The Official Ligue 1 Podcast - Le Beau Jeu

For the first Ligue 1 offical podcast of the 2020/21 season, Matt is joined by Robbie and Armel to pick over PSG's wins in the Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de France finals, and what those triumphs mean for the French champions' UEFA Champions League bid and Lyon's European challenge ⚽🇨🇵  Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

The former Sweden international 🇸🇪 centre-back arrived at Rennes in 2007 and eventually captained the Breton club to the Coupe de France final in three years at Roazhon Park 🔴⚫ Hansson told Le Beau Jeu's Ian Holyman about adapting to Ligue 1 football, his love of galette saucisse , and reveals how to defend against ex-international teammate and Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic ⚽🇨🇵...

Rennes get the Le Beau Jeu treatment for the final pod of the 2019/20 campaign ⚽🇨🇵 Hear from former Rennes captain Petter Hansson 🔴💪⚫🇸🇪as Matt, Andy, Dave and Robbie look back on the Breton club's unprecedented third-placed finish last season and ahead to their European challenge next term 🏆🥊  There's also a chance to win the Ligue 1 shirt of your choice in our final competition of the campa...

The former Netherlands, Barcelona, Liverpool and Chelsea midfielder played in some of the biggest games in European football, and says the Classique between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain was right up there when he was an OM icon between 2007 & 2009 🔵⚽⚪ He tells Le Beau Jeu how Eric Gerets turned the side from relegation candidates into title contenders, what it's like to be in football-...

Chris Makin tells Le Beau Jeu's Ian Holyman about the 1996/97 Ligue 1 season when he wore Marseille's colours with pride 🔵⚪ He explains how he loved the revolutionary training methods that mirrored those Arsène Wenger brought to England, and reveals what it's like to make a dash for safety through a car park full of fuming OM fans 🚗😡 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more inform...

Matt, Dave and Armel are joined by Marseille expert and fan Mourad Aerts, who takes us inside - arguably⁉️ - France's most iconic club 🔵⚪ There's exclusive insight from ex-OM ⭐ Boudewijn Zenden 🇳🇱💪 as the boys chat about Andre Villas-Boas' future, Marcelo Bielsa's impact, and look at the Classique rivalry with Paris Saint-Germain ⚽🇨🇵 Comments and questions? Email ligue1podcast@gmail.com or tw...

Spanish football expert Graham Hunter gives Le Beau Jeu his insight on how Spain views Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappé, and explains why Real Madrid's pursuit of the FIFA World Cup winner is likely to see him wearing that famous white shirt eventually, even if he doesn't team up with boyhood hero Zinédine Zidane  🇨🇵⚽🇪🇸 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

There's a chance to win a signed Kylian Mbappé shirt and Matt's new book, Sacré Bleu, as Dave takes the hot seat while Matt outlines the key moments in the life and career that have made the Paris Saint-Germain forward football's hottest property 💪🔥Robbie Thomson and BeIN SPORTS commentator Julien Brun join the panel for this Le Beau Jeu special to put France's FIFA World Cup winner under the mi...

In Part II of Le Beau Jeu's PSG special, ex-PSG defender Didier Domi tells Dave, Matt and Robbie what it was like to be at the club when they won the 1995/96 European Cup Winners' Cup final 🏆💥🔥how it was to face Ronaldo and Barcelona 💪⚡ and how he got to admire Ronaldinho at close quarters 😍⚽🇨🇵  Contact us via email ligue1podcast@gmail.com or on Twitter @Ligue1_ENG #LeBeauJeu Hosted on Aush...

Ex-Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, Inter Milan and Ajax defender Maxwell tells Robbie Thomson how he helped coax Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the French capital 🛬 reveals PSG's star-studded dressing room was in awe of David Beckham 😍 🌟and assesses the huge impact the global superstars had on making the French champions a European powerhouse ⚽🇨🇵 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more in...

Ex-France international striker Guillaume Hoarau tells Le Beau Jeu's Robbie Thomson about his love affair with Paris Saint-Germain ❤️💙 and how he realised after the arrivals of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Beckham it was time to say 'Au revoir' to the French capital 🇨🇵⚽ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Ex-Paris Saint-Germain defender Didier Domi joins Dave, Matt and Robbie to discuss the French champions' rise from domestic strugglers to European heavyweights in the first part of this two-part PSG special ↗️🥊 Hear exclusive insights from Maxwell and Guillaume Hoarau, who explain the impact Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Beckham had on making PSG a continental football force to be reckoned with 🇨🇵...

France is the fashion centre of the world, so it stands to reason the country's footballers get to wear some of the coolest kits in the game 😎🇫🇷⚽ Le Beau Jeu pick out their favourites from the 2019/20 season 😍 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

The Le Beau Jeu panel have picked their Team of the Season for 2019/20 🌟👏🔥 let us know what you think on Twitter @Ligue1_ENG #LeBeauJeu or via email ligue1podcast@gmail.com ⚽🇨🇵 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

With the 2019-20 Ligue 1 season now history, Matt is joined by Andy, Armel and Dave to look back at the football that was played in France and to pick out the 🔝 performers, coaches, goals 👏and kits from the campaign that was 🇨🇵⚽ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Ned Zelic was probably the most talented Australian of his generation — bought to replace Laurent Blanc at then-double winners Auxerre, he tells Robbie Thomson about Guy Roux's unique brand of man-management 🇦🇺⚽🇨🇵 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Mile Sterjovski starred in the UEFA Champions League for a Lille side orchestrated by 'Coach' Vahid Halilhodzic and Claude Puel — he tells Le Beau Jeu's Robbie Thomson what it was like to play under two Ligue 1 coaching legends 🇦🇺⚽🇨🇵 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Robbie Slater was arguably Australia's most successful football export to France, earning folklore status at Lens — Robbie Thomson talks to the "red-haired rabbit" who is a Sang-et-Or legend 🇦🇺⚽🇨🇵 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Former Australia international and coach Frank Farina talks to Robbie Thomson about his career in Ligue 1 🇦🇺⚽🇨🇵 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Le Beau Jeu goes Down Under with Sydney-based football journalist Daniel Garb joining Matt, Dave and the panel's wizard of Oz-in-residence Robbie Thomson 🎩 to put Ligue 1's select band of Australian players in the spotlight ⭐ Hear from Robbie Slater, Frank Farina, Mile Sterjovski and Ned Zelic as they recount their days in French football 🇨🇵⚽ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for mor...

Sample David Crossan's wordsmithery at its finest as Le Beau Jeu's very own poet laureate explains in rhyme why he misses Ligue 1 so much during the lockdown 🇨🇵⚽❤️ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Matt, Dave and Andy are joined by Jeanne Lollichon as they talk about their personal love affairs with Ligue 1 ⚽❤️🇨🇵 From Laurent Robert wowing the Parc des Princes 💪to legendary coaches Jean-Claude Suaudeau at Nantes and Auxerre icon Guy Roux 👨‍🎓 through to the brilliance of Eden Hazard at Lille 💥🌟 it's a trip down memory lane to see how Le Beau Jeu got hooked on French football 😍 Hosted o...

BeIN SPORTS USA commentator Andres Cordero joins Dave, Matt and Robbie as Le Beau Jeu goes trans-Atlantic 🇺🇸 Hear exclusive interviews with ex-USMNT captain Carlos Bocanegra about his three years in France 🇨🇵⚽ while former USA teammate Alejandro Bedoya takes us inside the Nantes dressing room and reveals who was the Canaris 🔝 Call of Duty player 💪There's talk about Timothy Weah, the US trailbla...

Alejandro Bedoya is now at MLS franchise Philadelphia Union, but he hasn't forgotten the three seasons he spent at Nantes 💛💚 The USA international tells Le Beau Jeu's Robbie Thomson about playing and scoring a blinder against Paris Saint-Germain 💥👏 being wowed by Valentin Rongier's Call of Duty skills as well as his talent on the pitch 🎮🔫 and pays tribute to late former teammate Emiliano Sal...

Carlos Bocanegra tells Le Beau Jeu's Robbie Thomson about his fantastique three years in France with Rennes and Saint-Etienne ❤️⚫💚 The former USA international explains the background to his move to France 🥖🍷🧀 how impressed he was with Blaise Matuidi and Dimitri Payet 😮💪 and why - as Atlanta United's Technical Director - he keeps a close eye on the French game ⚽🇨🇵 Hosted on Ausha. See aush...