LE GROUPE MARSEILLAIS Gardiens : Mandanda, Carrasso Défenseurs : Bonnart, Krupoviesa, Givet, Rodriguez, Faty, Sabo Milieux : Cana, Cheyrou, Kaboré, Valbuena, Ziani, Zenden, Nasri Attaquants : Akalé, Cissé, Grandin LE GROUPE MONEGASQUE Gardiens : Roma, Ruffier Défenseurs : Adriano, Cufré, Sambou, Bolivar, Modesto, Berthod Milieux : Perez, Bernardi, Leko, Almiron, Meriem, Nenê Attaquants : Ménez, Bakar, Gakpé, Piquionne
OM Titulaires : MANDANDA RODRIGUEZ KRUPOVIESA BONNART GIVET CHEYROU CANA NASRI VALBUENA CISSE GRANDIN Remplaçants : CARRASSO FATY SABO J.Ph. AKALE ZENDEN KABORE AS Monaco Titulaires : RUFFIER ADRIANO BERTHOD MODESTO PEREZ GUEDES BAKAR ALMIRON PIQUIONNE MENEZ DE CARVALHO Remplaçants : BERNARDI SAMBOU MERIEM GAKPE LEKO CUFRE ROMA
Valbuena! 1-0! Some nice passing leads up to a chance for Valbuena, which he takes very well on the first touch, hitting it into the opposite corner. Grandin with the assist.
And just a couple minutes later its Grandin with a goal for himself! The ball falls to him off a free kick, he flicks it up to himself and then hits it into the back of the net. 2-0. Quite a nice start..
Cisse! 3-0, off a mistake from Ruffier on a ball high in the air. He dropped it right to Cisse, who hit the empty net.
I'm a Monaco fan. I already knew OM are the better team. Congradulations to them for finally playing like they should. Valbunena and Cisse are on fire recently.
Yea, they've both been great. It will be interesting to see what happens when Niang starts playing again. Hopefully this can turn out a bit like the second half of last year...although I don't think second is completely realistic, good runs in both cups and a nice ascent in the Ligue 1 standings certainly isn't out of the question.
That was a horrible tackle by Leko on Nasri, should have been sent off. Leko is increasingly useless to us, though congrats to l'OM on playing a terrific match.
I expected to lose both games to l'OM at the Vélodrome this season, but not like this. Have to congratulate you all on the performance, but it doesn't mean I'll be rooting for you at all.
Well I am rooting for them to get back to the Champions League because I sure as hell dont want Nancy or Nice in there. I think Bordeaux 2nd and OM 3rd. I know Monaco arent far from a Champions League spot but we really dont deserve it since we arent that good. I wouldnt want to play in it and be over matched and humilated and OM showed this year they are capable of playing well in it. I'm cringing at the thought of Nancy, Nice, Caen, Lorient, Le Mans playing in the champions League.
I don't want it to happen, but I would agree that they could finish 3rd, with Bordeaux in 2nd. As much as I don't want to admit it, it's become apparent they're a better team than we are.
Instead of l'OM? Definitely. It's nothing against any of the OM players, of course. It's that ideally I would want Lille, Toulouse and ourselves in the Champions League, since the other two were teams that I've liked. I know that you, Sportboy, often look out for the interest of the league, so to speak, and hence I understand where you're coming from, though in my case, I prefer teams I can support in the Champions League, whereas I'd have difficulty doing it with any of our "rivals."
Good game for the OM boys. i hope Nasri isnt too seriously injured, i'd love to see him play for Les Bleus this week.
Nasri says here that he left the game as a precaution but he seemed to be in a lot of pain to me. http://www.sportinglife.com/footbal...04/SOCCER_Fra-France_Nasri.html&TEAMHD=france
i certainly wouldn't relish OL playing them right now. they looked awesome and OL looked very pale against Croix-de-Savoie.
I dont want to see any French teams get killed and embarrased. If Lille or Toulouse were good and had talented teams then I wouldnt mind seeing them in the Champions League. I saw Toulouse play Liverpool in both qualifying matches and Toulouse was so over matched it was embarrasing. Being a Monaco fan I understand the OM hatred but having never lived in France myself is probably the reason I dont have a hatred for them. I do hate Nice a lot and actually I kinda hate PSG and I definately dont like Auxerre. Yes Monaco and Marseille are big rivals but I still consider Nice to be the main rival especially now since Monaco and Nice have more in common than Monaco and Marseille do.
I actually don't mind Nice that much, as other than this season or a few others, they haven't been meaningful competition, despite our inability to beat them in Louis II. Though after l'OM, I suppose they are the team I would like to see lose. However, to take my bias out of the equation, it's hard not to admire the way they've been playing since the stretch when they were in the drop zone. A healthy Nasri and a more confident Cissé have a lot to do with it, though really it's the collectif that has stood out.
I think its easy to hate Nice because they have violent fans and they cant get their act together and build a decent stadium. Their stadium is so poor that it makes you angry that they cant build a better one because of their ineptitude. They have great potential and it makes you mad that they just waste it.
the violence of their fans isn't really that bad compared to PSG, and nowhere near what we see in italy, but there's more to it than that; let your son go sit in the curva sud at the stade du ray and next thing you know he's plastering FN posters on autoroute pillars. as far as building a stadium, local officials very much have their act together, but the PACA definition of "public utility" is lining your pockets and those of your cronies.