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Player Focus: Amavi the Latest Product of the French Full-Back Conveyor Belt

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Player Focus: Amavi the Latest Product of the French Full-Back Conveyor Belt Consistency seems hard to come by in Ligue 1 at present, and one of the sides that are struggling to string any run of results together are Nice, perhaps now middling out after hugely contrasting domestic campaigns.Les Aiglons were the surprise package of the 2012/13 season, finishing in fourth. How...

Player Focus: Pole's Position Set to Come Under Threat from Ospina at Arsenal

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Player Focus: Pole's Position Set to Come Under Threat from Ospina at Arsenal Most French football fans were damning of the decision to hand Salvatore Sirigu the Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Season award at the end of the 2013/14 campaign. The Italian had another solid season with a PSG side tested considerably less than any other side in the division, conceding the fewest goals...

League Focus: Three Pivotal Matches in Ligue 1’s Battle at the Bottom

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League Focus: Three Pivotal Matches in Ligue 1’s Battle at the Bottom Montpellier v MonacoThis should read as a meeting of some promise, with the 2012 champions taking on stylish, nouveau riche visitors. In fact, we have two teams with wildly divergent aims. Montpellier have lost the fewest matches in the bottom nine (6) but are hovering above the drop zone, with only...

Team Focus: Brave Nice Take First Steps to Recovery

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Team Focus: Brave Nice Take First Steps to Recovery Nobody tends to say that Claude Puel sides lack commitment and in that sense, Nice are a case in point. “On Saturday night against Sochaux, Nice played with eleven players,” wrote Monday’s L’Equipe, “but with two players on one leg, or almost.”Their problems were ...

Match Analysis: Ending Streaks - Liverpool & Bordeaux Beaten at Home

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Match Analysis: Ending Streaks - Liverpool & Bordeaux Beaten at Home WhoScored’s usual early week round up of those unbeaten streaks that have come to an end over the last round of matches sees us focus on the Premier League and Ligue 1. In England’s top flight, Liverpool tasted defeat at Anfield for the first time this term thanks to the finishing of Rob...

WhoScored Analyst: Defenders' Goals Becoming a Nice Habit

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WhoScored Analyst: Defenders' Goals Becoming a Nice Habit As tactics evolve in the modern game, more often than ever we are seeing managers tinker with traditional formations of old in order to attack with as many players as possible. Barcelona are the team that springs to mind most readily here. On countless occasions this season, Pep Guardiola has fielde...