From: marco@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Marco Petroni)
Subject: Le Championnat, week 5
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines, Montreal, Canada
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 12:45:42 GMT

Pour les amateurs du "foot", voici les resultats de la cinquieme journee
du championnat Francais du football qui ont ete compiles par Kent Hedlundh.
Malheureusement, Kent a des problemes a envoyer des articles a
"soc.culture.french" de son site pour le moment.

Marco...

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Allo football fanatiques!
Ici le cinqieme rapport du football Francais.
It includes: results, comments, fixtures, standings and scorers list.
The second division play over the weekend and I won't have them, I'm afraid.
All articles are distribued by E-mail, contact me.
And remember I stand for the quote (I'm trying to translate it)
"C'est toujours amusant de parler le football"

Average attendance for week 4: 14472

Week 5 of "le Championnat", played the 1st-4th of September 1992

FC Girondins de Bordeaux     1         Nimes Olympique               1 :-(
    Croci '75                               Lemoult '78
    Att.: 20000
    (Played the 4th due to a concert)

    Bordeaux: Huard; Croci, Santos, Senac, Lizarazu;
              Lucas, Daniel, Zidane (Dogon '60), Marquet (Dugarry '70);
              Salaun, Valdeir.

    Bordeaux controlled the first half, but failed to beat Lionel Perez.
    The Nimes keeper saved a header from Valdeir after a quarter and saved
    when Salaun went clear. Patrice Marquet was two metres from goal with the
    goalie beaten, but he missed the empty net. Otherwise, Girondins had
    troubles to break down the guests defence. In the second half, Bordeaux
    continued with the pressure and had another occasion blocked by Perez
    on a Valdeir effort. Dugarry got a good start when he substituted
    Marquet, with one of his first actions, he made a great move on the left
    and beat some of the Nimes players before he sent a magnificent center
    for Laurent Croci to head home. Unfortunately, Girondins relaxed
    too much and on a failed clearance by Senac, Jean-Claude Lemoult could
    beat Gaetan Huard coz the goalie's view was blocked :-(
    Valdeir and Zidane, the best for us with Liza having a good first
    half. Hopefully, the injury of Zidane isn't too serious.
    Three draws at home, _VERY_ disappoiting. Next week, we have to beat
    Lens!

Stade Malherbe Caen-C-B-N    3         Olympique Lyonnais            2
    Goerter '?                              Ferri '?
    Calderon '?                             Delamontagne '?
    Dangbeto '91
    Two teams in troubles played at Venoix and the home side got a two goal
    lead by Willy Goerter and Gabriel Calderon in the first half and looked
    to have control. Lyon pulled one back on a free kick struck via
    the wall by Patrice Ferri. But, Gabriel Calderon was clearly taken down
    in the Lyon box, the referee didn't blow the obvious penalty and waited
    thirty seconds before he whistled for a compensation penalty. Stephane
    Paille stepped forward to get his first goal of the season and Gilles
    Rousset took it. Instead for 3-1 for the Malherbistes Lyon equalized
    late by ex-Rennais Laurent Delamontagne. Since Lyon really like late
    goals they surely wanted to keep that alive and Caen eventually helped
    them to get the winner in injury time when Dangbeto headed home a Stephane
    Paille cross. I don't think this means that Caen can give Zaragoza a real
    match in the UEFA Cup, they aren't looking good enough for an European
    journey. Four days to retrieve the form of last season... Lyon, well...
    they have to settle for a new contract like last season.

Lille OSC                    0         Paris-Saint-Germain FC        0
    (Played the 1st)
    Canal Plus moved the match to Tuesday and surely hoped for a good
    entertainer for the viewers with PSG showing their impressive play from
    earlier matches. The Parisians haven't had big success in Lille and this
    time was no exception and the game ran out as a scoreless draw.
    PSG lost their 100% record and Lille got a valuable point which keeps
    them out of troubles. PSG are still leading and will do all they can to
    stay there and that is quite likely.

Olympique de Marseille       2         AJ Auxerre                    0
    Voeller '19
    Voeller '60
    Marseille hadn't impressed in early season - letting in five goals in
    five games, still unbeaten, though. It looks like they had saved their
    good play for this top clash. They really came out hard and put Auxerre
    under heavy pressure, they didn't allow the Bourgignons to create any
    chances with their strong attacking force. Instead Marseille got the
    chances and two goals, both by German Rudi Voeller, one in each half.
    The second was on a header at the far post after a Didier Deschamps cross.
    Voeller also got the chance to take two penalties during the match, on
    them he wasn't succesful since Bruno Martini had a great night despite
    the loss. The National keeper took both of Voeller's spot kicks and
    had a string of saves, hopefully he'll show the same type of performance
    in Sofia on Wednesday. OM were never in danger in this match and they
    might after all give title favourites Paris-St.Germain a run for the
    title. Auxerre are too inconsistent.

AS Monaco                    2         RC Lens                       1
    Djorkaeff '27                           Sirakov '82-p.k.
    Djorkaeff '59
    Monaco played at Louis-II and therefore they got another win, they have
    still some trouble on the road, though. Youri Djorkaeff was Man of the
    Match with two excellent goals. The second half goal (the one I heard
    about), he went clear with only Varmuz to beat and was very cool, he
    dribbled the goalie away and put the ball into the empty net. Monaco had
    many chances to score in the 75 minutes, but they actually managed to put
    themselves into some troubles. Lens got a penalty after a foul by Valery
    on Roger Boli and Bulgarian top scorer of 1991, ex-Levski striker
    Sirakov grabbed the goal from the spot, his first for Lens. And RCL
    pushed forward the remaining minutes and the home side had to defend
    their own goal.

Montpellier Herault SC       1         US Valenciennes-Anzin         3
    Asanovic '35                            Gohel '23
                                            Robert '79
                                            Boskovic '91
    VA hadn't got a win and Montpellier had showed great things earlier,
    the expectations were on a home win. But, the guests opened the score
    through Wilfred Gohel and Montpellier pushed everything forward and
    got an equalizer before the break. In the second half, Montpellier
    completely dominated, but failed all attempts to beat Sylvain Matrisciano.
    Instead Christophe Robert broke through and created the opportunity for
    the BIG surprise. Goran Boskovic stated the fact in injury time, the
    surprise of this season so far! VA winning their first match in D1
    on the road at la Mosson, who could have dreamed about that?!? They leave
    the cellar for the moment. Montpellier must have confidence problems
    after losing to two of the relegation candidates in successive matches.

FC Nantes-Loire-Atlantique   5         Havre AC                      2
    Loko '26                                Bertin '41
    Loko '45                                Tiehi '86
    Pedros '49
    Ziani '85
    Vulic '90
    A great night for Canaries who went ahead twice in the first half by
    Patrice Loko intercepted by an equalizer from Aubame. In the second
    half, Nantes increased the lead to two when Ronald Pedros struck a N'Doram
    pass. Les Canaries really pulverised the guests' defence and created lots
    of chances. Just after the 4-1 goal, l'HAC pulled one back, but Nantes
    replied with a free kick goal in the last minute. Fabien Piveteau,
    one of the best goalies in the league will try to forget this as fast
    as he can. Nantes are still near the top and will stay there for a while
    after this impressive show.

AS Saint-Etienne             2         SC Toulon et du Var           0
    Passi '53
    Kastendeuch '73-p.k.
    Les Stephanois got the first goal after Gros crossed from the left and
    Gerald Passi popped up in front of the goal to head home. The Green never
    gave Toulon the opportunity Girondins did and when Rabat took down
    Etienne Mendy in the area the following penalty decided the match.
    Sylvain Kastendeuch is a very good penalty taker and he put the ball
    in the top of the net and Borelli isn't attacker, he is goalie, so
    that's the final score... :-)

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard       1         Toulouse FC                   0
    A. Blanc '50
    TFC are still without a victory and went to the bottom of the standings
    when Fabrice Henri took a free kick which was headed home by Andre Blanc.
    This was the third win for Sochaux at home, they have still to get points
    away, though. Barthes came back, the TFC fans, think.

RC Strasbourg                1         FC Metz                       1
    Leboeuf '?                              Sechet '?
    Att.: 26000
    The referee took a big part in a hard-refereed Eastern derby with lots
    of fans on the terraces which also created some troubles.
    Racing pushed forward, but Metz grabbed the lead when Jean-Philippe
    Sechet lobbed the ball over the sub goalie for RCS, remember Sansone
    was sent off last week. At that point, Metz were one man down after
    Nicolas Huysman quite deservedly got his second yellow card.
    Franck Leboeuf was taken down in the Metz box and struck the following
    penalty home to the fans pleasure. The fans weren't pleased for long
    though, since the referee red carded home player Michael Hughes.
    To this we can add many claimed penalties and a quite tough match on
    and off the pitch.


Week 6 of "le Championnat" played the 12th of September 1992

AJ Auxerre                   v         AS Saint-Etienne
Havre AC                     v         FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
RC Lens                      v         FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Olympique Lyonnais           v         RC Strasbourg
FC Metz                      v         Stade Malherbe Caen-C-B-N
AS Monaco                    v         Montpellier Herault SC
Nimes Olympique              v         Olympique de Marseille
Paris-Saint-Germain FC       v         US Valenciennes-Anzin
SC Toulon et du Var          v         FC Nantes-Loire-Atlantique
Toulouse FC                  v         Lille OSC


STANDINGS - after 5 weeks:

TEAM                         PL   WON  DRAWN LOST  GF-GA   PTS
==============================================================
Paris-Saint-Germain FC       5    4    1     0     10-1    9
FC Nantes-Loire-Atlantique   5    3    2     0     10-4    8
Olympique de Marseille       5    3    2     0      9-5    8
AS Monaco                    5    3    1     1     10-6    7
AJ Auxerre                   5    3    0     2      9-5    6
Montpellier Herault SC       5    3    0     2      9-5    6
AS Saint-Etienne             5    2    2     1      9-7    6
RC Strasbourg                5    2    1     1      6-7    6
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard       5    3    0     2      5-8    6
FC Metz                      5    1    3     1     10-7    5
FC Girondins de Bordeaux     5    1    3     1      3-3    5
Lille OSC                    5    2    1     2      2-5    5
Stade Malherbe Caen-C-B-N    5    2    0     3      6-7    4
Havre AC                     5    1    2     2      4-6    4
SC Toulon et du Var          5    1    2     2      2-7    4
Nimes Olympique              5    0    3     2      4-8    3
RC Lens                      5    0    3     2      3-7    3
US Valenciennes-Anzin        5    1    0     4      5-9    2
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Olympique Lyonnais           5    0    2     3      4-8    2
Toulouse FC                  5    0    1     4      5-10   1


SCORERS LIST:

PLAYER                  TEAM           GOALS
--------------------------------------------
Rudi Voeller            (OM)           4
Mehmet Chaouch          (Metz)         4
Olivier Pickeu          (Montpellier)  4
Gerald Baticle          (Auxerre)      3
Patrice Loko            (Nantes)       3
Ljubos Kubik            (Metz)         3
Youri Djorkaeff         (Monaco)       3
Juergen Klinnsmann      (Monaco)       3
Zoran Vulic             (Nantes)       3
Lubomir Moravcik        (StEtienne)    3
Franck Leboeuf          (Strasbourg)   3
Bernard Ferrer          (Toulouse)     3
Laurent Croci           (Bordeaux)     1
Christophe Dugarry      (Bordeaux)     1
Bixente Lizarazu        (Bordeaux)     1


Kent...
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