Lyon 1-1 Bordeaux Player Ratings- Laurent Koscielny stars for Girondins

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Here are the player ratings for Lyon’s 1-1 draw at home against Bordeaux from noted French newspaper L’Equipe. OL took the lead through Memphis Depay, but had Thiago Mendes sent off shortly after the hour mark, and Bordeaux responded through Jimmy Briand’s 67th minute effort.

A game to forget for OL’s Thiago and Cornet, but former Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny stood out in this game with his 7/10.

A disappointing way to end the month for OL after the blistering start they had made with wins over Monaco and Angers, and the 52,327 spectators in the stadium would’ve perhaps felt the same.

Lyon vs Bordeaux Player Ratings L'Equipe

Predicted Lineups for Metz vs PSG from the French papers- No Neymar for Paris SG

Here are the predicted lineups for Metz vs PSG from French newspapers L’Equipe and Le Parisien. Both media outlets have the same players in their XI bar one- L’Equipe thinks Thomas Meunier will start, while Le Parisien reckons Tuchel will start Leandro Paredes.

Either way, there’ll be no Neymar Jr (he’s not in the official travelling group)

Potential Lineups Metz PSG

Le Parisien Predicted Lineups Metz PSG

PSG Group to Travel to Metz

Who are the French clubs playing in the group stages of the Champions League?

There will be three French clubs in the group stages of the Champions League this season, and based on today’s draw, all three stand decent chances of qualifying for the knockout stages. PSG are obviously the most fancied to progress, but both Lyon and Lille, with some enterprising play, could easily find themselves in the Round of 16 too.

PSG’s group opponents: Group A with Real Madrid, Brugge and Galatasaray

OL group opponents: Group G with Zenit, Benfica and Leipzig

LOSC group opponents: Group H with Chelsea, Valencia and Ajax.

PSG Group A Champions League 19-20

Lyon Group G Continue reading

Deschamps announces France squad for September European qualifiers ; Umtiti & Lacazette dropped

World champions France have released their squad for their upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Albania and Andorra. Despite several key players like Kylian Mbappe and N’Golo Kante injured and others like Samuel Umtiti and Alexandre Lacazette not chosen, this still remains a strong French squad.

France Squad Continue reading

Ligue 1 returns- Predicted lineups for Monaco vs Lyon (ASM OL)

Ligue 1 returns tonight (and so does the Premier League across the Channel!) as Monaco host Olympique Lyonnais. The result of this game however isn’t as predictable as Liverpool v Norwich, where the only question appears to be the margin that the Reds will win by. ASM have won their last two league games at home against OL 2-0 and 3-2 respectively.

Monaco had a better pre-season than Lyon- ASM beat the likes of Valencia, Porto and Sampdoria, while OL had to be content with their Emirates Cup win over Arsenal.

Here are the predicted lineups for the game as per the French press (4-3-3 on both sides)

predicted lineups for monaco vs lyon 2019