Zinedine Zidane has become the first French manager to lift the Champions League after Real beat Atletico Madrid on penalties last night. This is Zidane’s debut season as Real Madrid manager and he inspired a turn around at the Bernabeu that saw them take the title race to the last day of the season.
He has also been present in Real’s last two Champions League victories before this one- in 2002 as a player and in 2014 as an assistant manager Continue reading
French forward Antoine Griezmann missed a crucial penalty against Real Madrid in normal time as Atleti suffered a second straight Champions League final loss to city rivals Real. Griezmann had the opportunity to square up things in normal time, but missed. Carrasco’s goal sent the game to extra time and eventually penalties, when Juanfran’s miss gave Real victory Continue reading
Bob Bradley’s Le Havre were denied promotion as Metz squeaked through on goals scored after a dramatic final round of fixtures in Ligue 2.
Metz suffered a 1-0 loss to Lens, while Le Havre hammered Bourg en Brasse 5-0. The two results meant that both Metz and Bob Bradley’s side were tied on points and goal difference, but the former’s 54 goals scored (in comparison to Le Havre’s 52) saw them finish ahead of their rivals and join champions Nancy and Dijon in the top flight. Continue reading
AS Saint-Etienne will not be playing Europa League football next season after they suffered a 1-0 loss at the hands of Lille OSC on the final day of the season. Going into the game, ASSE were a point ahead of Lille and only needed to avoid defeat to stay ahead of Les Dogues.
Instead, Eder’s first half penalty four minutes before half time gave the northern outfit all three points in front of a 39,550 strong crowd at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, and also European football at the expense of Les Verts. They will now join Nice as France’s representatives in the Europa League next season. Continue reading
Click here to see Ligue 1 Team of the Year 2017
The Ligue 1 team of the year, as voted for by the UNFP, has been announced. Champions Paris Saint-Germain dominate the list with as many as EIGHT players in the XI. Marseille have two representatives in Goalkeeper of the Year Steve Mandanda and Player of the Year Lassana Diarra. Nice’s Hatem Ben Arfa is the only non PSG & OM player in the XI Continue reading