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Bordeaux and Lyon bring new wave of French optimism | Amy Lawrence
guardian.co.uk Mar 20 2010 20:10
With more managers than any other country still in the Champions League, France has much to shout aboutIt is one of the great anomalies of French football that no coach born on their soil has ever won the European Cup. Despite their reputation for innovation and education, and the fact the competition was conceived by the French, the closest they can claim is the citizenship of Helenio Herrera, the mastermind of two triumphs with Internazionale in the 1960s. Herrera, though, was born in Argentina, had Spanish parents, grew up in Morocco, and ended up taking a French passport, so the link is tenuous at best.The cast of coaches still going strong in this season`s Champions League features three Frenchmen. No other nation has more than one. Laurent Blanc, Claude Puel and Arsène Wenger may no
Le Choc de Olympiques: Part Deux
theoffside.com Mar 20 2010 19:01
Bernard Lacombe says that this is the match that will decide the championship for both clubs. Marseille and Lyon are contending for the title, and given the tightly packed L1 table, and with little less than two months until the end of the season, there is no room for mistakes.
March 21, 2010
Stade de Velodrome, [...]