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Europe – The Competitions by Benoît d'Oloron 1. Coupe de France 2. Champions League S aturday 25 January was a BIG DAY in the battle in and they were the darling will be tough for the two matches and a win will boost one But things little France. La Coupe de France, the French underdogs of the competition. guys. Libourne Saint-Seurin face team three points clear at the top. equivalent of the FA Cup or Open Cup, Five o clock in the afternoon saw the (Division 1); Bourg-PØronnas Rennes There are still four match days left, s reached its round of 32. The First whistle blow. Ninety minutes later, after take on Auxerre, also of Division 1, and we shouldn t rush to judgment yet, but Division teams came into play in a stirring match, AngoulŒme triumphed the last Schiltigheim will play Toulouse it s hard not to fancy Arsenal to come round and so we were at that exciting 2-1 margin and the dream of (Division 2). Fingers crossed, guys. at the top of the group. the by a out phase where the lesser clubs, many of guys from Lambrises was at an little Meanwhile, on a slightly higher No less important is the Group A them amateurs, were facing the big end. plane, the Champions League is match up of the two leaders. Inter Mila boys for a place in the round of 16. Asthe torch passes. Schiltigheim, a But and Barcelona meet in Nou Camp. Both always, it was wildly exciting with local CFA 2 team, eliminated Ligue 2 won their first two matches and Bayer heroes coming into the national Beauvais with a single goal, and now Leverkusen and Newcastle are already spotlight, maybe for the only time in become the most junior of the they looking like also-rans. their career. from each country still in contention remaining teams. The team from the The French leagues are, in order of Alsace town had already defeated small With four team two of them from Milan, both looking importance, Division I (Ligue 1), Troyes of Division 1 and they advance good Division 2 (Ligue 2), National, Amateur round of 16 as heroes of the to the squad and a Spanish squad in the final Conference 1 (CFA 1), Amateur town. the odds are on seeing an Italia but that means forgetting about Conference 2 (CFA 2), Honor League Two other amateur teams from CFA Manchester United, sitting at the top o (Ligue Honneur) and what are simply 1 also overcame their Group D. Their group will probably end referred to as other divisions opponents: ( autres senior Bourg-PØronnas defeated up as a battle between them and divisions ). another Italian team, Juventus. At one end of the draw two Ligue 1 teams faced each other in the last match of the day. Paris St Germain and Marseille was undoubtedly the big cranking itself up for the Shown here: (far left): Lambries supporters; (centre) Ruud van Nistlerooy is on form for Manchester United; (above left): With Real 18 February Madrid trailing in Group C, fans are hoping for big wonders from Raul. match, or would have been the big match day. At 7:45 pm four match on a normal day. But this was not matches will kick off to take Groups A a normal day. and B one stage closer to resolution. Instead, the focus of the national French fans have no team from their press was on the match between league to cheer for, as Auxerre, Lens AngoulŒme of the Ligue National and and Lyon were all eliminated at the end the players from Lambrises-lez-Douai, of the first phase. This, naturally, a suburb of Douai, 120 miles north of produced an outcry in France. Instead, we watch four Italian teams, four Spanish teams, three English teams and two from Germany battle it out with Dijon and, in a match that seemed survivors from Switzerland, Russia and destined never to end, tiny Libourne Holland. The French eyes will probably Saint Seurin slipped past Le Mans on Arsenal, who face Ajax be (Division 2) after a 2-2 scoreline, Amsterdam at Highbury. After all, we overtime and penalty kicks, which they are developing a feeling of French Paris. This is a team from autres by the score of 12-11. won ownership of the English Premier divisions , a long, long way down the round of 16 will be played League. The on 15 football food chain. They were the lone and there are fans all over February That match may break the deadlock representatives of other divisions France looking for at least one more at the top of Group B. Both teams have although there were still six CFA squads major upset before the final on 31 May. and drawn one of their first won one Goal Indoor • March 2 003 • 11