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Lethal Lacazette Gets Lyon Off to a Flyer

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Lethal Lacazette Gets Lyon Off to a Flyer “If (the president) says I’m staying, then I’m staying.” Alexandre Lacazette smiled that famous smile with the assurance of a seasoned pro as Canal+ grilled him on his Olympique Lyonnais future, following Sunday’s Ligue 1 opener at Nancy. He’s been here before, an...

Match Focus: Lyon Finally Step Up On Historic Night

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Match Focus: Lyon Finally Step Up On Historic Night His 150th appearance in Ligue 1. The final derby between Olympique Lyonnais and Saint Etienne at Stade de Gerland. Never let it be said that Alexandre Lacazette has anything less than a perfect sense of timing. “I lived out a dream,” the Lyon striker said after hitting the hat-trick whic...

League Focus: The Six Key Figures of Ligue 1 in 2014/15

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League Focus: The Six Key Figures of Ligue 1 in 2014/15 The finisher: Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) The 23-year-old was voted Player of the Year by the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNFP), and it was richly deserved. Lacazette hit 27 goals in just 33 Ligue 1 starts, a club record, but the local boy was about so much more than just that as...

Match Report: Lacazette Leads Hungry Reserves to Impressive France Win

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Match Report: Lacazette Leads Hungry Reserves to Impressive France Win It had to happen somewhere, sometime, but here? That Alexandre Lacazette’s first goal for France was scored at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, the home of Lyon’s bitter rivals Saint Etienne (he was accordingly booed when he touched the ball in the early stages of Sunday’s game with De...

Player Focus: Fekir Opts for France but What Next for His Club Career?

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Player Focus: Fekir Opts for France but What Next for His Club Career? “No one is affecting my son except me, and God willing he’ll be joining the Algeria national team soon, the decision has already been taken in a family meeting. Those were the words of Nabil Fekir's father Mohamed at the end of last year, so it's fair to say that fans of Algerian footbal...

League Focus: Does Anybody Have the Nerve to Win Ligue 1?

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League Focus: Does Anybody Have the Nerve to Win Ligue 1? Finally, in the penultimate match of Ligue 1’s first weekend of 2015, we had a title contender that looked like one. Lyon’s authoritative 3-0 win over Toulouse on Sunday afternoon saw Hubert Fournier’s side sweep to the top of the table, after the other two teams comprising the win...

League Focus: What We Know at the Halfway Point in Ligue 1 2014/15

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League Focus: What We Know at the Halfway Point in Ligue 1 2014/15 Transfers are overratedChampions Paris Saint-Germain’s taste for eye-catching transfers in recent years has given Ligue 1 a new dimension. For a while, Monaco were joining in, counting high-end additions such as Radamel Falcao, James Rodríguez and João Moutinho as promotion prese...

Player Focus: Gignac, Lacazette and Ben Yedder give Deschamps an Embarrassment of Riches

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Player Focus: Gignac, Lacazette and Ben Yedder give Deschamps an Embarrassment of Riches After striking Marseille’s late winner at Caen, André-Pierre Gignac exploded with joy. In the wake of the goal, he celebrated wildly with teammates before approaching Marcelo Bielsa on the touchline. “Un abrazo para El Loco,” (‘a hug for the crazy one’), he insis...

Team Focus: How to Win a Derby the Olympique Lyonnais Way

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Team Focus: How to Win a Derby the Olympique Lyonnais Way “We’re at home without actually being at home.” The way Lyon’s Samuel Umtiti described how his team feels about playing at local rivals Saint Etienne’s Stade Geoffroy Guichard (‘Le Chaudron’, or ‘The Cauldron’, no less) must hurt Les Verts almost...