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SUMMER TRANSFER NEWS
SM Caen have agreed to transfer terms on more young players this week. The club signed Olympique Marseille center back Jeroen Osman, agreeing to a $2M transfer fee. Caen added another young center back in Jeremy Gelin from Stade Rennais for a transfer fee of $2M for the 21-year-old. The club also brought in a young keeper from Italian side Empoli as 20-year-old Wuilker Farinez was acquired for a $525k transfer fee.

SM Caen has sent midfielder/winger Saide Ntibazonkiza off to SC Bastia, agreeing to a transfer fee of $1.3M for the 31-year-old.

Around Ligue 1, here are a few of the weekly signings:

Olympique Marseille have signed 25-year-old midfielder Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk. The Brazillian was transferred for a fee believed to be around $30M.

FC Nantes have shored up their back end with the signing of 29-year-old Zouhair Feddal from Spanish side Levante UD for a reported transfer fee of $9.5M.

AS Saint-Etienne has agreed to pay Stade de Reims $6.5M for 17-year-old midfielder Frederic Bulot.

FC Metz have agreed to transfer terms on 26-year-old Turkish midfielder Erkan Kas from Slvasspor. The reported fee was $4.9M.

Toulouse FC have agreed to transfer midfielder Tongo Doumbia to FC Augsburg of the Bundesliga for a reported transfer fee of $7M.

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LIGUE 1 MATCHDAY 2

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SM CAEN 1:0 FC SOCHAUX
Stade Michel d'Ornano (Capacity: 21,500)


Andy Delort volleyed it over to Luigi Veldmate for the match's lone goal.

SCORING:
51' - (SMC) - L. Veldmate

DISCIPLINE:
66' - (SMC) - L. Veldmate (Yellow)

8/18/18
Caen, Normandie (AP) - SM Caen opened up the home portion of the 2018-19 campaign with a dominating 1-nil victory over Ligue 1 newcomer FC Sochaux. Luigi Veldmate scored the lone goal of the match as he deflected home a volley from Andy Delort in the 51st minute.

Caen was in control of the match from the start. Emmanuel Imorou made a run into the box in the 4th minute, taking a pass from Kenny Vermeer, but his strike just missed the left post. Jordan Leborgne cracked one just wide of the right post in the 16th minute. Luigi Veldmate wiggled free just inside the 18 yard box in the 19th minute, but keeper Papa Demba Camara just deflected his shot off the right post.

It continued after halftime, as Veldmate sent a long pass that Andy Delort ran onto. He dribbled once then fired a shot past Camara that hit the inside of the far post and bounced back across the goal mouth behind Camara, but stayed out. Just moments later, Kenny Vermeer sent a pass into Delort, who volleyed it towards the far post. Luigi Veldmate ran unmarked to direct the ball into the open net and put Caen up 1-nil.

The win was sweet for Matthaus, picking up his first Ligue 1 win for Caen. "It has been an exciting couple of months (since leaving Gladbach). I am happy to be here and look forward to guiding this squad to places they have never been."

SM Caen (1-1-0, 4 pts) will now travel to Valenciennes (0-0-2), another recently promoted squad, for a match on Friday evening.

Fixture 2 Results:
PSG 2:1 AS Monaco
EA Guingamp 1:2 Olympique Lyonnais
FC Nantes 0:2 LOSC Lille
OCG Nice 2:1 Stade Rennais
Olympique Marseille 3:1 FC Lorient
SC Bastia 1:1 FC Metz
AS Saint-Etienne 2:1 Girondins Bordeaux
Stade de Reims 3:1 Valenciennes FC
Toulouse FC 1:1 Montpellier HSC

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LIGUE 1 MATCHDAY 3

vs.

VALENCIENNES FC 0:1 SM CAEN
Stade du Hainaut (Capacity: 25,000)


Andy Delort celebrates with teammates, as Caen won again.

SCORING:
72' - (SMC) - A. Delort (PEN)

DISCIPLINE:
29' - (VA) - A. Peuget (Yellow)
51' - (VA) - L. Nestor (Yellow)
70' - (VA) - A. Fulgini (Red)

8/24/18
Valenciennes, France (AP) - SM Caen recorded another clean sheet as they escaped Stade du Hainaut with a 1-nil victory over recently promoted Valenciennes FC on Friday evening. Andy Delort was the difference, hammering home a penalty in the 72nd minute to keep Caen undefeated through three matches.

This match was a defensive struggle, with both team valuing possession, and generating very few good scoring chances. The teams went to the half scoreless, with only five combined shots, and no good chances.

Luigi Veldmate had a great chance to help Caen grab the lead, but his shot sailed just over the bar in the 68th minute. Moments later, Kenny Vermeer got pulled down from behind by Angelo Fulgini in the box. Fulgini was sent off, and Andt Delort converted on the penalty to make it 1-nil.

Michael Jordan Nkolo came on as a substitute in the 81st minute and was dominant. He had a couple of great scoring chances, volleying one wide in the 84th minute, and cracking one off the post in added time.

Up next for Caen (2-1-0, 5 pts), they will host FC Lorient (1-1-1, 4 pts) on Saturday after the Summer Transfer window closes.

Fixture 3 Results:
FC Metz 1:2 PSG
FC Sochaux 1:1 Toulouse FC
Montpellier HSC 3:1 SC Bastia
Stade Rennais 0:0 AS Saint-Etienne
AS Monaco 1:2 FC Nantes
FC Lorient 1:1 Stade de Reims
Girondins Bordeaux 1:0 EA Guingamp
LOSC Lille 1:1 OGC Nice
Olympique Lyonnais 1:0 Olympique Marseille

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2018-19 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW

The draw for the group stage of the 2018-19 Champions League has Girondins Bordeaux, AS-Saint-Etienne, and PSG competing. The group stage begins on September 18 and wraps up on December 12.

Here are the groups:
Group A: Chelsea, Zenit, SC Braga, Celtic
Group B: Manchester City, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Lazio, Galatasaray
Group C: Arsenal, VfL Wolfsburg, Girondins Bordeaux, Olympiakos CFP
Group D: Valencia CF, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, FC Kobenhavn
Group E: Juventus, FC Porto, AS Saint-Etienne, Club Brugge
Group F: Real Madrid, Manchester United, PSV, FC Basel
Group G: PSG, Sevilla FC, CSKA Moscow, RSC Anderlecht
Group H: Bayern Munich, Villarreal CF, Ajax, Spartak Moscow

The top two teams in each group advance to the Round of 16 (Knockout Stage). The third place teams advance to the Europa League Round of 32.

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2018-19 EURO LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW

The draw for the group stage of the 2018-19 Euro League has three French sides in the competition: Olympique Marseille, AS Monaco and OGC Nice. Play begins on September 9, and the group stage wraps up on December 13.

Here are the groups:
Group A: Atletico Madrid, Panathinaikos, Dinamo Moscow, St. Johnstone
Group B: Sporting CP, Aston Villa, FC Twente, Grasshopper
Group C: FC Schalke 04, Olympique Lyonnais, FC Groningen, KV Mechelen
Group D: AS Monaco, Malaga CF, Brondby IF, Shamrock Rovers
Group E: Roma, Feyenoord, FC Midtjylland, Dundalk
Group F: SL Benfica, OGC Nice, SK Rapid Wien, Wisla Krakow
Group G: Fenerbahce, KAA Gent, RB Salzburg, Odense BK
Group H: Fiorentina, Standard Liege, Legia Warszawa, Austria Wien
Group I: Liverpool, Werder Bremen, Maritimo, Hearts
Group J: Everton, Besiktas, Rubin Kazan, FC Sion
Group K: AC Milan, V. Guimaraes, Aberdeen, Malmo FF
Group L: Inter Milan, VfB Stuttgart, Molde FK, SV Reid

The top two teams in each group advance to the Round of 32 (Knockout Stage). They will be joined by the eight third place teams from the Champions League group stage.

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TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY
SM Caen was quiet on deadline day, making all of their moves earlier in the month.

Around the Ligue 1, there were some big deals that went down:

Paris Saint-Germain made the biggest splash on deadline day, agreeing to pay $83M for 27-year-old attacking midfielder Kevin de Bruyne to lure him away from Manchester City. He agreed to a contract extension paying his $375k/week.

LOSC Lille have sent $18.5M in transfer fees to German side Borussia Monchengladbach for 22-year-old central defender Tin Jedvaj. He was an acquisition that former manager Lother Matthaus brought to the Foals to shore up their defense.

Olympique Marseille have pried 25-year-old defensive midfielder Remi Mulumba away from FC Lorient. The agreed upon transfer fee was $16M.

Girondins Bordeaux have agreed to transfer terms and acquired Columbian midfielder Fabian Castillo from FC Dallas of MLS. The deal is believed to be for approximately $14M.

FC Lorient also lost 24-year-old wide midfielder Raphael Guerreiro to RSC Anderlecht for a fee of $10.5M.

Toulouse FC have agreed to transfer terms on 27-year-old Nicolas de Preville. The striker comes over from Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims for a transfer fee of $10M.

Stade Rennais have agreed to terms with Swiss born striker Innocent Emeghara. The transfer fee paid to MLS side San Jose is believed to be in the range of $8.5M for the 29-year-old.

FC Metz have acquired 27-year-old keeper Abdullah Al Enezi from Al Nassr for a transfer fee of $4.4M.

Here is the updated roster:

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COUPE de LIGUE - ROUND 1

Round 1:
August 28th:

Bourg-Peronnas 0:1 US Creteil
Cham. Niortais 1:2 GFC Ajaccio
Clermont Foot 1:2 RC Lens
Dijon FCO 2:1 AC Ajaccio
Red Star FC 0:1 Nimes Olympique
Stade Brestois 1:2 Paris FC
Tours FC 3:3 (3:4) Angers SCO
Evian TG 2:2 (4:3) AS Nancy

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COUPE de LIGUE - ROUND 2 Draw

Round 2:
October 30th and 31st:

AJ Auxerre v. OGC Nice
Dijon FCO v. RC Lens
EA Guingamp v. Evian TG
ES Troyes AC v. FC Lorient
FC Metz v. GFC Ajaccio
FC Sochaux v. AS Monaco
Girondins Bordeaux v. Stade Rennais
LOSC Lille v. AS Saint-Etienne
Nimes Olympique v. Paris FC
Olympique Lyonnais v. Montpellier HSC
Stade Lavallois v. Stade de Reims
Valenciennes FC v. Angers SCO
FC Nantes v. US Creteil
PSG v. Le Havre AC
SM Caen v. SC Bastia
Toulouse FC v. Olympique Marseille

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Following as always. Interesting choice of teams.

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LIGUE 1 MATCHDAY 4

vs.

SM CAEN 1:4 FC LORIENT
Stade Michel d'Ornano (Capacity: 21,500)


Wissam Ben Yedder heads home the first goal of the match.

SCORING:
3' - (FCL) - W. Ben Yedder
24' - (SMC) - J. Leborgne
45'+ - (FCL) - A. Waris
81' - (FCL) - B. Jeannot
90'+ - (FCL) - W. Lautoa

DISCIPLINE:
63' - (SMC) - D. Appiah (Yellow)
90'+ - (SMC) - S. Ben Youssef (Yellow)

9/1/18
Cain, Normandie (AP) - After a surprising (2-1-0) start, SM Caen faltered on Saturday afternoon, as they dropped a 4-1 home decision to FC Lorient. Wissam Ben Yedder scored once, and assisted on two others to lead FC Lorient to the big road win.

This one was a wide open affair in the opening half, with Lorient outshooting Caen 10-6. Wissam Ben Yedder put the visitors on the board in the third minute, heading home a volley from Rafidine Adbullah. Ben Yedder was dominant in the opening half. He was robbed by Remy Vercoutre in the 10th minute, then knocked one over the bar in the 27th minute. He would set up Lorient's second goal, just before the half. With the assistant referee announcing two additional minutes of added time. Ben Yedder sent a long through ball to Abdul Majeed Waris, who beat Vercoutre on the short side, almost five and a half minutes into added time.

Lothar Matthaus was furious. "How does he score three and a half minutes after the half was supposed to end? There were no stoppages. We were robbed."

Jordan Leborgne scored for SM Caen in the 24th minute on a great individual effort. He dribbled into the box, made a couple of subtle moves to create space, then picked out the lower left corner.

Jonathan Beaulieu should have leveled the match in the 51st minute as he split the Lorient defense and was in all alone on Benjamin Lecomte, but his shot sailed over the bar.

Lorient would add a couple of late goals to pad the margin.

Up next for Caen is a trip to Lyon to take on Olympique Lyonnais with an identical (2-1-1) record.

Fixture 4 Results:
PSG 2:0 Montpellier HSC
AS Saint-Etienne 1:0 LOSC Lille
Olympique Marseille 1:1 EA Guingamp
SC Bastia 1:1 FC Sochaux
Stade de Reims 1:0 Olympique Lyonnais
Toulouse FC 1:0 Valenciennes FC
FC nantes 0:2 FC Metz
OGC Nice 1:2 AS Monaco
Stade Rennais 2:2 Girondins Bordeaux

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Following as always. Interesting choice of teams.

Thanks! I would have preferred to stay with Monchengladbach and in the Bundesliga, but I couldn't see myself taking over another Bundesliga side after getting sacked. Hopefully my tenure at Caen is a bit longer!

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LIGUE 1 MATCHDAY 5

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OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS 1:1 SM CAEN
Stade de Gerland (Capacity: 40,500)


Valere Germain scored the lone Lyonnais goal.

SCORING:
32' - (OL) - V. Germain
60' - (SMC) - H. Bazile

DISCIPLINE:
NONE

9/16/18
Lyon, France (AP) - SM Caen earned a big road point on Sunday evening at Stade de Garland as they drew 1-1 with Olympique Lyonnais. The draw kept Caen in 7th spot, level in points with fifth place Bordeaux.

Andy Delort had a great opportunity to put Caen in front just four minutes in. Jonathan Beaulieu sent a through ball into Delort that left him all alone with Fernando Muslera, but Delort's shot was deflected just over the bar.

Mathieu Valbuena was a force for Lyon. He came close to putting Lyon in front in the ninth minute, but his header sailed just wide. Then in the 32nd minute, Valbuena hooked up with Samuel Umtiti, who found an unmarked Valere Germain in the box. Germain knocked it in off the underside of the crossbar to put Lyonnais up 1-nil.

Valbuena almost made it 2-nil just after halftime, but his volley grazed the far post.

SM Caen would find an equalizer at the hour mark on a very pretty goal. Michael Jordan Nkololo intercepted the ball near midfield and fed it into Jonathan Beaulieu. He sent a through ball into a streaking Herve Bazile, who blasted it into the top left corner.

The draw left Caen at (1-2-0) on the road to start the season. Up next is a home match 19th-place EA Guingamp on Saturday afternoon.

Fixture 5 Results:
Girondins Bordeaux 1:0 Olympique Marseille
AS Monaco 0:2 AS Saint-Etienne
EA Guingamp 0:1 Stade de Reims
FC Lorient 0:3 Toulouse FC
FC Metz 0:2 OGC Nice
FC Sochaux 0:0 PSG
LOSC Lille 2:2 Stade Rennais
Valenciennes FC 2:2 SC Bastia
Montpellier HSC 1:1 FC Nantes

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LIGUE 1 MATCHDAY 6

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SM CAEN 2:5 EA GUINGAMP
Stade Michel d'Ornano (Capacity: 21,500)


Jimmy Briand celebrates one of his two goals.

SCORING:
4' - (EAG) - J. Briand
28' - (SMC) - K. Vermeer
55' - (EAG) - J. Briand
63' - (EAG) - J. Begue
65' - (EAG) - J. Begue
71' - (SMC) - H. Bazile
83' - (EAG) - R. Alioui

DISCIPLINE:
45' - (SMC) - A. Delort

9/22/18
Caen, Normandie (AP) - EA Guingamp went on a scoring spree as they stunned SM Caen 5-2 at Stade Michel d'Ornano on Saturday afternoon. The previously winless EAG had scored just three goals in their first five Ligue 1 matches before Saturday's beatdown.

The fireworks started early in this one. Caen's defense converged on Julien Begue at the top of the box. He slipped the ball to Jimmy Briand who was open in the box and he beat Remy Vercoutre with a right footed shot to make it 1-nil in the 4th minute.

SM Caen would find an equalizer at the half hour mark as Andy Delort passed Kenny Vermeer open at the top of the box and Vermeer slipped it under Mamadou Samassa. It was Vermeer's first goal since arriving from Lothar Matthaus' former club, Borussia Monchengladbach. Vermeer had a chance to put Caen in front in the 43rd minute, but was hauled down from behind in the box, with no call.

The floodgates would open after halftime. Dorian Leveque crossed one into the middle in the 55th minute that Jimmy Briand headed home to make it 2-1 EAG. Eight minutes later, Remy Vercoutre's free kick went straight to Julian Begue at the top of the box. Begue made no mistakes as he blasted it into the top right to make it 3-1. Just moments later, Dorian Leveque crossed another one, and this time Julian Begue volleyed it past Vercoutre to make it 4-1.

The wide open play continued as Jonathan Beaulieu put a shot on frame two minutes later, and Andy Delort hammered home the rebound...but was ruled offside. Four minutes later, Herve Bazile scored on a great individual effort. He dribbled in from midfield, and lunched one into the top left corner in the 71st minute to cut the lead to 4-2.

Newly acquired center back Jereon Osman came forward on a corner kick and hit a solid header that squarely hit the crossbar, but stayed out in the 79th minute.

EA Guingamp would seal it just four minutes later. Yonathan Del Valle sent a cross in, that Rachid Alioui get to the end of and headed past Remy Vercoutre.

The loss leaves Caen at (2-2-2, 8 pts). They have fallen to 11th place in Ligue 1. Up next is a trip south to take on Olympique Marseille (2-2-2) in a mid-week matchup on Wednesday evening.

Fixture 6 Results:
FC Nantes 3:1 FC Sochaux
LOSC Lille 1:1 Girondins Bordeaux
PSG 3:0 Valenciennes FC
Stade de Reims 1:1 Olympique Marseille
AS Saint-Etienne 2:0 FC Metz
OGC Nice 1:0 Montpellier HSC
SC Bastia 0:3 FC Lorient
Stade Rennais 1:1 AS Monaco
Toulouse FC 1:2 Olympique Lyonnais

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New Signing:

SM Caen have signed a free agent from Brazil. Scout Novem Mvogo found 20-year-old center midfielder Jacsson Antonio Domingues Piazon in Belgium and the club agreed to terms on a four year deal believed to be in the $45k/week range. The 5-10 speedy midfielder should fit in the midfield rotation right away. He is a very good passer, both short and long, and has a pretty powerful shot.

"Everyday we are looking to improve the club," said Lothar Matthaus. "We are committed to bringing a championship to the people of Caen. We feel that this is another step in a process."

Piazon will be available for Wednesday's match at Marseille, but it is unclear if he will see any action since he just arrived at the club.