Paulo Fonseca (Lille coach, held to a 1-1 draw at Auxerre): “It is not comparable to Angers. We played very well today (SATURDAY). We had real chances. We should have won 4-0 or 5-0. It’s not easy to play against a team with a low block. Auxerre defends very well. We had good things. There … Read more
A rubber story… After a first day contested in the dry, from which Yoann Bonato (Citroën C3 Rally2) emerged as a fragile leader (2″ 4 ahead of Éric Camilli, 6″ 5 over Hugo Margaillan, first leader, author of a fault in SS4), the second stage on Saturday gave cold sweats to the weather forecasters. In … Read more
The cannonballs of Fabian Plak in the service and Patrik Indra on the attack ended up getting the better of the resistance of Saint-Nazaire, heroic in block defense this Wednesday evening in Chaumont. But it is indeed the Chaumontais, 3es of the regular phase and four times finalists in the last five contested editions (champion … Read more
Lille put arnica on the slap received in Angers (0-1). The northern team is the type to be scared. But his audacity prevailed at the time of the accounts. Returning to fifth position in L1 after its snatch success against Montpellier (2-1), LOSC can once again rely on two real full-backs, Ismaily on the left, … Read more
For a long time Romain Grosjean believed that he was going to grab his second pole position of the season, after that of St Petersburg at the opening of the Indycar championship. But the Andretti driver was overtaken in the very last seconds of qualifying for the Long Beach Grand Prix on Saturday. First by … Read more
It’s an old spring of one against all, when the ranks close to go into battle against the whole world, and no one masters it as well as Juventus, no doubt. Seventeen years after the Calciopoli scandal which had sent it to Serie B, the Turin club received another good blow, on January 20, with … Read more
The opportunity was great but Sochaux did not seize it. A few hours after the defeat of Bordeaux in Metz (0-3), the FCSM could have come back to within a point of the Girondins (2nd) in case of success on Pau. Only, it was the Pau who behaved as the leading team in the Championship. … Read more
The game: 2-0 We won’t say that Real Madrid are very well on their way to qualifying for the semi-finals after the quarter-final first leg. Last year, at the same stadium, the Spanish club won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge but Chelsea came close to turning the situation around on the return and creating a feat … Read more
Five seconds from the end, Montpellier certainly thought they would leave Lisbon with the victory on Tuesday. It was without counting the goal of the Sporting winger Francisco Tavares to snatch the equalizer on the edge in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European League (32-32). The Portuguese surprised the Hérault defense with … Read more
Tours did not drag. First in the Ligue A regular season and freshly won the Coupe de France, TVB started the quarter-finals in the best of five matches without a false note at home by winning a second victory in 48 hours on Monday against the champion of France, Montpellier (3-0). If they had left … Read more