

Onyekachi Apam
ASSE: Sorta a Preview
By: Martha |My squad is how big? No shit!
For the first time since Frédéric Antonetti was a svelt 20-year-old, he’s got a full squad to choose from: No suspension, no injuries, no personal crises, no nothing. Everyone is fit and ready to go — what luxury!
Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina
Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Diakité, Hognon, Kanté, Rool
Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, [...]
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 [...]
Nice 2-1 Nantes
By: Martha |“With my head, bi- boss! I scored with my head!”
Buts: Bamogo (20è), Mouloungui (80è) pour Nice ; N’Daw (8è) pour Nantes
Nice: Letizi - Diakité (Jeunechamp 83è), Apam, Kanté, Rool - Echouafni (c), Faé, Hellebuyck - Bamogo (Coulibaly, 86è), Modeste (Ben Saada, 73è), Mouloungui
Nantes: Alonzo - Pierre, Moullec, Mareval, Gravgaard - N’Daw, Capoue (Keseru, 83è), Da [...]
More on Créteil + Bit of News
By: Martha |“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 [...]
A Pair of Reports, One More Thorough Than the Other
By: Martha |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 [...]
Newsie Odds n Ends
By: Martha |[Football. So full of hidden laughs. Or: Old people FTW.]
First, the team for tomorrow:
Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina
Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Diakité, Gace, Hognon, Jeunechamp, Kanté, Rool
Milieux: Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck
Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, Mouloungui, Quansah
Absents: Coulibaly, Traoré, Rémy (blessés), Adu, Barul, Moreau, Moussilou, Ozokwo (choix de l’entraîneur)
Regarding the bad guys, they’re low in the table but have [...]
Nice 2-2 Bordeaux
By: Martha |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 [...]
All the Preview You’re Gonna Get, Or: Even More Ospina!
By: Martha |“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 [...]
Lyon: What Passes for a Preview
By: Martha |Don’t make me call your mother, punk.
Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina
Défenseurs: Cid, Diakité, Gace, Hognon, Kanté, Rool
Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck
Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, Mouloungui, Rémy
Absents: Apam, Moreau, Traoré (blessés), Jeunechamp (suspendu), Asamoah, Barul, Moussilou, Ozokwo (choix de l’entraîneur)
Read ‘em and weep, kids: No Apam. Yikes. I realize the team were without him for the [...]
Is it Saturday Yet?
By: Martha |Cyril #1 and his arms: Both happy to be back.
Apologies for the lack of posts, but there’s nothing freaking going on, apart from the official site failing to keep up with the schedule they made for ogcnice.tv. The one change there is that we can now pay €50 for access to the site for the [...]






