Tim Weah joined fellow USMNT right backs on the scoreboard in big 5 European leagues this weekend with a goal in Marseille’s 4-3 win over Le Havre. The Marseille captain dribbled past three defenders before sliding a ball inside the near post for OM’s second goal. The win was the third in a row in league play for OM, which is in eighth place, within four points of leader Rennes, after being in the relegation zone at the FIFA break.
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Yamal vs. PSG: Ballon d’Or backdrop to Champions League showdown
Next week, the winner of soccer’s most prestigious individual award will be announced at the Ballon d’Or ceremony. Thirteen of the contenders for the prize will be on the same field on Tuesday when Paris Saint-Germain hosts Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League.
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Americans Abroad (France): Tessmann winner puts Lyon in first place, Reyna with goal, Weah two assists
Gio Reyna scored his second goal of the Ligue 1 season for Strasbourg, but it could not hold on and lost to Paris St. Germain 3-1 . The match was the first club match Reyna in which he went the distance since March 2022 for Borussia Dortmund against FC Cologne. Tim Weah (two goals) and Tanner Tesssmann (winning goal) had big games in victories for Marseille and Lyon.
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Americans Abroad (France): Bryan Reynolds shows off attacking skills for Rennes
Bryan Reynolds had two assists in the second as Rennes beat Auxerre 4-1 to move into a tie with Lille for second place in Ligue 1 just one point behind Monaco. Reynolds, the youngest Homegrown signing when he joined FC Dallas in 2016 at the age of 15, has been in Europe since 2021.
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Olise powers France to win over Belgium in Nations League
Dodi Lukebakio put Belgium on course for their first competitive win over Les Bleus in 45 years when he fired the visitors in front in the first half at the Stade de France. But France turned the game on its head in a blistering finish, scoring four times in the final 13 minutes to preserve Zinedine Zidane’s unbeaten start.
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France held by Italy in Zidane’s homecoming after Olise stunner
Michael Olise scored another superb goal but France was held to a 1-1 draw by Italy on Friday in Zinedine Zidane’s first home game since being appointed coach of Les Bleus.
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Zidane ‘no regrets’ about Materazzi headbutt as France face Italy again
New France coach Zinedine Zidane insisted Thursday he has no regrets about his infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final as he prepares to come up against Italy again in his first home game in charge. “The images will always be there to remind me of what happened in 2006, because […]
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Michael Olise wonder strike gives Zidane’s France win in Belgium
The 1-0 win in Brussels follows a 1-0 success away to Turkey last Friday in Zidane’s first game at the helm after succeeding Didier Deschamps as coach following the World Cup. Les Bleus hosts to Italy next at the Stade de France on Friday.
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Zidane admits emotion on eve of first game as France coach
France legend Zinedine Zidane will take charge of Les Bleus for the first time in their UEFA Nations League clash with Turkey. “I feel even more emotional than I did ahead of my first game as a player. Today I feel immense emotion at being able to be here in charge of France,” Zidane said ahead of Friday’s Group A1 game at the home of Kocaelispor in northern Turkey.
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Mbappe says having Zidane as France coach ‘like a film’
Kylian Mbappe says playing under new France coach Zinedine Zidane, 15 years after the French icons first met, is like “something from a film.”
Zidane, the former Real Madrid boss, will take charge of Les Bleus for the first time since replacing Didier Deschamps on Friday in their Nations League match against Turkey in Izmit.