by Jean-Pierre Thiesset (9/8/24) Above: A full Stade Velodrome in Marseille – not something that the venue has been close to being during the women’s football event at the Olympic Games. Photo: Inside The Games. A total of just over 26,000 fans watched the Olympic Games women’s football semi-finals in stadiums that together had aContinue reading “Poor crowds for Olympics in France don’t come as a surprise”
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Impetus71 French Football Wrap
Jean-Pierre Thiesset résume la 5ème journée de phase de groupe des matches des 3 équipes françaises en UEFA Ligue des Championnes Féminine pour Impetus : BK Häcken – Paris FC, Paris Saint-Germain – Ajax Amsterdam, St Pölten – Olympique Lyonnais. Ci-dessus : Paris SG versus Ajax Amsterdam, 24 janvier 2024. Clare Hunt, Paris SG, 15 et TinyHoekstra, Ajax Amsterdam, se disputant le ballon. Photo : Gracieusement offerte par Pauline Figuet. BK Häcken 0-0 Paris FC Hisingen Arena, Göteborg, Suède –Continue reading “Impetus71 French Football Wrap”
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 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”
Australia v France Photo Gallery
Impetus’ Kris Goman was pitchside at Marvel Stadium to capture this EXCLUSIVE photo gallery from The Matildas’ final World Cup friendly against France in front of a record crowd for a women’s match in Australia (17/7/23) Above: Mary Fowler (centre) celebrates her winning goal with (left to right) Steph Catley, Tameka Yallop, and Katrina Gorry.Continue reading “Australia v France Photo Gallery”
The View from France
Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the 20th round of the 2022-2023 D1 Arkema season (9/5/23). Above: Fleury in possession against Montpellier at the weekend. Photo: FC Fleury 91 Feminines. Dijon 0-3 Olympique Lyonnais Lyon were comfortable winners in a match in which they dominated from start to finish, enjoying 66% possession, eight corners, and 17 shots, ofContinue reading “The View from France”
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