David Ospina

January 2nd, 2009

Quick News Roundup

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Spellcaster!Anto: “… And when you wake up, you will think I have a full head of hair!”
•Squad list for Arras:
Gardiens: Letizi, Moreau
Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Gace, Hognon, Jeunechamp, Rool
Milieux: Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck, Traoré
Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, Mouloungui, Ozokwo, Quansah
Rémy, Kante, and Coulibaly all have injury problems and Adu is suspended (?!), but the rest of [...]



December 29th, 2008

The Boys Are Back in Town

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Obi-Wan Letizi wishes everyone a belated, vaguely creepy Merry Christmas.
Hooray, training starts today! That means there will be something to talk about other than transfer rumors for the next couple weeks, albeit more than likely only things like “Oh, crap, Rémy’s not fit yet,” or “God dammit, Cyril #1 hurt his calf again — is [...]

December 3rd, 2008

Newsie Odds and Ends

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[Not as scared of Baky and Ben Arfa as he looks. Probably.]
•The Grenoble match will be played either a week from today or on the 17th of this month. The 10th was the league’s initial proposal, but Pierre Wantiez had a fit about Nice getting an extra day of rest, so it could be pushed [...]

November 28th, 2008

Squad List for Grenoble (And Not Much More)

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“So this is snow, huh? I don’t get it.”
Gardiens: Moreau, Ospina
Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Diakité, Hognon, Kanté, Rool
Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck, Jeunechamp, Traoré
Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, Mouloungui, Rémy
Absents: Letizi, Ozokwo (blessés), Adu, Barul, Gace, Moussilou, Quansah (choix de l’entraîneur)
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Sorry I’ve not been around this week — travel, family and Thanksgiving seriously cut [...]

November 20th, 2008

International Roundup + Some Hellebuyck

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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 [...]



November 18th, 2008

That Ben Saada Guy Isn’t Too Bad, Huh?

By: Martha | Comments 4 Comments

Ability + vision + audacity + 10 pounds of muscle = legitimate future #10
I’ll have some sort of report up about the match tomorrow whether you like it or not but, until then, watch the above clip. Then, watch this one, which is even better, but is crappy when embedded. Next, sigh happily. Repeat as [...]

November 14th, 2008

More on Créteil + Bit of News

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“This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
I managed to find the Créteil match and, while I’ll spare you a full report (I can hear the sighs of relief from here), I’ve still got some reactions to offer on a handful of newbies/youngsters/Habibs.
•Ospina reads the game really well — he’s almost never surprised by [...]

November 12th, 2008

A Pair of Reports, One More Thorough Than the Other

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The number of times this man yelled “HABIB!” against Lorient: 419.
Report the First
Alright, so, the Lorient game. Ugh. Fantastic to play like that and get three points, but still — ugh. The goal was a stroke of luck, a failed clearance that ended up at Chouf’s feet with the keeper down, and which he rolled [...]

October 27th, 2008

Nice 2-2 Bordeaux

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Where am I? Who are you people?
After the first 30 minutes or so of Saturday’s match, you’d never, ever have been able to convince me that Nice would get a point. Not a million years. As everyone who gave voice to the obvious after the match (Antonetti and Cyril #1 among them) said, they gave [...]

October 24th, 2008

All the Preview You’re Gonna Get, Or: Even More Ospina!

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“Je suis un gardien de but. Oui?”
Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina
Défenseurs: Apam, Diakité, Gace, Hognon, Jeunechamp, Kanté, Rool
Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck, Traoré
Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, Mouloungui, Rémy
Absents: Cid (17 stitches in his head), Adu, Asamoah, Barul, Moreau, Moussilou, Ozokwo (choix de l’entraîneur)
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So, word on the street — by which I mean the big [...]






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