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European Team of the Week: Chelsea sensation excels in back-to-back wins

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European Team of the Week: Chelsea sensation excels in back-to-back wins Goalkeeper: Andrea Consigli (Sassuolo) - 8.15 ratingSassuolo followed up their impressive midweek 4-0 win over Chievo with a hard-fought 2-2 draw at Lazio to improve their chances of a top half finish. Andrea Consigli was influential in attaining a clean sheet in the former outing, saving a late pen...

Ligue 1 round-up: Neymar brace lands him top performer accolade this week

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Ligue 1 round-up: Neymar brace lands him top performer accolade this week After Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea, PSG are one of two teams still to boast a 100% start to the season in Europe’s top five leagues after their comfortable 3-0 win at Nice on Saturday. The Ligue 1 champions were again impressive as they moved eight points clear at the top of the tab...

Lyon dominate WhoScored’s Ligue 1 team of the month

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Lyon dominate WhoScored’s Ligue 1 team of the month October was a pivotal month for Lyon as they secured 10 points from a possible 12 available to rise to third in table. Having been held by Angers, they then went on to brush defending champions Monaco, Troyes and Metz aside. As such, it’s no surprise to see them with four representatives in ou...

Six of the Best: Loanees impressing in Europe's top 5 leagues

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Six of the Best: Loanees impressing in Europe's top 5 leagues Allan Saint-Maximin (Bastia from Monaco)He may need to work on his end product, with modest returns of 3 goals and 2 assists, but 19-year old Saint-Maximin has shown great promise this season. Joining Bastia on loan from Monaco following an unfruitful spell with Hannover in the Bundesliga, the teena...

Guingamp Flying as Kombouaré Returns in Triumph

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Guingamp Flying as Kombouaré Returns in Triumph It’s been a long four-and-a-half years for Antoine Kombouaré. It was a few days before the end of 2011 that he was fired by Paris Saint-Germain, with the club he had served so memorably as a player sitting pretty atop Ligue 1. The club’s board got the more cosmopolitan replacement...

League Focus: Relegation Battle Warms Up French Winter

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League Focus: Relegation Battle Warms Up French Winter One of the most curious, and most-quoted, statistics of the first half of the Ligue 1 season was a by-product of Paris Saint-Germain’s growing dominance of French football. Going into Christmas, second-placed Monaco were closer to the bottom three (13 points away) than they were to Laurent Bla...

Match Focus: Feisty Brittany Derby Flips the Region’s Script

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Match Focus: Feisty Brittany Derby Flips the Region’s Script So when Guingamp take on Lorient, it’s not a ‘real’ derby? Try telling that to anyone involved at the Stade de Roudourou on Saturday night. Though these two modest clubs are separated from one another by 110km and are (figuratively speaking, at least) even further from the traditio...

League Focus: Relegation Battle Tightens on Ligue 1’s Binary Sunday

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League Focus: Relegation Battle Tightens on Ligue 1’s Binary Sunday 1-0, 1-0, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1, 0-0. The Sunday afternoon multiplex in Ligue 1 might have looked unappetising viewing on paper – with the final five being played simultaneously, after the Saturday schedule was cleared for the Coupe de la Ligue final – but there was no shortage of tension.At the...

Player Focus: How Far Can Brilliant Beauvue Go?

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Player Focus: How Far Can Brilliant Beauvue Go? I don't want to talk about myself but about the team because, without them, I wouldn't be the player I am. After another sparkling display for Guingamp against Lorient on Saturday evening, Claudio Beauvue was again the epitome of modesty as the now-customary post-match gaggle of journalists gathered...

League Focus: Assessing the Lack of Value in the Europa League

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League Focus: Assessing the Lack of Value in the Europa League When Tottenham played Everton at White Hart Lane, two of the teams that rank just outside England’s elite had the chance to do battle on a level playing field. Previously, both sides had struggled to deal with playing in Europe’s second competition and facing fresher, more prepared Premi...