© 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. "I'm not making excuses but it took us several months to recover from David Sommeil's heart attack [last August]," explained the coach, Antoine Kombouaré. "We still have question marks over the situation but it's the first time I've seen anything like that.".

PSG still have tough fixtures to come against Marseille, and away at Toulouse, Lille and Lyon, but there's no doubt they are Ligue 1's form team. Bordeaux's top-scorer, Fernando Cavenaghi, is injured for the next six weeks and Champions League qualification, which is necessary if they want to keep Yoann Gourcuff, is now looking like their best-case scenario. Un doublé Coupe-Championnat qui n'avait jamais été réalisé dans l'histoire du club. TFC's Andre-Pierre Gignac scored again, his 16th of the season coming from a nicely worked free-kick routine, while Bordeaux have won only once in the six games since Laurent Blanc extended his contract with the club. He's so calm, he gives players a lot of responsibility and I'm not surprised to see him succeeding.". The situation bodes well for their Champions League opponents Barcelona, but also everyone else in Ligue 1, not least Paris Saint-Germain, who are now only one point behind Lyon after Ludovic Giuly's brilliant volley beat Lorient 1–0. Back then, Lyon had barely even played in the top flight, so for them to be 90 minutes away from a Champions League quarter-final represents major progress, of course, even if defeat against Barcelona this week might cause more problems in their squad. Le club la débute en tant que tenant du titre de la Coupe de France et du championnat de Ligue 1 . "Tonight they produced a lot of shit. Results, Week 27: Lorient 0–1 PSG, Marseille 0–0 Valenciennes, Toulouse 3–0 Bordeaux, Nice 0–0 Monaco, Nancy 2–2 Le Mans, Grenoble 2–1 Caen, Lille 2–0 Lyon, Rennes 2–0 Auxerre, Le Havre 2–1 Sochaux, Saint-Etienne 2–1 Nantes. Lille beat Lyon for the second time in four days, following Wednesday's 3–2 French Cup triumph with a deserved 2–0 win at the Stade de France in …

The fan was taken away by police. Caen slipped into the bottom three after losing 2–1 at Grenoble, although they were not helped by the referee Oliver Thaul showing Gregory Keca a straight red card after nine minutes, and then sending the coach, Franck Dumas, to the stands. He was not the only one with complaints: both captains had a go at referee Tony Chapron after Nice drew 0–0 with Monaco, with Olivier Echouafni (Nice) claiming his behaviour was "unacceptable and incomprehensible". Tense times in France, and the pressure finally seems to be getting to the coaches. They were … I think I'd better shut up now.". Mon 9 Mar 2009 12.09 EDT "They wiped the floor with us physically, and when you play as badly as we did, you can't expect anything." Vincent Espié, who had previously worked as fitness coach for Claude Puel's former club Lille, was brought in as his replacement. "There was an altercation," admitted the coach, who reportedly barked at Réveillère: 'Who do you think you are? Toulouse are level on points with Marseille after the result of the weekend, a 3–0 thumping of Bordeaux.

In the last few days, one has fallen out over a bib, one might regret signing a new contract, one was sent off, and another admitted he has not been himself for months. He demanded the fan withdraw his comment – which he did – but the pair then squared up and had to be separated by stewards.

It was a huge win for PSG, not just because they were without the suspended duo Claude Makélélé and Stéphane Sessègnon, or because they reverted to the 4-3-3 system that had failed them earlier in the season, but also because they had just lost 3–1 after extra-time in the Cup to third-division Rodez. Maillots Domicile Extérieur Autre Chronologie Saison précédente Saison suivante modifier La saison 2008-2009 de l' Olympique lyonnais est la cinquante-neuvième de l'histoire du club.

Lille beat Lyon for the second time in four days, following Wednesday's 3–2 French Cup triumph with a deserved 2–0 win at the Stade de France in front of a Ligue 1 record attendance of 78,056.

"They beat us in every department but especially mentally," said Blanc. "Paul has a way of instilling confidence in his players. There were three promoted teams from Ligue 2, replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2008–09 season.A total of 20 teams competed in the league with … Lyon face Auxerre next week and any slip-up then could see PSG top the table were they to beat Marseille. "We had to bounce back from Rodez, and our aim at the moment is to keep defending our second place," said Landreau, whose renaissance is all down to his coach, according to Sonny Anderson, the former Lyon striker who won the title under Le Guen in 2003. "When the referees are rubbish and just produce a load of shit, it needs to be said," ranted Caen's Gregory Proment after the game. Available for everyone, funded by readers. First published on Mon 9 Mar 2009 12.09 EDT. The goalkeeper was terrible last season but is now back to his best form, as he showed when he saved a last-minute penalty from Rafik Saïfi that was very harshly given. "This victory was down to our courage," said the coach, Paul Le Guen. In fact, it was down to Mickaël Landreau. "We do better against the top teams than the others and that's our big problem," admitted their star player Michel Bastos, who set up one goal and scored the other. the first time I've seen anything like that, Ludovic Giuly's brilliant volley beat Lorient 1–0, publication of agent-turned-president Pape Diouf's autobiography.

"I will wait to read the section of the book in question but I don't want to get in a row about it now.". Oh, and a title race that is officially ON (again).