French Football Weekly

Unexpectedly interesting games and unexpectedly uninteresting games in Ligue 1 as PSG and Marseille pull themselves together and Lyon and Lille don't.

OM are out of the Champions League, OL can't defend, PSG still look underwhelming without Mbappe, and we have mixed feelings about Thierry Henry taking over as the U21 coach.

France are out of the World Cup after losing to Australia on penalties - Ligue 1 has restarted with some big scores, late goals, and unexpected results - and PSG had a weird opener agains Lorient

A bumper edition - Women's World Cup! Ligue 1 Transfers and Preview! Lil bit of Ligue 2! Welcome back, all...

Kris and Jez round up the post-season happenings, including Toulouse sacking coach Philippe Montanier, the ongoing Mbappe situation, the disciplinary committee confirming that Metz will be in Ligue 1 next season, and the upcoming European Qualifiers for France.

It's the end of the season for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 - or is it? Kris and Phil cover the race for Europe, a couple of relegation battles, a promotion push, and quite a lot of admin as Bordeaux v Rodez was halted after only 23 minutes, having implications at both ends of the Ligue 2 table. We will be back for an end-of-season round-up once everything is confirmed and Jez has come out from behind the sofa.

With the penultimate round featuring ten matches simultaneously in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, Kris and Phil try to keep track of everything - the race for Europe, to avoid relegation, to achieve promotion, as well as people moving on, the UNFP awards, and some national team news.

Round 36 saw the race for fifth place continuing, and Nantes and Auxerre both losing in their fight to avoid the drop. Kris, Jez and Phil round up all the action including Lyon winning their 16th title in the women's league, and the nominations for the UNFP trophies.

A busy weekend in French football, with two more teams relegated, the bomb squad called out, the Women's Coupe de France final, and the fall-out of a weekend of solidarity to discuss. Kris, Jez and Phil try to keep up with it all.

It's a bumper pod this week as we have to cover all the goals in OL v Montpellier... Kris, Jez and Phil also discuss Messi, Aulas, Kombouare, petty club commiuniques, and tip a hat to Bruno Rodriguez.

It was a rose-tinted spectacle in the final of the Coupe de France as Toulouse beat Nantes 5-1. In the league, Monaco were taken apart at home by Montpellier, and PSG lost at home to Lorient in a game featuring probably the weirdest goal of the season. Angers are officially down, and Ajaccio and Troyes are adrift, but there is still some jeopardy as several teams - including Nantes - are battling to avoid the fourth and final relegation spot. Kris, Jez and Phil round up all the action.

Kris and Jez review all the action including Nice crashing out of the Europa Conference League, Marseille going second with a win at Lyon, Lens staying on the podium with a win over Monaco, and the ongoing battle at the bottom with four teams looking to avoid the last relegation spot.

Kris and Jez look back at Auxerre v Nantes, Strasbourg v Ajaccio, and PSG v Lens, which wasn't as close as we had hoped.

There's two weeks of action to cover, including two rounds of Ligue 1, the Coupe de France semi-finals, Women's Champions League quarter-finals, and new management for Les Bleues. Kris, Jez and Phil just about manage to keep track of it all.

Two wins for France in the international break - one more impressive than the other, but there were reasons. Meanwhile it's not been a good week for the women's game, on or off the pitch, and the U21s are in a bit of bother. Kris, Jez and Phil look back at all of it, and forward to a return of Ligue 1 that finishes with le Classique.

The international break is upon us, so after reviewing the weekend's action Kris, Jez and Phil look at les Bleus as they head into Euro Qualifying.

PSG may have been knocked out of the Champions' League again, but the rest of French football seems determined to have a good time. Kris, Jez and Phil look back at a weekend of late comebacks, high-scoring draws, frantically fast hattricks and Nice flying the flag in Europe.

Neymar's out for the rest of the season - will PSG manage without him against Bayern? Kris, Jez and Phil round up the weekend's matches, discuss whether we jinxed Nice last week, and how Der Zakarian's return could help Montpellier. Also, will OM's defeat in the Coupe de France have a positive or negative effect. Go Annecy.

Well, I guess that's why they call it Les Bleues. There's chaos surrounding the French Women's team, and the FFF, in the run-up to the World Cup. On the pitch, there was a cardless Classique which saw Mbappe and Messi in magical form as PSG beat OM 3-0. Nice won the Derby du Sud by the same margin at Monaco as their impressive run of form continues. There were a bad set of results in the Europa League, Dejan Lovren helping Angers out on the scoring front, and the relegation battle continuing to confuse. Kris, Jez and Phil cover all of that, while trying to keep up with the Coupe de France quarter-finals 'en direct'.

Mixed results in Europe, ongoing shenanigans at PSG, some chaotic and/or confusing results in the league - it's all going on in French football. Kris, Jez and Phil round everything up and look forward to a next round of matches that includes a Derby du Sud, and the big one - OM v PSG.