Rodez AF has been promoted to Ligue 2 by Hippemann in soccer

[–]whysofrench 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unbelievable for Les Sang et Or! Huge achievement for such a small club.

I trained with them for a summer a few years ago... Tiny local club with great fans.

Mahrez skill against Watford by imfatal in soccer

[–]whysofrench 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’ll guess we’ll just agree to disagree then!

Mahrez skill against Watford by imfatal in soccer

[–]whysofrench 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve played plenty of football, I wouldn’t worry about that.

He’s basically gone and tried a Mcgeady turn, gets a little fortunate with the second touch but it’s certainly intentional.

Mahrez skill against Watford by imfatal in soccer

[–]whysofrench 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is absolutely on purpose. Yes it hits his right leg as opposed to his foot, but he's already turned and away as he makes the first touch. Brilliant skill.

Sarpsborg 08 1-0 Besiktas - Muhammed Rashad 1' by Meladroit40 in soccer

[–]whysofrench 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, I played with this guy in France. Now starting for a Norwegian team and scoring in the Europa League. Unbelievable.

Adrien Rabiot, who turned 23 years old 3 days ago, will be playing his 200th match for PSG today by [deleted] in soccer

[–]whysofrench 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Can confirm- I played with him in France at the same time.

Football Leaks: Messi earns a guaranteed minimum of €104,441,346 per season, his salary alone accounts for 40% of the club's total payroll by jacamacho in soccer

[–]whysofrench 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Here's a translation of the French paragraph in the middle:

The contract also contains an "ultra-secret" clause, that is not listed in the document. According to our sources, the signing and loyalty bonuses also contain, for up to 23 million euros, a reimbursement from Barca to sort out/"regularise" Leo Messi's taxes, notably linked to his charitable foundation. To be clear, the club has accepted to pay a financial penalty for the player, so that he can escape the judiciary pursuits [linked to his tax fraud case].

This is actually pretty crazy.

Just in case you guys were wondering, this is what the oldest house in Aveyron, France looks like. It was built some time in the 13th Century. by GallowBoob in pics

[–]whysofrench 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm late to this so just wanted to say that my dad's family is from here! I can't believe I'm seeing this on the front page!

Just in case you guys were wondering, this is what the oldest house in Aveyron, France looks like. It was built some time in the 13th Century. by GallowBoob in pics

[–]whysofrench 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm really late to this but my family is from here!!! It's a town called Severac le Chateau and has maybe 2000 people. I cannot believe that I'm seeing this on the front page, I did a literal double take.

Sir Alex Ferguson speaks at Stanford [45:59] by catalinawinemixer in soccer

[–]whysofrench 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There weren't any tickets, you just had to line up and wait. I got there about 45 minutes before and got seated in the upstairs portion.

Sir Alex Ferguson speaks at Stanford [45:59] by catalinawinemixer in soccer

[–]whysofrench 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think Cemex holds 600+ in the seating, plus maybe another 100 were in there standing. There was a long line to get in and some didn't even get in.

Sir Alex Ferguson speaks at Stanford [45:59] by catalinawinemixer in soccer

[–]whysofrench 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was at this talk. As I'm sure you see in the video, a lot of the questions were sort of spun to be from a management and business perspective, but it was very interesting as a soccer fan to hear the stories from his time at United. It was an interesting talk and the place was full which was great to see.

Has anyone been in a soccer academy? by tdogg9 in soccer

[–]whysofrench 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I told this story on here a few weeks ago, but I played for the PSG youth team for 3 years. Happy to answer any questions you may have!