby du Nord between Lens and Lille Read more about Marseille, Lille and Lens handed suspended point deduction for fan incidents[…]

This feature is the latest in our series looking at the top 20 hottest properties in Ligue 1; those players to keep an eye on this season and who are most likely to feature heavily in the 2022 summer transfer window. Look out for number 12 tomorrow and follow the run down in full here Read more about SERIES | Top 20 Transfer Targets for 2022 – 13th: Jonathan David (Lille)[…]

This feature is the latest in our series looking at the top 20 hottest properties in Ligue 1; those players to keep an eye on this season and who are most likely to feature heavily in the 2022 summer transfer window. Look out for 7th place tomorrow and follow the run down in full here Read more about SERIES | Top 20 Transfer Targets for 2022 – 8th: Renato Sanches (Lille)[…]

L’Équipe via La Montagne report today that Clermont striker Mohamed Bayo was yesterday taken into police custody after being involved in a road accident on his way to a wedding. The 23-year-old reportedly drove past a red traffic light in a rental car and collided with another vehicle. The forward was said to have been Read more about Clermont striker placed under police custody following road accident[…]

CLERMONT – 0 Arthur Desmas, 7 – Not too much he could do about the goal but made two important saves one-on-one, one from Dieng and another from Ünder. Akim Zedadka, 5 Cédric Hountondji, 5 Florent Ogier, 5 Vital N’Simba, 4 Jonathan Iglesias, 3 – A little out of his depth against Guendouzi and Kamara Read more about PLAYER RATINGS | Clermont 0-1 Marseille, a professional OM display without Payet and Milik proves sufficient[…]

BORDEAUX – 2 (Elis 78, Niang 92) Benoît Costil, 5 Enock Kwateng, 4 Stian Gregersen, 4 Laurent Koscielny, 5 – He did make a timely block on Mbappé in the first half but his odd charge out of defence also left a big hole for Wijnaldum and Mbappé to score the third. Ricardo Mangas, 5 Read more about PLAYER RATINGS | Bordeaux 2-3 PSG, a ruthless first hour from PSG and Neymar’s brilliance beats Bordeaux[…]

Facing the press after the 4-1 defeat to Rennes, Lyon manager Peter Bosz broke down the reasons for his team’s catastrophic performance. His words transribed in L’Équipe, the coach insisted that Bruno Génésio’s men deserved credit, but that no tactical reasoning could explain how “badly” his team played. “It’s a good thing it was only 1-0 Read more about Peter Bosz on Lyon’s defeat to Rennes: “We were very bad, that’s it.”[…]