

David Hellebuyck
ASSE 0-1 Nice + Some Editorializing
By: Martha |
Who does he think he is, Gerd Müller?
ASSE 0-1 Nice
But: Echouafni (20è) pour Nice
St Etienne: Janot - Andreu, Benalouane, Varrault, Sauget - Machado, Hautcoeur, Dernis (Payet, 73è) - Ilan (c), Gomis (Gigliotti, 82è), Mirallas (Matsui, 64è)
Nice: Letizi - Diakité, Apam, Kanté, Rool - Echouafni (c), Coulibaly (Jeunechamp, 73è), Faé, Hellebuyck - Bamogo (Modeste, 58è), Mouloungui [...]
International Roundup + Some Hellebuyck
By: Martha |I watched most of the Colombia-Nigeria match which ended 1-0 to the home team, with Apam going the full 90 for Nigeria, and Ospina in Colombia’s goal for the second half. Though the first half was sort of even, it was one-way traffic towards the Nigeria goal for the entire second half. Nigeria were severely [...]
Midweek, Pre-Derby News
By: Martha |[Quansah jubilating, as Getty would say.]
•Ben Saada played 10 minutes of Tunisia’s 1-3 friendly loss to France yesterday. Friendly or not, it was a big match for him personally, since he’s French-born and won a U-17 title in a France shirt before choosing Tunisia as his senior side. (Based on his grinny, pre-match interview, though, [...]
Quick News Roundup (There’s Nothing Going On)
By: Martha |“Forget that medal, we give you flowers!”
If your club’s not buying or selling a superstar or sending players to Big Name European National Teams, international breaks are almost entirely bereft of items of interest. The Nice players not on international duty are busy training (there’s a very boring video proving this at the official site), [...]
Flyby News Dump
By: Martha |“So you’re hanging around, then? Sweet.”
•I don’t care how old Cyril Rool gets, I will never not be excited to hear that he’ll be around a little longer. For this reason, the news that he’d signed his long-awaited (by me, anyway) extension today was a source of great joy — and the fact that David [...]






