From: dvlkhh@cs.umu.se (Kent Hedlundh)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer,soc.culture.french
Subject: Le Championnat, week 34
Date: 6 Apr 92 09:08:52 GMT
Organization: Dep. of Info.Proc, Umea Univ., Sweden

Hello folks!
The usual stuff from me including scores, scorers, comments, fixtures,
standings, scorers list and second division updates.
Source: RFI relay of France Inter and Vincent Lataste.
Unfortunately, RFI did only relay the second half, so therefore I'm missing
some information about what happened during the first halves.
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FC Gueugnon                  0         AN Girondins de Bordeaux FC   0 :-(
    Bordeaux: Huard; Dogon, Senac, Lestage, Liza;
              Plancque, Gimenez, Lalanne, Ernst; Dugarry, Gudjohnsen.

    Substitutes: Salaun in 74th and
                 Fernier in the 83rd for Bordeaux.
    Gernot Rohr had decided that the team of Girondins should be
    with defence control of the game and quick counter attacks,
    unfortunately, this tactic was not enough effective to give
    us both points. The best chance for Girondins was a free kick by
    Stephane Plancque, otherwise the occasions were very rare.
    Next weekend:
         Bordeaux vs StSeurin (Ough, a Gironde derby which is very important
                               for both teams.)
         Istres vs Strasbourg (VERY important 'nuff said.)

Week 34 of "le Championnat" played the 3rd and 4th of April 1992

AS Cannes                    2         RC Lensois                    1
    Priou '29-p.k.                          Boli '77
    Priou '69
    Cannes absolutely needed two points here to remain with chances of
    a new contract and the game started well for them when Franck Priou
    pushed the ball home on a penalty to give them the lead. In the second
    half, Cannes had most control of the ball, but the guests were
    extremely dangerous on counter attacks. A great occasion for Pierre
    Laigle with Michel Dussuyer, a magnificent shot from outside the box
    by Jean-Marc Adjovi-Bocco that fortunately for the home side didn't go
    in. Another chance for Roger Boli, but instead Cannes went two up when
    Franck Priou scored his second by sending the ball past Bernard Lama.
    Finally, Lens got a very deserved goal by Roger Boli. To be fair,
    even Cannes had further chances, especially Francois Omam-Biyik, but
    it was not his day. Two very valuable points for Cannes. This means
    that they are two points behind the teams above them in the standings.
    And maybe Cannes will secure a new contract.

Havre AC                     1         FC Nantes                     1
    Garande '59                                       Ferri '82
    This game saw the debut of young goalie Eric Loussouarn who replaced
    David Marraud. And what a great debut in the first division for him! He
    saved his team on many occasions. Oh well, l'HAC attacked for most
    of the game, but the first half ended scoreless. The second half saw
    continued ball control for the home side, Joel Tiehi failed to score,
    still the home side took the lead. They went ahead when Patrice Garande
    finished a penalty by passing the young FCN goalie. The penalty was
    given after a foul on Alain Benedet, the guests protested heavily
    against this decision and that cost Marcel Desailly a caution.
    Joel Tiehi and Thierry Moreau failed to beat the Canarie keeper, but
    when Johnny Moelby, the newly signed Dane, got his second yellow card
    and had to leave the pitch, it looked to be over. That was wrong coz
    Jean-Michel Ferri finished a corner by sending the ball behind Fabien
    Piveteau to level the score. Piveteau played well, as usual and has
    really been great for his team this season.

Lille OSC                    3         Toulouse FC                   1
    Mio Nielsen '12                         Debeve '85
    Frandsen '18
    Assadourian '86
    Lille got a two goals lead early in the first half when their Danish
    contigent struck twice. The first for Michael Mio Nielsen and the
    second by Per Frandsen. In the second half Lille continued to push
    forward to give their fans a pleasing night and scoreline. TFC grabbed
    a goal when Michel Debeve struck a free kick into the net of Jean-Claude
    Nadon. Francois Brisson sent a pass for Eric Assadourian to finish off
    the job and match the minute after. Frederic Pons of Toulouse got a red
    card ten minutes from time and TFC were never really close to go level in
    the second half. A good display by the home side and otherwise a game
    which meant nothing important in the standings.

Olympique Lyonnais           0         FC Metz                       0
    The weather was rainy and cold in Lyon and this game was not very good,
    either. Bad conditions and no goals were what the fans witnessed.
    Lyon were the attacking side with Metz relying on counter attacks to try
    to beat sub goalie Christophe Breton.

AS Monaco                    2         AJ Auxerre                    0
    Djorkaeff '15
    Djorkaeff '34
    After the midweek disappointment versus Feyenoord in the Cup Winners'
    Cup semifinal Monaco produced a wonderful display. Christophe Robert
    made his return to the Monaco line-up and made it very well until he
    was substituted by Gerald Passi in the middle of the second half.
    Youssouf Fofana was benched after the bad display on Wednesday and only
    played in the dying minutes. John Sivebaek, the Danish defender was also
    back in the Monaco squad and played well. Jean-Luc Etorri was rarely
    tested by the guests. Instead Monaco got two first half goals both
    scored by Youri Djorkaeff. In the second half, les Monegasques continued
    with the attacking style of play and created further chances to add to
    their lead. But, a problem is that Georges Weah hasn't scored much lately,
    hopefully he will awake for the game in Rotterdam. Not much more to
    say today just that Jean-Luc Etorri might retire after this season, his
    18th in a Monaco shirt. Bernard Lama will NOT be the replacement as
    rumours have had it lately.

Montpellier-Herault SC       2         AS Saint-Etienne              0
    Divert '70
    Divert '74
    Montpellier pushed forward for the entire game and Joseph-Antoine Bell
    kept his team in the game for more than an hour. In the beginning of the
    second half, Fabrice Divert sent a cross from the right to Jaczek
    Ziober who headed down, but an excellent save by Bell kept the score down.
    Finally, the deadlock was broken and it was former Caen striker Fabrice
    Divert who made it. The second came when Bertrand Reuzeau served
    Fabrice Divert with a good pass and the striker made no mistake to put his
    team two up. Later, Divert sent a beautiful pass to Ziober who once again
    failed to beat the magnificent Bell. I don't know why the goalies
    always look that good according to the France Inter commentator.
    Concluding from their reports the standards of French goalies must be VERY,
    very high. Any comments from you who can watch games on the telly?
    Claude Barrabe in the other goal had virtually nothing to stop in a very
    even handed game.

AS Nancy-Lorraine            1         Olympique de Marseille        3
    Tarasiewicz '10                         Pele '23
                                            Durand '41
                                            Angloma '48
    (Played the 3rd)
    The Canal Plus game of the week featured a Nancy side who desperately
    need points in all games and l'Oheme who wanted to stay clear of opponents
    Monaco. The match started off as everyone would hope, if you wanted an
    interesting one that is, with Ryszard Tarasiewicz droving home a
    superb free kick after ten minutes. The luck didn't last for long, though.
    Abedi Pele sent in a rebound ("Retourne" =rebound?, I think) midways
    through the half to level the score. The guests took the lead four minutes
    from the break when Jean-Philippe Durand headed home to beat Sylvain
    Matrisciano. Early in the second half, the game was over. After
    Jean-Pierre Papin shot and Jocelyn Angloma put the ball home. Marseille
    had many occasions to score further goals. Nancy are in big troubles and
    I do not think that they will save their contract now.

FC Paris-Saint-Germain       2         FC Sochaux-Montbeliard        0
    Le Guen '22
    Perez '65
    Sochaux have played well recently, but tonight no points would come their
    way. Paul Le Guen struck first to put the home side one up in the first
    half. Daniel Bravo played one of his best games of the season and was
    behind a couple of occasions. Christian Perez put PSG into an increased
    lead in the middle of the second half. And the substitution that brought
    Caveglia on the pitch didn't help the guests to score. Another solid
    performance by the Parisian side and they will stay third in the standings
    and play in the UEFA Cup the coming season. Richard Dutruel once again got
    the clean sheet and showed that PSG have a really young talented goalie in
    him, the three games suspension for Joel Bats has meant a great debut for
    this guy. Sochaux will go towards a tough end of the season, but their
    play in recent games promises good news for their fans.

Stade Rennais FC             1         Nimes Olympique               1
    Chala '15                               Bernardet '57
    Rennes were 19th in the standings before the game and Nimes were
    17th. A win for Rennes would mean that they would be just one point behind
    Nimes and a win for Nimes would mean that Nimes would be 5 points
    ahead of Rennes and make big troubles for the Bretons. Anyway, the match
    started pleasantly for the home side when Kujtin Chala struck home
    the first goal of the game in the first half. In the second half, the
    guests went level with a superb attack started by Ahmed Maharzi who sent
    the ball to Philippe Vercruysse who crossed for Gerard Bernardet to push
    the ball into the net of Pascal Rousseau. Otherwise, the home side had
    some great occasions to retrieve the lead, a shot just over the bar
    and a cracking header by Francois Denis that hit the crossbar. The
    referee also made some important decisions, first he sent off
    Arnold Oosterveer, the Dutch defender of Rennes that stopped a bit of
    the attacking from the home side, but later Philippe Vercruysse followed
    him of the pitch. Finally, the referee gave the Brazilian striker
    Baltazar marching orders late in the second half. Rennes were unlucky
    to not win the game, but Lionel Perez made another good game and held
    his defence together in front of his goal. This scoreline means that
    nothing changed in the bottom, both teams need many points in the four
    remaining weeks.

SC Toulon et du Var          0         Stade Malherbe Caennais       0
    After a scoreless first half, the home side continued with the pressure
    early in the second half, but the remainder of the half saw only one
    team on the pitch and that was not the home side. Caen took complete
    control of happenings and the game looked to be a match between the Toulon
    goalie and the entire Malherbiste squad. First, Franck Dumas put
    Stephane Paille through with the goalie, but the latter won that battle.
    Luc Borelli continued to save his side from a heavy loss when Caen created
    dangerous chances in a long streak. A superb save on a header by Xavier
    Gravelaine. And another magnificent save by Borelli when Gravelaine
    went clean and pushed a very good effort on goal. Borelli, hero of the game
    saved a point to the home side. BTW John, why don't you support Toulon??
    They have TWO Rodriguez in the squad, shouldn't you support your
    namesakes? :-) :-)

                                   FIXTURES

Week 35 of "le Championnat" played the 10th and 11th of April 1992

AJ Auxerre                   v         AS Cannes

Havre AC                     v         AS Nancy-Lorraine

RC Lensois                   v         Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique de Marseille       v         Montpellier-Herault SC

FC Metz                      v         Stade Malherbe Caennais

FC Nantes                    v         AS Monaco
    (Played the 10th)

Nimes Olympique              v         SC Toulon et du Var

AS Saint-Etienne             v         Lille OSC

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard       v         Stade Rennais FC
    (Very important game for the bottom of the standings.)

Toulouse FC                  v         FC Paris-Saint-Germain
    (Played the 10th)
    The Canal Plus game of the week.


                                   GROUP 2A

         Rouen                         Angers
         Dunkerque                     Valenciennes
         Guingamp                      Tours
         Beauvais                      Le Mans
         Laval                         Amiens
         Louhans-Cuiseaux              La Roche sur-Yon
         Red Star                      Bourges

                                   GROUP 2B

AN Girondins de Bordeaux FC  v         AS Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle
FC d'Annecy                            Stade Rodez Football
SC Bastia                              Olympique Saint-Quentinois
Berrichonne de Chateauroux             Perpignan FC
SA Spinalien FC                        GFC Ajaccio
FC Grenoble Isere                      FC Gueugnon
FC Istres Ville Nouvelle               RC Strasbourg
FC Mulhouse Sud-Alsace                 Olympique Ales-en-Cevennes
OGC Nice-Cote d'Azur                   FC Martigues

Standings after 34 weeks:

TEAM                         PL   W    D    L    GF-GA     PTS
======================================================================
Olympique de Marseille       34   20   11    3   61-21     51
AS Monaco                    34   21    7    6   50-25     49
FC Paris-Saint-Germain       34   15   15    4   42-22     45
AJ Auxerre                   34   14   11    9   50-29     39
Montpellier-Herault SC       34   12   15    7   36-26     39
Stade Malherbe Caennais      34   14   10   10   41-42     38
Havre AC                     34   11   15    8   27-28     37
FC Nantes                    34   11   13   10   32-32     35
Lille OSC                    34   11   12   11   29-29     34
AS Saint Etienne             34   12    9   13   39-34     33
RC Lensois                   34    8   17    9   27-24     33
FC Metz                      34   11   10   13   37-37     32
SC Toulon et du Var          34   13    5   16   39-48     31
Toulouse FC                  34    9   13   12   26-38     31
Olympique Lyonnais           34    9   11   14   22-30     29
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard       34    8   11   15   30-45     27
Nimes Olympique              34    7   13   14   27-46     27
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
AS Cannes                    34    7   11   16   30-42     25
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Stade Rennais FC             34    5   14   15   22-40     24
AS Nancy-Lorraine            34    7    7   20   34-63     21


Scorers list after 34 weeks:
PLAYER                  TEAM           GOALS
Jean-Pierre Papin       (OM)           25
Georges Weah            (Monaco)       18
Francois Calderaro      (Metz)         16
Stephane Paille         (Caen)         14
Fabrice Divert          (Montpellier)  12
Christian Perez         (PSG)          12
Leonardo Rodriguez      (Toulon)       12
Christophe Cocard       (Auxerre)      10
Abedi Pele              (OM)           10
Jean-Marc Ferreri       (Auxerre)       8
Joel Tiehi              (LeHavre)       8
Per Frandsen            (Lille)         8
Patrick Revelles        (Toulon)        8
Michel Rio              (Caen)          7
Aliosha Asanovic        (Cannes)        7
Chris Waddle            (OM)            7
Jaczek Ziober           (Montpellier)   7
David Zitelli           (Nancy)         7
Gerald Baticle          (Auxerre)       6
Daniel Dutuel           (Auxerre)       6
Eric Assadourian        (Lille)         6
Nicolas Huysman         (Metz)          6
Youri Djorkaeff         (Monaco)        6
Gerald Passi            (Monaco)        6
Nicolas Oudec           (Nantes)        6
Amara Simba             (PSG)           6
Baltazar                (Rennes)        6
Laurent Delamontagne    (Rennes)        6
Alain Caveglia          (Sochaux)       6
Michel Pavon            (Toulouse)      6
Alain Roche             (Auxerre)       5
Xavier Gravelaine       (Caen)          5
Francois Omam-Biyik     (Cannes)        5
Franck Priou            (Cannes)        5
Jules Bocande           (Lens)          5
Pierre Laigle           (Lens)          5
Francois Brisson        (Lille)         5
Rui Barros              (Monaco)        5
Sechet                  (Nancy)         5
Ryszard Tarasiewicz     (Nancy)         5
Denis Vairelles         (Nancy)         5
Philippe Vercruysse     (Nimes)         5
Daniel Bravo            (PSG)           5
Kujtin Chala            (Rennes)        5
Kastendeuch             (StEtienne)     5
Frederic Meyrieu        (Toulon)        5

                                    GROUP 2A

         Angers              1         Le Mans             1
           Le Mans took a surprising first half lead. The
           home side equalized on a second half penalty
           to maintain their lead of 2A. Mans stay in
           contention for the third place with this strong
           performance.
         Valenciennes        2         Laval               1
           Valenciennes returned on track again after the
           shocking midweek loss to Red Star. Where the
           guests scored in the last minute. Here VA took
           the lead in the first half and the guests
           levelled early in the second. The home side
           grabbed the winner later into the half. They are now
           tied with SCO on points. Laval lost two valuable
           points in the fight for a playoff place.
         Dunkerque           3         Rouen               1
           Les Normands lost in Dunkerque and will get
           troubles to reach the third place.
         Amiens              0         Guingamp            3
           Wow! Guingamp reached the third place in the
           standings with a cracking display in Amiens.
           The home side, in desperate need of points, were
           chanceless, but stay out of the cellar.
         Bourges             2         Louhans-Cuiseaux    1
           France Inter transmitted from Bourges of all
           places this weekend and saw the home side stop
           the playoff hopes of the guests with a late winner.
         Ancenis             0         Sedan               0
           Sedan continue to fight for a new contract.
         Tours               1         Red Star            0
           Red Star back on the earth after the win in
           Valenciennes.

         La Roche won 1-0 over the non existing Orleans.

Standings after 31 weeks:

TEAM                         PTS
Angers	        	     40    +26*
Valenciennes		     40    +19*
Guingamp		     35    -*
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Le Mans		             34    +7*
Laval		             34    +4*
Rouen 		             33    +15*
Louhans-Cuiseaux	     32    +5*
Bourges		             30    -1*
Dunkerque		     30    -1*
Ancenis		             29    -3*
Tours		             29    -13*
Beauvais		     28    +8*
Red Star 93	             25    -5*
La Roche/Yon	             25    -16*
Amiens		             23    -13*
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Sedan		             23    -17
Orleans	   	              0      -      RELEGATED
Brest                         0      -      RELEGATED

Scorers: (Updated to week 27)
Orts               (Rouen)        21
Horlaville         (Rouen)        15
Mota               (Tours)        15
Boskovic           (Valenciennes) 14
Jacquet            (Amiens)       12
Lagrange           (Angers)       11
Bonora             (Amiens)       11

                                   GROUP 2B


GFC Ajaccio                  0         RC Strasbourg                 1 :-( :-(
    The worries that Ajaccio would think of the Cup game on Wednesday
    didn't come true as the home side completely dominated the game
    and were unlucky not to score a couple of goals. (I'm just making a
    free translation here Renaud, I'm not kidding). The result was not
    logical as football often is since the guests scored the only goal
    on one of their rare occasions by top scorer Didier Monczuk after
    56 minutes. The result was not justified according to the commentator.
Olympique Ales-en-Cevennes   2         SC Bastia                     1
    Ales stay in the second division after beating a Bastia side
    totally out of form or is it just that they are concentrating
    on the Cup competition?
FC Gueugnon                  0         AN Girondins de Bordeaux FC   0 :-(
FC Martigues                 0         FC Istres Ville Nouvelle      1
    Istres hung on the top two with another victory and may tie
    with Strasbourg on points next weekend with a win. Martigues
    failed to reach sure grounds, but are still likely to be in
    the second division another year.
FC Mulhouse Sud-Alsace       0         SA Spinalien FC               2
    Mulhouse saved their contract with a loss at home. Epinal
    virtually secured their existence in the higher divisions with
    putting away their second consecutive victory. Epinal four
    points above the cellar with two games to play.
Perpignan FC                 0         OGC Nice-Cote d'Azur          0
Stade Rodez Football         1         FC Grenoble Isere             0
    Rodez had nothing to play for, but they scored the only goal of
    the game and that leaves Grenoble one point from a new contract.
Olympique Saint-Quentinois   2         FC d'Annecy                   0
    St-Quentin won their fourth game of the season. Despite being
    already relegated they beat Annecy who still have to secure
    a new contract. A very wierd score IMHO.
AS Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle   0         Berrichonne de Chateauroux    0
    St-Seurin in desperate need of points failed to beat Chateauroux
    who had nothing to play for. The game ended in a scoreless draw
    and that was not what the home side wanted. St-Seurin are
    still just one point from a new contract, so the hope is not out
    yet.

GROUP 2B after 32 weeks: (2 weeks to go)

TEAM                         P    W    D    L    GF-GA     PTS
=================================================================
AN Girondins de Bordeaux FC  32   20    8    4   49-22     48
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Racing Club de Strasbourg    32   19    9    4   69-21     47
FC Istres Ville Nouvelle     32   17   11    4   49-28     45
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SC Bastia                    32   15    7   10   54-39     37
GFC Ajaccio                  32   13    9   10   37-41     35
Perpignan FC                 32   11   12    9   27-29     34
OGC Nice-Cote d'Azur         32   11   11   10   39-37     33
Stade Rodez Football         32   11   11   10   36-35     33
Berrichonne de Chateauroux   32    9   14    9   23-29     32
Olympique Ales-en-Cevennes   32    9   12   11   30-30     30
FC Mulhouse Sud-Alsace       32   11    7   14   40-43     29
SA Spinalien FC              32    9   10   13   37-48     28
FC Martigues                 32    6   15   11   37-46     27
FC Gueugnon                  32    9    9   14   30-41     27
FC d'Annecy                  32    6   13   13   31-38     25
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AS Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle   32    5   14   13   25-39     24
FC Grenoble Isere            32    8    8   16   22-42     24
Olympique Saint-Quentinois   32    4   10   18   28-55     18   RELEGATED


Scorers: (Updated to week 30)
Didier Monczuk          (Strasbourg)   18
Yves Mangione           (Bastia)       17
Jean-Roc Testa          (Gueugnon)     17
Chaouch                 (Istres)       17
Lubomir Luhovy          (Martigues)    17
Patrick Weiss           (Epinal)       15
Victor Rzepka           (Bastia)       11
Thierry Fernier         (Bordeaux)     11
Khaled Bensassi         (Perpignan)    11
A. Traore               (Ales)         10
Pierre Gabzdyl          (Annecy)       10
Jocelyn Monate          (Annecy)       10
Emmanuel Blanchard      (Nice)         10
Alexander Krstic        (Rodez)        10
Lidian Laslanders       (StSeurin)     10
Ivan Hasek              (Strasbourg)   10
Marc Keller             (Strasbourg)   10
Franck Leboeuf          (Strasbourg)   10
Juan-Andreas Larre      (Ajaccio)       9
Andre Basile            (Mulhouse)      9
Gueorguiev              (Mulhouse)      8
Subiat                  (Mulhouse)      8
Sachy                   (Rodez)         8
Eric Geraldes           (Ajaccio)       7
Eugene Kabongo          (Bastia)        7
Arnor Gudjohnsen        (GB)            7
Papa Thiam              (Istres)        7
Jean-Luc Dogon          (GB)            5
Christophe Dugarry      (GB)            4
Rainer Ernst            (GB)            4
Didier Senac            (GB)            3
Jean-Marc Ferratge      (GB)            2
Philippe Lalanne        (GB)            2
Patrice Lestage         (GB)            2
Philippe Fargeon        (GB)            1
Bernard Gimenez         (GB)            1
Patrice Marquet         (GB)            1
Michel Milojevic        (GB)            1
Stephane Plancque       (GB)            1

Kent...

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| Les Girondins pour le Championnat de D2! Et la Coupe de France de 1992!     |
| GIRONDINS de BORDEAUX FOOTBALL CLUB    : Fonde en 1883         honneur :-   |
|                      Champion de France:  1950, 1984, 1985, 1987            |
|                 Vice-Champion de France:  1952, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1983,     |
|                                           1988, 1990                        |
|         Vainqueur de la Coupe de France:  1941, 1986, 1987                  |
|         Finaliste de la Coupe de France:  1943, 1952, 1955, 1964, 1968,     |
|                                           1969                              |
|                Champions de Gambardella:  1976                              |
| Demifinaliste de la Coupe des Champions:  1985                              |
|    Demifinaliste de la Coupe des Coupes:  1987                              |
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