There will be five teams from France in the group stages of the Champions League and Europa League respectively. PSG seem to have a favourable CL group, drawn alongside Bayern, Anderlecht and Celtic in Group A. Monaco are in a slightly tougher group, but they will fancy their chances too. Continue reading
What a debut for new Stoke City player Jese! The former Paris Saint-Germain star scored on debut against Arsenal, thus helping Mark Hughes’ side to a famous 1-0 win over the Gunners. Arsenal had over 77% of possession, their most in a game since 03/04, but it was Stoke who walked away with all three points Continue reading
The PSG offload spree seems to have begun, with Jese officially signing for Stoke and Blaise Matuidi on his way to Italian giants Juventus.
The former Real Madrid star has joined the Potters on a season long loan deal and at 24, still has plenty to prove after a disappointing stint in the capital. Continue reading
Nice’s reward for upsetting Ajax in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League is a tasty clash against in-form Italian outfit Napoli.
The Partenopei finished third in Serie A last season, just one behind second place Roma, which sent the latter directly into the group stages and forced the former to have to go through a playoff.
Among the seeded sides, Napoli, Sevilla and Liverpool were the teams to avoid for OGNC. Les Aiglons are unseeded, while both Liverpool and Napoli were seeded for the league route draw.
Nice would perhaps have preferred to draw one of CSKA or Sporting Lisbon, but as they say, to be among the best, you’ve gotta beat the best.
On a side note, we’ll get to see this pretty amazing Napoli kit in action soon (first leg in Naples) Continue reading
A stunning result for Nice in Amsterdam this evening, with Les Aiglons securing a 2-2 draw against Europa League finalists Ajax that saw them prevail on the away goals rule (3-3 on aggregate) in their Champions League third qualifying round tie.
OGCN were the only French side in action in the third qualifying round, with champions Monaco and second place Paris Saint-Germain already guaranteed of a spot in the group stages.
Souquet and Marcel were on target at the Amsterdam Arena for Nice- their goals came in the 3rd and 79th minutes respectively.
Nice’s opponents in the next round will be one of Sevilla, Napoli, Liverpool, Sporting Lisbon or CSKA Moscow, with OGCN being an unseeded team in the league route part of the playoffs. Continue reading