France Soccer

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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In stoppage time, Bordeaux pulled off a victory against Marseille, with a goal from Pierre  Ducasse.  This keeps the squads hopes for a France soccer Ligue championship alive.  For Marseille, though, it put them back into the UEFA position as AS Nancy was able to score a victory over Strasbourg.  Things get tougher for Nancy, […]

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