No i've not seen this match but i know that Liverpool was not good at the begining of the season, i remenber Marseille winning at Anfield and at that time Marseille was in the relegation zone, and Liverpool was lucky because they failed the 3 first matchs in the CL this year. But they were good in their 3 last games so they were qualified.

Nancy 2-1 Metz
Valenciennes 3-1 Bordeaux
Marseille 0-1 Sochaux
Nice 1-2 Lorient
Toulouse 1-1 Le Mans
Strasbourg 0-1 Lille
Auxerre 1-3 Saint-Etienne
Caen 4-1 Monaco

Aussie_Valenciennes_Fan will be happy.

Not a good result for Bordeaux, Lyon is on the way to win their 7th Ligue. Monaco was leading 1-0 at half time and see the result now. Not a good week for Marseille.

very very happy!!

Where are we now, still in the top 4 or 5?

Rennes 3-1 Lens
Lyon 4-2 Paris-SG

1 Lyon 64
2 Bordeaux 55
3 Nancy 52
4 Marseille 46
5 Nice 43
6 Le Mans 43
7 Lille 42
8 Lorient 42
9 Valenciennes 41
10 Rennes 41
11 Saint-Etienne 40
12 Caen 39
13 Monaco 37
14 Auxerre 37
15 Strasbourg 35
16 Sochaux 35
17 Lens 34
18 Paris-SG 32
19 Toulouse 31
20 Metz 18

French cup draw :

Lyon (L1) - Metz (L1)
Bordeaux (L1) - Sedan (L2)
Carquefou (CFA2) - Paris-SG (L1)
Amiens (L2) - Dijon (L2)

Rennes 0-2 Bordeaux
Saint-Etienne 4-1 Le Mans
Nice 0-0 Lille
Toulouse 0-0 Lorient
Caen 1-0 Valenciennes
Auxerre 0-1 Sochaux
Strasbourg 0-2 Monaco
Lens 1-1 Metz
Nancy 1-0 Paris-SG
Marseille 3-1 Lyon

Guess we're not gunning for Europe like I thought when I last saw the table

Valenciennes is 12th, Nice who is 5th have only 3 points more but i don't think Valenciennes can be european because there is not Intertoto anymore, and Marseille have 11 points more.

1 Lyon 67
2 Bordeaux 61
3 Nancy 55
4 Marseille 52
5 Nice 44
6 Rennes 44
7 Le Mans 44
8 Lille 43
9 Saint-Etienne 43
10 Lorient 43
11 Caen 43
12 Valenciennes 41
13 Sochaux 41
14 Monaco 40
15 Auxerre 40
16 Lens 35
17 Toulouse 35
18 Paris-SG 35
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 18

RC, have you heard anything about signing Australian defender Mark Milligan?

RC Lens have signed him. Official. But i'd like to see Lensy's view on this.

No i don't hear about Mark Milligan, i know only that Hilton will leave Lens at the end of the season and Hilton is defender.

1 Lyon 68
2 Bordeaux 64
3 Marseille 55
4 Nancy 55
5 Saint-Etienne 47
6 Nice 47
7 Le Mans 47
8 Lille 46
9 Lorient 46
10 Rennes 45
11 Valenciennes 44
12 Caen 43
13 Sochaux 42
14 Monaco 40
15 Auxerre 40
16 Toulouse 38
17 Lens 35
18 Paris-SG 35
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 19

This week end :

Lens - Sochaux
Strasbourg - Lyon
Nancy - Le Mans
Saint-Etienne - Lorient
Nice - Monaco
Rennes - Valenciennes
Caen - Paris-SG
Auxerre - Metz
Toulouse - Bordeaux
Marseille - Lille

We need to beat Rennes if we want a top half finish. I can see us drawing though.

Also Milligan's transfer isn't so 100%. He rebuffed Lens for now as he would prefer to play in England where he knows the language but if he can't find an English speaking team he will go to Lens.

I still don't hear about this transfer.

Lens 3-2 Sochaux
Strasbourg 1-2 Lyon
Nancy 1-1 Le Mans
Saint-Etienne 1-0 Lorient
Nice 0-2 Monaco
Rennes 1-0 Valenciennes
Caen 3-0 Paris-SG
Auxerre 0-0 Metz
Toulouse 0-1 Bordeaux
Marseille 1-3 Lille

1 Lyon 71
2 Bordeaux 67
3 Nancy 56
4 Marseille 55
5 Saint-Etienne 50
6 Lille 49
7 Rennes 48
8 Le Mans 48
9 Nice 47
10 Lorient 46
11 Caen 46
12 Valenciennes 44
13 Monaco 43
14 Sochaux 42
15 Auxerre 41
16 Toulouse 38
17 Lens 38
18 Paris-SG 35
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 20

Paris-SG 3-1 Auxerre
Lyon 2-2 Caen
Bordeaux 0-0 Nice
Metz 0-1 Saint-Etienne
Lille 3-2 Toulouse
Rennes 3-0 Strasbourg
Le Mans 3-2 Lens
Sochaux 1-1 Lorient
Valenciennes 1-1 Nancy
Monaco 2-3 Marseille

1 Lyon 72
2 Bordeaux 68
3 Marseille 58
4 Nancy 57
5 Saint-Etienne 53
6 Lille 52
7 Rennes 51
8 Le Mans 51
9 Nice 48
10 Lorient 47
11 Caen 47
12 Valenciennes 45
13 Sochaux 43
14 Monaco 43
15 Auxerre 41
16 Toulouse 38
17 Lens 38
18 Paris-SG 38
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 20

Nice 0-0 Lyon
Toulouse 1-1 Paris-SG
Nancy 3-0 Strasbourg
Caen 2-2 Rennes
Lorient 0-0 Le Mans
Auxerre 2-0 Valenciennes
Sochaux 0-0 Metz
Lens 0-0 Monaco

I think Lens will be relegated because it was our last chance tonight, because the two next matchs are difficult. We have to play Lille away and it's a derby and Bordeaux at home who fight for the title, Toulouse have to play Rennes away and Valenciennes at home and Valenciennes is not good away, PSG have to play St-Etienne at home and Sochaux away. And now Aruna Dindane is injuried for 6 months.

Saint-Etienne 0-0 Lille
Marseille 1-2 Bordeaux

1 Lyon 73
2 Bordeaux 71
3 Nancy 60
4 Marseille 58
5 Saint-Etienne 54
6 Lille 53
7 Rennes 52
8 Le Mans 52
9 Nice 49
10 Lorient 48
11 Caen 48
12 Valenciennes 45
13 Sochaux 44
14 Monaco 44
15 Auxerre 44
16 Toulouse 39
17 Lens 39
18 Paris-SG 39
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 21

With this win away for Bordeaux it's not finished for the title, there are still 2 matchs to play.

Next week end :

Le Mans - Marseille
Lyon - Nancy
Lille - Lens
Bordeaux - Sochaux
Metz - Lorient
Rennes - Toulouse
Paris-SG - Saint-Etienne
Strasbourg - Caen
Valenciennes - Nice
Monaco - Auxerre

Why not making a special topic about the French league? I think the league is interesting and big enough to make a seperate topic instead of being under "other leagues".

But next season if we are relegated i'll speak about Ligue 2.

Lyon 1-0 Nancy
Bordeaux 2-0 Sochaux
Le Mans 0-0 Marseille
Paris-SG 1-1 Saint-Etienne
Lille 2-1 Lens
Rennes 2-1 Toulouse
Valenciennes 1-2 Nice
Metz 1-2 Lorient
Strasbourg 1-4 Caen
Monaco 3-0 Auxerre

1 Lyon 76
2 Bordeaux 74
3 Nancy 60
4 Marseille 59
5 Lille 56
6 Saint-Etienne 55
7 Rennes 55
8 Le Mans 53
9 Nice 52
10 Caen 51
11 Lorient 51
12 Monaco 47
13 Valenciennes 45
14 Sochaux 44
15 Auxerre 44
16 Paris-SG 40
17 Toulouse 39
18 Lens 39
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 21

The last chance for Lens to stay in Ligue 1 next week end and it will not be easy because we will play against Bordeaux and they fight for the title.

Next week end :

Marseille - Strasbourg
Nancy - Rennes
Lens - Bordeaux
Auxerre - Lyon
Saint-Etienne - Monaco
Sochaux - Paris-SG
Metz - Le Mans
Nice - Caen
Lorient - Lille
Toulouse - Valenciennes

Le Havre, Nantes and Grenoble are promoted to Ligue 1.

Le Havre have a good youth system don't they and some of the best forwards in Ligue 2?

Yes like Guillaume Hoarau who had scored 28 goals this season and there are few players with experience like Nicolas Gillet who played for Nantes and Lens, and Christophe Revault who started his career with Le Havre but played PSG, Rennes and Toulouse and came back to Le Havre.

Yeah i agree with this, i was gonna suggest it myself.

End of the season of Ligue 2 :

1 Le Havre 78
2 Nantes 70
3 Grenoble 63
4 Sedan 58
5 Clermont Foot 57
6 Troyes 57
7 Brest 57
8 Montpellier 54
9 AC Ajaccio 54
10 Angers 53
11 Bastia 49
12 Guingamp 48
13 Reims 46
14 Amiens 45
15 Châteauroux 45
16 Boulogne-sur-Mer 43
17 Dijon 42
18 Niort 41
19 Libourne/Saint-Seurin 32
20 Gueugnon 27

Lens is in Ligue 2.

Even a win against Bordeaux was not enough.

Auxerre 1-3 Lyon
Lens 2-2 Bordeaux
Nancy 2-3 Rennes
Marseille 4-3 Strasbourg
Lorient 1-1 Lille
Saint-Etienne 4-0 Monaco
Metz 4-3 Le Mans
Nice 3-1 Caen
Toulouse 2-1 Valenciennes
Sochaux 1-2 Paris-SG

End of this season :

1 Lyon 79
2 Bordeaux 75
3 Marseille 62
4 Nancy 60
5 Saint-Etienne 58
6 Rennes 58
7 Lille 57
8 Nice 55
9 Le Mans 53
10 Lorient 52
11 Caen 51
12 Monaco 47
13 Valenciennes 45
14 Sochaux 44
15 Auxerre 44
16 Paris-SG 43
17 Toulouse 42
18 Lens 40
19 Strasbourg 35
20 Metz 24