France Soccer

Well this year at least we had an exciting finish.  The France soccer season has come to an end as Lyon has won the title yet again.  The club’s seventh title in a row came as the team defeated Auxerre 3-1.  Girondins Bordeaux could manage nothing more than a 1-1 draw at Racing Lens, but […]

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It is looking more and more that this is Lyon’s year to take the French Ligue Championship.  In a hard fought game against AS Nancy, Lyon came out on top 1-0 as Brazil’s Andre Luiz netted the game winner.  Bordeaux refused to accept second place, as it remained two points down with a victory against […]

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Here are the leaders in France’s Ligue action in goal scoring with two games to play:
1) 20 Karim Benzema of Lyon
2) 17 Mamadou Niang of Marseille
3) 14 Djibril Cisse of Marseille
Bafetimbi Gomis of St Etienne
Fernando Cavenaghi of Bordeaux
6) 12 Rafik Saïfi of Lorient
Steve Savidan of Valenciennes
Bakari Koné of Nice
Wendel of Bordeaux
Tulio De Melo of Le […]

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