Monaco set for return to Ligue 1 (video)

AS Monaco currently head Ligue 2 in France with a return to the top flight looking imminent.

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The Revival of AS Monaco (video)

Just 9 years ago, AS Monaco – the French principality’s only professional team – competed in the final of Europe’s premier club competition, losing 3–0 to Jose Mourinho’s Porto. Monaco defied all the odds to reach the Champions League final, beating both Real Madrid and a Chelsea side – then managed by Monaco’s current coach Claudio Ranieri – over two legs.

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Monaco On The Mend

For those who don’t really keep a keen eye on football across the Channel in France it may come as no surprise to see Monaco linked with the likes of David Beckham and Frank Lampard

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Leave Becks alone

David Beckham recently announced he is leaving MLS team LA Galaxy and is looking to move to another team for “one last challenge”.

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David Beckham the footballer (Video)

As we approach a decade since David Beckham left the Premier League, it is important to remember what made him one of the most famous footballers in the world.

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Coupe de France Part 2

Let’s now look at the results of this competition since its foundation. Paris has often been criticised for being a one football club city.

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A week in Marseille

The most popular club in France just spent one of the most demanding weeks of the season since August. During that week, three games were destined to make or break their season according to experts.

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The season’s first sacking

This past fortnight has been dominated by the tedious international break that only brought bad news to the French camp. Firstly, France were lacklustre in both their friendlies against the United States and Belgium which doesn’t bode well 7 months before a major tournament.

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The sharp fall of French Royalty; the AS Monaco story

As the old adage goes, a week is a long time in football, and if that is the case, then seven years must be a whole lifetime, such is the scope for things to alter in the blink of an eye. Teams can speed to success at an impressive rate of knots, or can decline to lowly existence with equal haste, yet falls from grace do not come much sharper than that of AS Monaco, who seven years after meeting Porto in a Champions League Final, find themselves rock bottom of the French second division.

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A Liberian that lost his Wreh

Names will be forgotten with time unless you are some sort of a legend. I knew nothing about Christopher Wreh when my editor asked me to write an article on this former Gooner. After a little study, all I found was a career that never took off despite what looked like huge promise.

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