The Official Ligue 1 Podcast - Le Beau Jeu

It's a Classique episode of Le Beau Jeu as host Ligue 1 Show presenter Matt Spiro is joined by PSG advocate Robbie Thomson and Ligue 1 commentator Andreas Evagora to discuss a controversial Paris win over Marseille! Akadieusz Milik chats tactics with Matt and the team runs the rule over big wins for Monaco over Rennes and Lyon over Bordeaux. We have a winner of the Dimitri Payet shirt and we have...

Join Le Beau Jeu host Matt Spiro as he's joined by commentators Andy Scott and Angus Torode to dissect the weekend's action, starting with an unstoppable Kylian Mbappé as PSG trounce Clermont! We're celebrating Dimitri Payet's goal of the season against PAOK by giveaway the OM playmaker's jersey in our Deja Who quiz and we hear from Stade de Reims coach Oscar Garcia and the champagne region's very...

Le Beau Jeu is back after the international break and host Matt Spiro is joined by commentators Andreas Evagora and Robbie Thomson to discuss the weekend's Ligue 1 action. Starting with Rennes and Nice going toe to toe with Marseille and Strasbourg in the hunt for Champions League football next season. At the top, Mbappe, Neymar and Messi all scored in the same match for the first time and the cre...

In another bumper episode, host Matt Spiro is joined by Ligue 1 commentators Ian Holyman and Andreas Evagora to discuss a great weekend for Marseille, Rennes and Monaco, a terrible one for PSG, Nice and Bordeaux. We hear exclusively from ASM young gun Aurelien Tchouameni and also take a deep dive into French fan culture and discuss the very real prospect of having two first division clubs in the t...

Listen to the latest episode of Le Beau Jeu, the official Ligue 1 podcast, with host Matt Spiro as he's joined by Paris Saint-Germain expert Robbie Thomson and French football commentator Angus Torode to discuss another difficult night for PSG and dissect last week's premature Champions League exit. The team also cast their eye over a rampant Rennes as they gave Lyon's hopes of European qualifying...

This week, Matt Spiro, Julien Brun & Ian Holyman pay tribute to Ligue 1 highflyers – and Coupe de France finalists – Nice & Nantes. There’s a chat with the man who gives the Canaries wings, Pedro Chirivella, but Ian’s attempts to lure coach Kombouaré into some English banter are met by a resounding ‘non!’ The boys are backing St Etienne to stay up, there’s concern Sampaoli’s Marseille bubb...

In another bumper episode of Le Beau Jeu, host @mattspiro is joined by @andpscott and @LukeMonacoLife as they discuss all the action from a big weekend in Ligue 1. Can Rennes' entertaining football (02:15) take them all the way to Champions League qualification? Nice (10:45) and Marseille (13:10) might have a word to say about that! Are Lyon right to be feeling hard done by against Lille (19:05)?...

Robbie Thomson hosts this week's episode of Le Beau Jeu and is joined by Andy Scott and Angus Torode as they dissect a crazy round of matches in Ligue 1, including Neymar's penalty miss as Nantes stunned PSG (3:50), Marseille were beaten by Clermont (51:15), Saint-Etienne have began operation Great Escape as we cast an eye over the relegation dog fight (42:15), Bordeaux gave away a comedy equalise...

Host @mattspiro is joined by @Ronaldingo14 and @Jon_LeGossip for another bumper episode of Le Beau Jeu, the Official Ligue 1 podcast. The team talk about rising pressure on PSG (2:50), on and off the pitch, after Kylian Mbappé rescued them again last weekend and they preview Tuesday night's huge Champions League clash with Real Madrid (22:30). Why can't Arkadieusz Milik seem to get a regular start...

Last season's pulsating Ligue 1 title race, which saw no less than three teams in the hunt for the trophy on the final day of the campaign, inspired French football commentator and journalist David M Crossan to pen the fourth and final of his Ligue 1 poems; The Title Race. Dave, you will be missed.    Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In his fabled series of Ligue 1 poems, football journalist David Crossan took a cheeky rhyming look at everything he loved about the French top flight.   Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Another in the series of Ligue 1 poems written by the late, great David M Crossan. This poem reflects on the shortlived experience of American child prodigy Freddy Adu with Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.  Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

As we bid one final farewell to our dear friend and colleague, David Crossan, we would like to publish his series of Ligue 1 poems written, for the most part, during the first Parisian Covid lockdown of 2020. This one, celebrating the few men from Down Under that graced Ligue 1... Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

In a sad week for the podcast team and French football fans around the world, Le Beau Jeu bids farewell to one of its own following the tragic passing of journalist and mate David Crossan.  There were plenty of goals and action this weekend to discuss with lots of controversy and talking points as always.  Host Matt Spiro was joined by Robbie Thomson, Ian Holyman, Andy Scott and Armel Tanguy to ta...

Matt is joined by European football journalist and Football Ramble podcaster Andy Brassell and panel regular Ian Holyman to put Paris Saint-Germain's win over Reims under the spotlight (1.55). You can win a Kasper Dolberg Nice shirt in our Deja Who competition (15.00), and is Lyon's derby victory (16.48) a turning point in their season and the end for Saint-Etienne? 🇫🇷⚽ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha...

This week’s official Ligue 1 Podcast offers YOU the chance to win a Lionel Messi PSG shirt! Simply send you answer to the ‘Déjà Who’ conundrum (23'10) to l igue1podcast@gmail.com to try your luck!  It is a bumper edition as host Matt Spiro discusses the Round 21 action with commentator Robbie Thomson: why can't Marseille get Milik scoring (1'30), how good is Nice's Kephren Thuram (11'10) and is Mo...

Bonne annee! The official Ligue 1 Podcast is back with its first episode of 2022 and to celebrate, you can win an AS Monaco jersey!  Join host Matt Spiro along with fellow French football commentators David Crossan and  Andreas Evagora as they discuss Marseille's historic win in Bordeaux, a Nice-Brest that caught the eye and Lyon showed plenty of fight in holding Kylian Mbappé's PSG!  Find the mys...

After a decade with Bayern Munich, World Cup and Champions League winner Jerome Boateng traded it all for Ligue 1 football! Now have a listen to Matt Spiro's exclusive interview where the Germany international reveals what makes him tick and why he made the move to Olympique Lyonnais and who's impressed him so far from the young guns at OL! Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more inf...

After a weekend of Cupsets and drama in the Coupe de France, Le Beau Jeu's host Matt Spiro is joined by Aussie exile Robbie Thomson and Scottish Ligue 1 expert Robin Bairner to look ahead to the final matches of 2021! The panel also ask the tough questions as trouble mars Lyon's match in Paris, Juninho quits OL when they could really use one of his free-kicks, Matt has an exclusive chat to Jerome...

He's one of Europe's most exciting young talents and he's only 17! In this week's special bonus feature, Le Beau Jeu's Armel Tanguy sat down with French-born, English-raised (U21 international for... Les Bleus!), Mohamed-Ali Cho! He talks about his nomadic road to professionalism and everything else he is still to achieve, starting with his A Levels, that he's doing online, while starring in Ligue...

🚨This week on #LeBeauJeu, the Official Ligue 1 Podcast, host Matt Spiro is joined by regular panellist Andy Scott and special guest Tom Williams – French ⚽ for The Times in England… 🕵️‍♂️Our experts review the weekend’s action and we hear from World Cup winner 🏆 Franck Lebeouf as Marseille get back to winning ways, 7️⃣Mbappé sinks former club Monaco and Nantes  comeback to stun Lens. Plus we ha...

So what's it like to coach Leo Messi 🐐, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé? In a very special episode 🎖️of Le Beau Jeu, host Matt Spiro 🕵🏻‍♂️ sat down for an long chat, one-on-one, with Paris Saint-Germain 🔴🔵 coach Mauricio Pochettino - the man charged with getting the best out of the best players in the world! Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

🚨Le Beau Jeu returns as host 📢Matt Spiro is joined by David Crossan and Ian Holyman to review a tumultuous weekend in France 🥐! Claude Puel ⛈️became the first coaching casualty of the season when he was sacked by Saint-Etienne ❎, PSG produced a Great Escape as and got a point in Lens while Matt sits down to talk tactics ⚽with Mauricio Pochettino, Brest look amazing 😍on the back of 6 wins in...

Matt and Dave are joined by expatriated Robbie 🏝️ as the Le Beau Jeu team look for solutions to Mauricio Pochettino's PSG headaches 🤯. Rennes are singing the praises of their coach Pep Genesio and should Gaetan Laborde get a France call up 🥐? Nice 🦅are up and down, Brest ☠️are flying, but what's going wrong with Lyon and Marseille 🤷‍♂️🤷‍? Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more...

Mauricio Pochettino has been and is being linked to a number of high-profile coaching vacancies, but Matt, Andy and Andreas believe the Paris Saint-Germain coach will be staying in the French capital as he has "the best starting XI in the game" 🇫🇷⚽ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.