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trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Calliper posted:

How can I, an American, enjoy this football match?

It's on BeIN, if you have that channel.

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trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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The same shits always win

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Hey, the season kicks off Friday evening with the previous 2 champions facing off, Montpellier vs. PSG. No word on whether Cavani will be in the PSG squad, but Marquinhos definitely will not be. PSG also denied the reports that Marquinhos has hepatitis, so who knows what the real story is with that situation.

E: no Cavani to start

trem_two fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Aug 9, 2013

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Wow, fantastic goal by Cabella to put Montpellier up early, after he had started the counter attack by taking the ball off of Ibra.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Gigi Galli posted:

Is Cavani on the bench?

Yep, he is

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Pastore and Ibra with the same hairdo is confusing on my poo poo-def BeIN broadcast.

VV I"m dumb, I hadn't even thought of that

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Here comes Cavani.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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PSG are still dull turds that suck the joy out of watching all of the great players they bought.

They'll still win the league though.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Crazy reaction save by Carrasso there, he got mixed up but that was a great recovery.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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tekz posted:

Time to watch Monaco hope this isn't boring

They were pretty lively in the first half, just couldn't finish their chances.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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drat, Monaco and Bordeaux got exciting in the last few minutes.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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A Big Mac for Gignac, just 2 minutes into the season.

I forgot OM signed Payet, even though I'm pretty sure I posted about his transfer in the silly season thread.

lol, and now Payet puts them up 2-0 in the 4th minute.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Guingamp are getting some good opportunities. Great pace to this one so far.

E: Payet with his 2nd, this is nuts

trem_two fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Aug 11, 2013

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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tetsman posted:

3-0. Yeah this is a great way to start the season after promotion.

They run really fast and don't defend. Just what the league needs, imo.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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That would've been goal of the season if Valbuena had made that.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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NKoulou could use a lesson in just booting it out. That was the worst decision making from a defender, lol.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Whoa, cracking goal by Lacazette. He and Benzia are looking tasty.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Lyon are really fun to watch these days.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Giovanni_Sinclair posted:

Just turned on the Rennais Nice game and it's in spanish, why are they playing in a closed stadium?

It was punishment for their supporters' behavior in the final game of last season against Lyon.

E: VV oh, I had read last year, serves me right for counting on Google translated stories in French

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Hashtag Nascar posted:

35 shots 1 goal for PSG, 1 shot 1 goal for Ajaccio lol

You beat me to it, but yeah

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Monaco and Toulouse just kicked off, they're playing behind closed doors because of a pitch invasion by Monaco's supporters after they won promotion, so it's a very weird vibe.

E: that was dull

trem_two fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Aug 23, 2013

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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PSG finally won, 2-1, goals from Lavezzi and Cavani, Nantes' goal was an own goal by Alex.

Nice day for the three tenors, with Hamsik scoring twice for Napoli today.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:

This is real boring. Where is Cabani.

It would be boring with him too. It's just what PSG does.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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"El Cashico" is tomorrow evening, btw.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Leonardo's lengthy ban for pushing a referee after one of PSG's matches late in the year last season was overturned on appeal today. The argument was basically "he no longer works for a French club, how can he still be banned?". It's expected that he'll join Inter as their director of football, most other countries' national associations were honoring the ban, Italy included.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24536528

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Lille beat Monaco to overtake them in the table, Lille are in second place only 2 points behind PSG. Lille keeper Vincent Enyeama has now had 10 consecutive clean sheets in the league.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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A big fight broke out between Saint Etienne and Nice supporters just now, all of the Saint Etienne away support has been ejected from the stadium.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Modus Trollens posted:

how did that guy get into that position

There is a sequence of photos here that shows how he ended up dangling from the railing: http://deadspin.com/photos-french-soccer-fans-brawl-with-riot-police-1471140368

The police were pepper spraying people on the right side of that barrier in the stands, and this dude decided to go around it.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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PSG - Lyon was pretty good through the first 30 minutes or so, but now PSG are going to walk this. Ibra's penalty was pretty nice though.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Charlotte Hornets posted:

Again a win for Lille and a clean sheet against Marseille to make it 13 clean sheets in a row for Enyeama. He's about one and a half games away from beating the League 1 record for consecutive clean sheets. He managed to surpass PSG's Sirigu with yesterday's win.

Enyeama finally conceded today, he didn't end up breaking the record.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Yeah it all boils down to Raiola getting his agent fees, so as long as Juve keeps renegotiating contract extensions Pogba should stick around for at least a couple more years.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Quantumfate posted:

I'll just weigh in with my terrible American opinions and say that yeah, the Ligue has been pretty boring, even the last few OM games have been a little stale. The PSG v. Monaco game on Sunday should be something, but I'm mostly in this for OM, anything other matches tomorrow worth checking out?

Yeah, every single match I've caught this year (mostly Friday games) has been deathly dull. PSG and Monaco are locked into first and second place, not much excitement to be had other than the last CL club, either Lille or OM could take it, that might be the most interesting story until the end of this season.

So yeah, watch PSG and Monaco if you can, it'll be one of the more meaningful matches going forward, but even at that PSG should stomp Monaco.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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This is pretty entertaining so far.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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The goal was pretty jammy, but PSG were comfortably the better side in the first half. Pastore was quite good.

E: looks like I'm wrong, owned me

trem_two fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Feb 9, 2014

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Wow, Thiago Silva own goal to bring things level.

E: pretty decent game, both keepers made immense saves in the last couple of minutes to keep things level

trem_two fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Feb 9, 2014

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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The late match today is of significance for the CL/EL spots, Saint Etienne vs. Marseille. Saint Etienne can pull within a point of Lille for the last CL spot with a win, Marseille would jump Lyon and Saint Etienne into 4th place, the only EL spot awarded for league position.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Scott Bakula posted:

How has Cabaye been doing for PSG?

I listened to the PSG - Valenciennes game on the radio on Friday, the announcers were praising him. Prior to that he'd only had two 20 minute sub appearances.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Thiago Motta signed a two year extension through 2016. His contract was set to run out this summer, and he had been mentioned as a possible target this coming transfer window for a few Italian clubs since PSG have about 50 midfielders.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Gigi Galli posted:

He still plays pretty regularly right? I think he must be because he's on a lot of Prandelli's lists for possible world cup players.

Yeah of their midfielders, only Matuidi has played more minutes.

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trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

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Hegav posted:

Are the French clubs allowed to give youth players a professional contract like England is?

To that question I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, because I remember it was a sort of a big deal when Rabiot signed a professional contract with PSG when he was like 16 or 17.

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