“The management knows I have the energy and the ability to make this team win tomorrow,” Habib Beye told reporters in his pre-match press conference. The Stade Rennais head coach knew how precarious his situation would be if he failed to deliver Rennes’ third win of the season. It all seemed to be going to […]
On Sunday afternoon, Olympique Lyonnais were looking to go top of Ligue 1 before Paris Saint-Germain visited Lille OSC that evening. Lyon had won all but one of their eight matches to start the Ligue 1 season, while Toulouse FC were visiting on a four-game winless run. Everything looked routine for Lyon as the final […]
Resounding victory for Luis Enrique’s boys. The third in three matches and making it clear that their football remained intact: a true positional game well executed. Tactical analysis and match report by Juan Lauz. Second away match for Paris Saint-Germain and, perhaps, their toughest match so far, in a curious duel between Spanish managers. Toulouse had […]
The Trophée des Champions pitted league winners, Paris Saint-Germain, against first-time Coupe de France champions, Toulouse. Normally, with a final there would be the suggestion of parity before the first whistle but this was a match that would see 1st in the league up against 16th. Tactical analysis and match report by Nick Hartland. We […]
Olympique Lyonnais sat bottom of the table and without a permanent manager as they hosted Toulouse, in a contest between two teams that would have set their sights at the start of the season on the European positions. This was a game that lived up to its billing as it was settled entirely by one […]
Paris Saint-Germain struggled in week one against a low block and it looked like the same issues would persist as they visited Toulouse. However, they had two not-so-secret weapons to surely help them over the line this weekend. Tactical analysis and match report by Nick Hartland. The impasse at PSG seemed to end as the […]
AS Monaco needed to beat Toulouse and for either Lille or Rennes to drop points to be in with a chance of qualifying for the Conference League. It was a slim possibility but they were up against a team that had nothing left to play for and had scored one goal in the last five […]
The current title holders of the Coupe de France were torn apart in a five-goal catastrophe. A final dominated by terrible defending and clinical set-pieces was another breathtaking example of one of the most eccentric and interesting competitions in European football, as Toulouse FC became the latest champions. Tactical analysis and match report by Nick […]
Ligue 1 returned from the World Cup break with a full round of midweek matches. Among those was a trip to fourth-placed Marseille for newly-promoted Toulouse on Thursday night. The return journey must have felt much longer for them, as they let in six goals in a comprehensive defeat. Tactical analysis and match report by […]
As we crossed a third of the way in the 2022/23 season, two sides that were exceeding expectations faced each other to kick off the thirteenth round of fixtures. Second-placed Lens hosted newly-promoted Toulouse, who started this game in the top half of the table. It was by no means an easy victory for the […]