French Division 1

Discussion in 'Women's International' started by guignol, Sep 7, 2012.

  1. Folken

    Folken Member

    PSG
    France
    Nov 29, 2019
    #4026 Folken, Aug 3, 2020
    Last edited: Aug 3, 2020
    Perhaps Däbritz didn't start because she hasn't fully recovered indeed. She had one of the most severe injuries a soccer player could have. Don't you think?

    I guess this is the reason Bachmann comes to Paris o_O
    ...oh wait!!

    I don't know hotjam but Diacre was at the attendance though.
    Baltimore is 19 (or 20 I can't remember); she will be in the France A roster sooner or later. Everybody in la Federation Française de Football or at PSG know that. I guess for Lavogez, the door isn't closed (and never was).

    For now, in France, as long as you're wearing a mask social distancing is not overly required
     
  2. Klingo3034

    Klingo3034 Member+

    Dallas FC
    United States
    Oct 11, 2019
    Guess so, usually the crowd would have 1 seat space between, but I guess their virus rate is nearly zero so they probably not worried.
     
  3. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    #4028 shlj, Aug 3, 2020
    Last edited: Aug 3, 2020
    The final is played next Sunday.

    AJ Auxerre had 200 tickets to sell

    Buy at club shop only. Auxerre is quite in the centre of France. Imagine the Lyon PSG fans rushing to go there to get one of those.

    AJA season ticket holders get a free ticket for the final. Local licenced players and admin from the area can.buy a limited number of tickets via their League/club

    The French government has put a limit to 5 000 people inside the ground as for all sporting events.
     
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  4. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    PSG/Bordeaux was an excellent, if not exciting showing for the French soccer league. The other semi, not so much; with all its superstars, Lyon was rather uninspired with its deliberate style of just searching out their one lone striker in Nikita Parris who might of scored the one goal but with all the chances, should of done better. Showing some desperation, they just signed fwd Jody Taylor, who’s been faltering for years, but that big name rep(it’s like they don’t want to take chances on unknowns).
    Luckily for them, both Germans teams in the CL are heavily influenced by Jorgie Low’s lame total futebol concept(where FB’s aren’t nowhere to be found ion defense)thus leaving the flanks completely exposed, so they’ll probably wouldn’t face again like Guingamp’s straight-4-backline(which gave them so much trouble)

    even though PSG is by far the more exciting team, not sure if they got enough zest to handle Lyon; using 5 fwds left them dry of mids. Huitema seems overrated for me; her tall lanky body might of worked as a teen, but gets pushed around as an adult, and then didn’t even have much speed to her game. There definitely missing a playmaker like Däbritz(if she is not at full strength), Nadim(take it she was the #10) was incensed with pulling the trigger(rather than looking for an open team mate)
     
  5. hotjam2

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    Nov 23, 2012
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    Real Madrid
  6. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
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    Nice, I was out with friends and I am connecting right now, just in time for penalty shootout! :) I want to enjoy it!
     
  7. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
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    I am happy that I managed to watch the PKs: it was a very interesting session, under the rain, with most shots very well taken.

    The peak of the drama was when Christiane Endler saved Le Sommer's PK (a very good save in my opinion, not just a missed PK from Le Sommer) and then she right away took a PK herself and sent a powerful missile crashing on the crossbar and deflecting into the stratosphere.

    The last PK for PSG was taken by young Lea Khelifi and, unluckily for her, she had written on her face that she was going to miss it: Sarah Bouhaddi could actually be seen wickedly smiling while she was saving the shot with just one hand. :rolleyes: Her subsequent gesture suggested that penatly shootouts are just a question of mental concentration, and she's right about that.
     
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  8. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Endler shouldn't of been an shot taker, the whole thing went sour for PSG after she missed hers(and how many times you see a GK chosen anyways?)

    Lyon had it's best chances late in the first half, but shockingly came out in 2nd gear for the 2nd half; it might be the first time ever that they were out possessed by an opposing team. Guessing just wanted to get to the shootout(which they usually win)

    PSG kept insisting on having Huitema as their lone striker. In that role she was very timid going after balls. Heavy rain throughout, that probably made the game rather mundame/both teams need to step up if they want to win the Champions League
     
  9. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    here's the full game replay of the French Cup final
     
  10. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
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    Well, on the other hand Bouhaddi herself not only took a PK in a Champions' League final, but she scored the winner in that circumstance.
     
  11. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Good game considering it was post covid and still pre seasoning towards the Champions League.
    Classic 4-3-3 with Lyon v 4-4-2 for PSG who had a really strong bench for once.
    Lyon still with their finishing problems. PSG with no real final ball.
    Both side will now fine tune with friendlies and integrate on the putch those players who were not eligible for the Cup or slightly injured.
     
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  12. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    #4037 hotjam2, Aug 10, 2020
    Last edited: Aug 10, 2020
    Bouhaddi didn’t take it this time, was she next in line in case it was tied after the first 5? It just seems you would want to give your GK a few seconds rest to concentrate between shots & than Endler missing hers might of effected her psychologically(or at least let her take the last shot).

    Anyways surprised that they went straight to PK’s as I thought Lyon was trying to conserve energy the way they played so flat in the 2nd Half & bringing in ELS so late in the game.

    on the other hand PSG looked so much better when they brought in their late subs Bachmann, Däbritz & Nadim, you got to really wonder why it took PSG so long to make the switches?(and of course, why keep Huitema in for so long when she’s was proving to be so ineffective & not Bruun who scored the game winner in the semis?)

    don’t know if this game was a smokescreen from both teams to hide their true intentions for the upcoming CL?

    I would now take Arsenal over PSG(if the former has gotten the proper conditioning needed)

    Lyon can at least take comfort that Bayern Munich usually plays its FBs way upfront leaving their flanks exposed to counters/they traded their one top defensive FB(Hendrich) & their great attacking pickup(Buhl) seemed to be MIA in their recent friendlies

    btw......French TV ratings estimated 668K watched the final. Certainly better than the 550K for the NWSL final!
     
  13. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
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    Ok, Bouhaddi wasn't in the first 5 that time either, but she actually took her PK soon after she faced one, because the penalty shootout went streight to the 8th round, and it was then that Sarah Bouhaddi scored the winner: at the 8th round of PKs, PSG's GK (yes, it was a final vs PSG again!) Kiedrzynek missed her shot and Bouhaddi subsequently went on the spot, scored her PK and gave the Champions' League 2017 to OL. I am surprised you don't remember.

    As a reminder, the scoreboard of the match, from Wikipedia.
     
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  14. Klingo3034

    Klingo3034 Member+

    Dallas FC
    United States
    Oct 11, 2019
    Its France, where the World Cup 19 happened. Should have good or better ratings.
     
  15. L'orange

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    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Jul 20, 2017
    I watched the Bordeaux--PSG match---thanks for the replay--and agree that Huitema seems overrated. I'm sure she's got loads of potential, but she seems a bit over-matched at this stage of her career, against top teams. She's young. She simply wasn't very effective. PSG came close to scoring once or twice early in the game, but Bordeaux was tough and hard-working and feisty--and indeed took the lead on a clever steal and goal by their new acquisition, I believe, Snoeijs, who was playing forward and trying to fill the rather large hole in Bordeaux's attack created when Asseyi left the club. After the break PSG took control of the game with its superior overall talent. Even so, Shaw nearly put Bordeaux in the lead fairly late in the 2nd half but slightly over-cooked her shot off the bounce that rocketed off the post. As it was, a narrow miss--and then PSG scored not long after to win it.

    I wanted to watch Shaw having followed her outstanding U.S. college career. She is a bit thinner and quicker than she was in college--and seemingly, not quite as physical, which I suppose is not surprising given that she's competing against better, and often bigger, players (though of course she's quite big herself). I think that one shot was her only good chance of the game--her teammates didn't have a lot of the ball. She needs a bit more attacking support. I was impressed by midfielder Lavogez for Boreaux, and by PSG's bench--they've got a number of talented players. A good match, on the whole, especially for two teams playing after a long layoff.
     
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  16. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    despite a bad back pass, PSG’s strong suit remains their back line & GK(that’s of course during game time & not an PK shootout!)

    they’re right now an mess at midfield, once they bring Däbritz in that changes. She’s still supposedly recovering from an ACL & thus limited to just 30 minutes of playing time, but Wow, when she’s in there, the team plays a step above!

    Can’t understand what worked for them vs Bordeaux, with giving goal game winner, Bruun, playing time along with starting, Nadim, but then cut their playing time significantly vs Lyon yet continue to have faith in the helpless Huitema?

    not sure if both Diani & Katoto have grown since they helped destroy Jill Ellis early last year in an friendly, but then again these last two matches are the only the I’ve seen of PSG in years(hopefully this new French youtuber keeps posting more).

    don’t know Arsenal’s post Corvid-19, they seem to keep it under wraps; not a single peep out of them with their recent friendly vs Aston Villa. Heck don’t even know if there will be an CL since 5 members of Athletico Madrid posted positive for the virus yesterday

    btw what did you think of Snoejis? NT starting material for the Dutch in case of injury to Martens/Bereensteyn/VDS?
     
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  17. Klingo3034

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    Arsenal will get destroyed. They haven't played for many months compared to the other teams who have for the last month or so.
     
  18. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Arsenal’s been on the practice fields since early July—hence, about 7 weeks practice till their showdown with PSG

    on paper, they look like the way stronger team. While PSG had an generally weak recruiting season(only picking up the past-her-prime Bachmann In terms of familiar names), Arsenal did good; picking up two of Aussies’s finest, Cately & Foord, plus the Swiss-American, Maritz(who started a majority of games for powerhouse Wolfsburg).

    PSG’s usual leading goal scorers; Katoto, Diani & Nadim, were disappointing in these last two Cup games. But I do got to say French soccer impressed me with how much speed the players showed out there compared with the WSL where it’s more physical, but the players generally don’t feel that fast/it’s something certainly Arsenal will have to get used too

    and of course most important; how well is Arsenal’s training coming along as well as their injury report? Got no idea as their keeping everything under wraps(don’t even know the scores of their recent friendlies)
     
  19. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    couple of full game replays from yesterday
    Lyon vs PSV Eindhoven

    Juvuntus vs Montpelier


    I've watched this game all ready, though Montpelier right now not much of a French team as they played with a lot of foreigners(8 starters, 3 subs)
     
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  20. Klingo3034

    Klingo3034 Member+

    Dallas FC
    United States
    Oct 11, 2019
    This friendly match?
     
  21. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Mighty be a friendly tourney—-the one the OL Reign cancelled on. Should be a good game if Lyon meets Juvuntus next(since the latter got half the Italian NT on it
     
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  22. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    And St-Etienne were at the Administrative tribunal to contest le Havre's promotion.
    The result of the appeal should come next week. Should they win, they will get promoted to D1 and Le Havre wil go back to D2.

    Here is the tv progam for Matchday 1

    5 septembre
    Reims - Bordeaux - 14h30 (Foot+)
    Fleury - Montpellier - 14h30 (Foot+)
    Soyaux - Dijon - 14h30 (Foot+)
    Issy - Le Havre - 14h30 (Foot+)
    PSG - Guingamp - 18h30 (Canal + Sport)


    6 septembre
    Lyon - Paris FC - 17h00 (Canal +)

    And Matchday 2 spread over three days

     
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  23. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    And the FFF has now published the Covid-19 regulations and seating only allowed which will reduce the already small D1 attendance. Limit is still 5 000 anyway but loads of grounds have stading areas around the pitch.
     
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  24. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    full replay vs Juvuntus/proved to be an strong tuneup for Lyon before they face Bayern in the CL
     
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  25. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    St-Etienne lost their appeal. Their last chance is to go the Conseil d'Etat. The last chance saloon: In France, the Council of State is a body of the French national government that acts both as legal advisor of the executive branch and as the supreme court for administrative justice
     
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