The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarises the eleventh round of the 2023-2024 D1 Arkema season and includes his MATILDAS WATCH of all the Australian internationals playing in the league (19/12/23). Above: Ada Hegerberg, Lyon, blue shirt near the post, celebrating her eighth goal of this season. Photo: OL website. Montpellier 2-1 Le HavreFor the first time this season,Continue reading “The View From France”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset returns after the international break with all the news from the 10th round of the 2023-2024 D1 Arkema season with his MATILDAS WATCH and exclusive photos from pitchside at Olympique Lyonnais v Lille (12/12/23). Above: Julie Swierot of Olympique Lyonnais (multicolour shirt), fighting for the ball. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Olympique LyonnaisContinue reading “The View From France”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarises the eighth round of the 2023-2024 D1 Arkema season. Plus, his MATILDAS WATCH and photos from pitch side at Olympique Lyonnais game (21/11/23). Above: Alice Pinguet, Dijon’s goalkeeper, in one of her numerous saves. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 Dijon Lyon’s Melchie Dumornay, a World Cup star with HaitiContinue reading “The View From France”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarises the seventh round of the 2023-2024 D1 Arkema season with his MATILDAS WATCH and a short exclusive interview with Montpellier’s Marie Levasseur (14/11/23). Above: Lyon’s Ellie Carpenter, white shirt, tussles with Montpellier’s Marie Levasseur. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Olympique Lyonnais 5-0 Montpellier Lyon continued their series of wins and are stillContinue reading “The View From France”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarises the sixth round of the 2023-2024 D1 Arkema season and also adds includes his weekly MATILDAS WATCH (7/11/23). Above: Ellie Carpenter (white shirt) on a trademark break through for Olympique Lyonnais at Paris FC at the weekend. Photo courtesy of: Pauline Figuet. Paris FC 1-6 Olympique Lyonnais This game was the bigContinue reading “The View From France”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarises the fifth round of the 2023-2024 D1 Arkema season and continues his Matildas Watch! (24/10/23). Above: Clare Hunt (15) in action for Paris St. Germain at Lille at the weekend. Photo: L. Pastel/PSG. Montpellier 1-1 Fleury In an opening quarter where the ball went back and forth a lot, the first trueContinue reading “The View From France”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the third round of 2023-2024 D1 Arkema season plus an exclusive photo gallery of Ellie Carpenter (10/10/23). Above: Ellie Carpenter, number 12, celebrating Ada Hegerberg’s (number 14), goal. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Saint-Etienne 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain Saint-Etienne started this game well, but PSG quickly put their game in order and scoredContinue reading “The View From France”

The View From France

Impetus’ Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the second round of the 2023-2024 D1 Arkema season with a focus on all the Australian internationals involved (3/10/23). Above: Eugénie Le Sommer celebrates after scoring the winning goal for Lyon. Photo: Lyubomir Domozetski, Olympique Lyonnais. Paris FC 3-1 Fleury A quirk of the fixture list meant that Paris FC wereContinue reading “The View From France”

The View From France

The D1 Arkema is back for the 2023/24 season, and so is Jean-Pierre Thiesset‘s weekly review of all the action across every match (19/9/23). Above: Eugénie Le Sommer, 34 years old, who scored her 185th goal for Lyon in D1 Arkema. Photo: Damien LG, Olympique Lyonnais. Le Havre 0-4 Olympique Lyonnais The first half wasContinue reading “The View From France”

Le Havre: The right move for Katriina Talaslahti?

Impetus‘ French editor Jean-Pierre Thiesset spoke exclusively with goalkeeper Katriina Talaslahti who recently signed a two-year deal with D1 Arkema side Le Havre (24/8/23) Above: Katriina Talaslahti with her new jersey. Photo: Anne Talaslahti. Katriina Talaslahti, the previous number one goalkeeper helped Fleury to finish fourth in D1 Arkema in the 2021-2022 season. However, sheContinue reading “Le Havre: The right move for Katriina Talaslahti?”