Friday, May 31st, 2013

Bordeaux 3 – Evian 2 (Coupe de France Final, May 31, 2013) Cheick Diabate latched onto a great ball over the top, and kept a cool head to round the keeper and finish to give Bordeaux the lead. Diabate then missed a penalty, and Evian swiftly took advantage to equalise through Yannick Sagbo. Henri Saivet then made it 2-1 Bordeaux, before Brice Dja Djedje brought it back to 2-2 for Evian and the game looked to be heading to extra-time. Cheick Diabete, though, popped up to score his second of the night to win it for Bordeaux on 89′.

Sunday, May 26th, 2013

Lorient 1 – Paris S.G. 3 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013) Zlatan Ibrahimovic put PSG up 1-0 in the 51st minute.  Kevin Gameiro scored 2 goals in 2 minutes to secure a 3-1 PSG victory.

Ajaccio 0 – Nice 2 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013) Dario Cvitanich scored in the 50th minute to give Nice a 1-0 lead over Ajaccio. Eric Bautheac scored in the 77th minute for Nice.

Bastia 0 – Sochaux 0 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013)

Bordeaux 2 – Evian Thonon Gaillard 1 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013) Cheick Diabate’s double secured a 2-1 victory for Bordeaux.

Brest 1 – Nancy 2 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013) Sebastien Puygrenier’s double gave Nancy a 2-1 victory over Brest.

Lille 1 – Saint-Etienne 1 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013) Salomon Kalou scored in the 42nd minute for Lille. Romain Hamouma scored the equalizer in the 59th minute for Saint-Etinne.

Lyon 2 – Rennes 0 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013) Lopez scored from the spot in the 23rd minute. Clement Grenier scored another brilliant goal in the 69th minute.

Marseille 0 – Reims 0 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013)

Toulouse 2 – Montpellier 0 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013) Wissam Ben Yedder scored two goals in the first 11 minutes of the match for Toulhouse.

Valenciennes 2 – Troyes 1 (Ligue 1, May 26, 2013) Gregory Pujol scored the match winning goal in the 88th minute for Valenciennes.

Friday, May 24th, 2013

Tours 1 – Monaco 2 (Ligue 2, May 24, 2013) Kouakou gave Tours the lead. Emmanuel Riviere and Valere Germain completed Monaco’s turnaround.

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

Nice 1 – Lyon 1 (Ligue 1, May 19, 2013) Dario Cvitanich gave Nice the lead in the 48th minute. Clement Grenier scored in the 76th minute for Lyon.

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

PSG 3 – Brest 1 (Ligue 1, May 18, 2013) PSG raced into a 5th minute lead thanks to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic strike. Blaise Matuidi put the Parisians 2-up just after the half hour from a Beckham assist, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a fabulous free-kick in the 36th minute to put the match to bed. Charlison Benschop scored a loate consolation for Brest.

Picture. David Beckham bursts into tears as he’s subbed in his final match.

Video. Posh applauds, David Beckham bursts into tears as he’s subbed v Brest.

Video. PSG’s players give Beckham the bumps after the full time whistle.

Not a dry eye in the house! David Beckham’s farewell, emotional late substitution v Brest.

David Beckham interview post final match v Brest.

David Beckham, draped in a St George’s flag, goes up the PSG podium to collect his Ligue 1 winners’ medal.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic collects his PSG winners medal, gets scared by fire & speaks in French.

Party Time: PSG lift the Ligue 1 trophy.

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

St Etienne 2 – Marseille 0 (Ligue 1, May 18, 2013) First half goals from Loic Perrin and Brandao fired Les Verts in fourth, just behind Lyon in the race for the Champions League.

Rennes 1 – Ajaccio 1 (Ligue 1, May 18, 2013) Fousseni Diawara gave the strugglers an early lead before Mevlut Erding found an equaliser for the hosts just before half time.

Evian 2 – Valenciennes 0 (Ligue 1, May 18, 2013) Goals from the hosts in the first 12 minutes stunned Valenciennes as Saber Khelifa and Fabrice Ehret’s strikes proved decisive.

Nancy 1 – Bastia 2 (Ligue 1, May 18, 2013) Bastia went 1-0 up on 47 minutes, Ilan Araujo turning in Anthony Modeste’s pass from close range. Then on the hour mark Sebastien Puygrenier restored parity for Nancy when he shot home from just yards out after collecting Mangani’s corner. However, Bastia regained their advantage in the 72nd minute when Modeste found the target with a long-range effort, consigning Nancy to Ligue 2 next season.

Troyes 1 – Bordeaux 0 (Ligue 1, May 18, 2013) A Fabien Camus goal has given Troyes an outside chance of Ligue 1 survival.

Sochaux 1 – Toulouse 2 (Ligue 1, May 18, 2013) Issiaga Sylla and Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro put the visitors in front before Giovanni Sio pulled one back just before the break.

Reims 1 – Lorient 0 (Ligue 1, May 18, 2013) Grzegorz Krychowiak scored the only goal of the game as Reims confirmed their survival in Ligue 1 with a 1-0 win over Lorient.

Montpellier 0 – Lille 0 (Ligue 1, May 18, 2013)

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Monaco 2 – Le Mans 1 (Ligue 2, May 17, 2013) Ibrahim Toure gave the Monte Carlans the lead. Valere Germain made it 2-0 from the spot. Sylla pulled one back for Le Mans late on.

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Lyon 0 – PSG 1 (Ligue 1, May 12, 2013) The only goal of the game from Jeremy Menez secured the Ligue 1 title for Carlo Ancelotti’s side.

PSG celebrate winning the Ligue 1 title.

WTF! Zlatan Ibrahimovic loses it with Leonardo in PSG dressing room after securing Ligue 1 title.

Inside the PSG dressing room after Ligue 1 title secured at Lyon.

David Beckham: PSG winning French title ‘means a lot’.

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

Lorient 3 – St Etienne 1 (Ligue 1, May 12, 2013) Second half goals from Kevin Monnet-Paquet and Fabien Robert put Lorient in command after a cagey 1st half, but but Kurt Zouma reduced the deficit for St Etienne, the visitors confidence was restored and looked likely to push for the leveler. However Yann Jouffre had other ideas finishing off a good counter attack in the 3rd minute of injury time.

Evian 4 – Nice 0  (Ligue 1, May 12, 2013) Amazing Goal!!! Saber Khalifa (Evian) scores from his own half v Nice.

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Marseille 2 – Toulouse 1 (Ligue 1, May 11, 2013) Andre Ayew scored both for Marseille, opening the scoring on the stroke of halftime with a header before doubling the lead from close range in the 62nd. Toulouse substitute Eden Ben Basat netted a consolation goal from a tight angle in the 82nd.

Ajaccio 0 – Troyes 1 (Ligue 1, May 11, 2013) Florian Jarjat scored the match winner in the 18th minute.

Bastia 3 – Montpellier 1 (Ligue 1, May 11, 2013) Anthony Modeste’s goals in the 32nd and 87th minute gave Bastia a 3-1 victory over Montpellier.

Bordeaux 3 – Nancy 2 (Ligue 1, May 11, 2013) Cheick Diabate scored the match winner in the 86th minute.

Brest 0 – Sochaux 2 (Ligue 1, May 11, 2013) Sloan Privat’s goals in the 48th and 81st minute gave Sochaux a 2-nil victory over Brest.

Valenciennes 4 – Rennes 1 (Ligue 1, May 11, 2013) Jose Saez’s double helps Valenciennes cruise by Rennes 4-1.