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July 31st, 2007

Opening Match Preview (LOSC vs Lorient)

By: Julien | Comments 2 Comments

This Saturday at 20:00h (France time), LOSC Lille Métropole plays their first match of the 07/08 Ligue 1 season. They will play FC Lorient-Bretagne Sud at home (Stadium Lille Métropole). Les Dogues have a chance to start their season on a positive note. Lorient finished 14th in the table last season whereas Lille finished 10th [...]

Category Category: Matches, Team News


July 30th, 2007

Lille Beats Nice In A Friendly

By: Julien | Comments 1 Comment

Les Lillois gained even more confidence last Sunday when they beat OGC Nice 2-0. The match was played at Stade Ferdy Petit. Tahirovic didn’t really have a chance to prove his worth, but Mirallas played well. Line-ups courtesy of losc.fr:
LOSC : Malicki – Béria (Lichtsteiner, 64è), Rami (Lebbihi, 83è), Plestan (Taravel, 64è), Tafforeau (cap) (Emerson, [...]

Category Category: Matches, Team News
July 29th, 2007

Vive la France! Weekend Girl Special: France (Clara Morgane)

By: Julien | Comments 10 Comments

For several weekends the LOSC blog will have a special feature on “LOSC girls.” Basically, women from all of the nationalities of the LOSC players will be featured most weekends on the Lille blog. That’s why I am calling them “LOSC girls.” Today’s feature is France’s very own Clara Morgane. Her real name is Emmanuelle [...]

Category Category: "LOSC girls"
July 27th, 2007

Lebbihi Links Up With Lille For Next Friendly

By: Julien | Comments 2 Comments

17 year old LOSC defender, Badis Lebbihi, was with the club Wednesday evening in Touquet. Prior to meeting with the professional LOSC squad, the CFA LOSC player was playing in a friendly against Dunkerque. Lille’s CFA side beat the club 2-1. Lebbihi is currently training with the professional team for their match against Nice tommorow.

Category Category: Matches, Team News
July 26th, 2007

New Jersey Numbers And Match Pics

By: Julien | Comments No Comments

Slow news day for Lille, today. However, several new LOSC players have their official jersey numbers:
Lacroix (keeper) 30
Oukidja (keeper) 40
Taravel 4
Béria 18
Rami 23
Maric 21
Yanes 14
Touré 9
Ewane 33
Chedjou 22
Makiese 12
Also here are several match pictures from the LOSC/Charleroi friendly. I can’t post them here since they are copy-righted so here are the links:
http://losc.fr/?r=0,4,1,1392,1406
http://losc.fr/?r=0,4,1,1392,1442
http://losc.fr/?r=0,4,1,1392,1432
http://losc.fr/?r=0,4,1,1392,1404

Category Category: Matches, Team News


July 25th, 2007

Lille Wrecks Charleroi In A Friendly

By: Julien | Comments 4 Comments

Yesterday, Lille played Royal Charleroi Sporting Club in Touquet. Charleroi (nicknamed Les Zèbres) are a Belgium club that will play next season in the Belgium Jupiler League. Les Dogues were able to score 5 goals against the Belgium side. Bien joué! Line-up:
Lille’s ideal formation was used, the 4-2-3-1.
sylva (malicki 46′)
beria (lichsteiner 61′) rami [...]

Category Category: Matches, Team News
July 24th, 2007

Bienvenue Tahirovic: Les Dogues Recruit One More

By: Julien | Comments No Comments

LOSC has confirmed today that Emra Tahirovic has been signed to Lille. The cost is reportedly around 15 million euros. Tahirovic is a 19 year old Bosnian striker. He has 1 selection for the Bosnian U-19 squad. He has been compared to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Like Zlatan, Tahirovic is described as a solid and technical forward, [...]

Category Category: Team News, Transfers
July 23rd, 2007

Bad Dog! Lille Gets Spanked By Sporting Lisbon.

By: Julien | Comments 2 Comments

A couple days ago, Les Dogues got wrecked by Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon in a friendly match. The match was played in Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Porgual. Just how bad was it? Is 3-0 bad enough for you? It sure is for me. 1st half line-up for Lille:
[...]

Category Category: Matches, Team News
July 21st, 2007

Weekend Girl Special: Brazil (Alessandra Ambrosio)

By: Julien | Comments No Comments

Several weekends (starting today) the LOSC blog will have a special feature on “LOSC girls.” Basically, women from all of the nationalities of the LOSC players will be featured most weekends on the Lille blog. That’s why I am calling them “LOSC girls.”Today, I am featuring the women of my dreams, Alessandra Corine Ambrósio. This [...]

Category Category: "LOSC girls"
July 20th, 2007

Makoun Says Next Season Won’t Be Easy For Lille

By: Julien | Comments No Comments

Another LOSC player interview has emerged. Francefootball.fr has interviewed Jean II Makoun, a LOSC midfielder. The interview is pretty long so I will just explain some interesting points. Currently the club is preparing for their friendly match against Sporting Lisbon. Makoun also says he had to think a lot about possibly transferring from Lille to [...]

Category Category: Team News, Transfers





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