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AND WE START ANOTHER STORY…
The French team finished second in the 2023 Tournament with some regrets and a lot of certainties. She can now turn to the World Cup with the disproportionate ambition of her potential. THE…
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“The results of the Tournament are positive”
After their improved success against the Welsh, the Blues, like captain Antoine Dupont, finished the Six Nations satisfied with their last performances, despite the Irish Grand Slam. THE…
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“I have never been part of such a serene French team”
“The first thing that comes to mind when I think back to the Tournament of this French team is its attacking realism. We saw it again against Wales, they score almost every time…
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The contract is fulfilled
François Cros 8 Bite to the end One stat says everything about his importance in this match: after the first twenty minutes, totally Welsh, he had already tackled ten times, with the…
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Antonio marks the coup
Back from suspension, the right pillar released for his fiftieth cape a capital performance against the Welsh, embellished with his first try with the Blues. The colossus is launched for the…
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Cracks in the wall
Brilliant in attack, the Blues did not show the same efficiency in defense, since they conceded 14 tries over the whole of the Tournament. The numbers don’t lie. With 14 tries and 115…
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Ntamack – Ramos Very High Credit Connection
At the origin of three of the five French tries against the Welsh, there are these permutations between the opener Romain Ntamack and the back Thomas Ramos, accomplices in Toulouse and able to alternate in the…
OM TRAVELS FIRST
It is far from the Velodrome, in the hostile lands of the Championship, that the band of Igor Tudor forged its place on the podium. She will be aiming for an eighth success in a row tonight in Reims in order to resume…
From the respondent to the big ones
Since the start of its current series of invincibility in Ligue 1 (19 matches), Reims has notably distinguished itself in front of other leaders in the Championship. Against Marseille, third in L1, the Stade de Reims…
Will Still, Prince of Belgium
The Reims coach, born in Belgium to English parents, developed an all-consuming and precocious passion for football which allowed him to start as a coach very early on. ON THE ROADS OF…
More words, more than words
If PSG wants to rely more on its training, it will have a long way to go to regain the confidence of its titis. It’s a sea serpent as old as the arrival of Qatar at Paris-SG: the…
Majer, day and night
Brilliant last year, the Croatian midfielder is much more unobtrusive this season, in a canvas that has favored him less. RENNES – On the final action in Auxerre, last weekend (0-0), Lovro Majer,…
A waltz in two beats
After a failed start quickly corrected by a change of system, RC Lens bent Angers to settle temporarily in second place. LENS (PAS-DE-CALAIS) – Called for the…
A healthy glow
They are proud and authentic, faithful to the spirit of the mine and to the Corons of Pierre Bachelet, their recruits perfume themselves with holy water, they are trained by a cador to whom his new mounts…
Lille prefers happy endings
For once, the northern club saw the scenario turn in its favor at the end, yesterday in Toulouse. A positive outcome which puts him back in the race for the top 5. TOULOUSE – When…
Toulouse still points to arbitration
Philippe Montanier and his players regretted certain arbitration decisions, which turned the match, according to them, against them. FROM OUR TOULOUSE SPECIAL ENVOY – It’s becoming “recurring”,…
Ready to go again
With four matches without a win since their elimination in the Europa League play-offs, the Monegasques are going through a low period, without being alarmed, before a trip to Corsica supposed to restart …
David Trezeguet “Even the Italians tell me a lot about it”
With his golden goal in the final of Euro 2000, the former striker of the Blues and Monaco made an impression on the other side of the Alps, where he had a long adventure with Juventus Turin. ” What is…
On the way to ascension
Tied, Strasbourg and Auxerre have been doing better for a few weeks at the time of their confrontation. “We don’t have time anymore. Gerzino Nyamsi knows how much the reception of Auxerre, first r…
THE FINAL STRUGGLE “The guarantee of success over time”
The double shock at the bottom of the table this afternoon between four poorly ranked opens a decisive and breathtaking period in the race for maintenance. If Angers (20th) seems doomed, everything remains to be done…
Grandpa back in business
Cured of tendonitis in one knee, the Ivorian could start in L1 for the first time in two months. With the ambition to jump on the bandwagon. He was with Aaron Ramsey and Kasper…
C’est Maken’go !
Arrived this winter from Udinese, the most expensive recruit of FC Lorient, Jean-Victor Makengo returns to France to show that he has grown well. The image ended up fading, so Jean-Victor…
The case that eclipses the Clasico
For a month, the Negreira scandal has been agitating Spanish football and threatening Barça with heavy penalties. Is he hiding a business of arbitration corruption or a gigantic embezzlement…
Tenacious Greens
Led to the score and reduced to ten, the Stéphanois managed to snatch a point from the Le Havre leader. A third draw in a row which does not take them away from the red zone. LE HAVRE (SEINE-…
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A WONDER
Mathieu van der Poel blew up the Primavera on the top of Poggio, after countering Tadej Pogacar (4th), to win solo in San Remo and inflict a painful defeat on his best…
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“Beyond my expectations”
Mathieu van der Poel repeated that his doubts since Tirreno-Adriatico had not allowed him to consider such a victory on via Roma. Like his grandfather Raymond Poulidor in 1961. SAN REMO…
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The plan was (almost) perfect
The big favorite Tadej Pogacar was carried in the final by a solid UAE Emirates team but could not solve the Van der Poel equation in the Poggio. SAN REMO – In the camp of the UAE team…
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“In the Poggio, I was really not well placed”
Only 11th at the finish when he felt fit, Julian Alaphilippe, winner here in 2019, regretted having made a tactical error at the time of the decisive attack. SANREMO (ITA) –…
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Jeddah surprises
For its third edition, the GP will offer a surprising front row. Without the favorite Max Verstappen, but with his teammate Sergio Perez still on pole, ahead of the returning Fernando Alonso and…
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Verstappen is not worried
A mechanical problem in qualifying tarnished the double world champion’s perfect start to the season. Fifteenth at the start, he did not give up all hope. Imperturbable. Whether at the…
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The pink panthers released
The two Alpines qualified in Q3. Ocon, lightweight, will start sixth. Gasly, frustrated, ninth. The points race promises to be exciting. Qualifying Saturdays are alike at Alpine….
