The Official Ligue 1 Podcast - Le Beau Jeu
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
[Best of] Neymar signs off in style for PSG
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The pod panel dig into Paris Saint-Germain's testing end to the season 😤 and a show-stopping performance from Neymar 🌟 in his last outing for th...
Matz Sels on Strasbourg, Newcastle United and praise from Gigi
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matz Sels talks to Le Beau Jeu's Ian Holyman about his sparkling season at Strasbourg that has even caught the eye of the legendary Gianluigi Buffon 👏...
Podium places, changing faces, and Neymar's aires and graces
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For Episode 11, Matt, Andy and Robbie are joined by French commentator Julien Brun 🇫🇷 to pick through the ruins of Marseille's season 💀 and p...
[Best of] Cabella fuelling Saint-Etienne's Champions League push
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After a testing spell in England, Rémy Cabella has refound his best form back in Ligue 1 in the colours of Saint-Etienne 💚 and the record French c...
The race for second, transfer tittle tattle, and Dark Vador
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10, Matt is joined by Armel, Dave and Robbie to discuss Lyon and Lille's second-placed summit 🏔️ potential transfer moves in the summe...
Meet...Armel Tanguy
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The fledgling talent 🐣 of the pod panel isn't averse to spitting the dummy 😡 if you diss Wimbledon or Guingamp...and don't mention the VAR 🎥 ...
The Coupe de France final: PSG fall flat as Rennes revel
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt, Armel, Darren and Robbie lavish praise on Rennes for ending 48 years of hurt with their Coupe de France final win 🔴🏆⚫ at the expense of ...
Runarsson: the relegation battle and the language barrier
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dijon and Iceland goalkeeper Alex Runarsson 🇮🇸🙌 tells Ian about the troubles of life at the wrong end of the table ⤵️ what brought him to...
Rennes revel as PSG face final fallout, Runarsson on life at the bottom, and a Dembélé-fed Lyon
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 9, the Coupe de France final displays of Neymar and Kylian Mbappé get a grilling 🔥from Matt, Armel, Darren and Robbie in the wake of PS...
Paulo Sousa talks Bordeaux, young talent and claret
27 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hear what the two-time UEFA Champions League winner had to say to Armel about being the right man for the Bordeaux job ✅ why he has faith in the clu...
[Best of ] Mbappé stars in PSG's title party as Neymar returns
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dave, Andy and Robbie picks the bones out of Kylian Mbappé's meaty performance against Monaco 🥩 to help Paris Saint-Germain pick up an eighth Ligu...
Bocanegra on French football, the Coupe de France final and baguettes
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The ex-USMNT captain 🇺🇸 - now a driving force behind Atlanta United's MLS success - talks exclusively to Robbie about how important his time in ...
Mbappé stars in PSG's title party, Memphis makes good, and Bocanegra on the Coupe de France final
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's Episode 8 with Dave standing in for Matt, and he, Robbie and Andy pick over PSG's title party featuring Kylian Mbappé's star turn 🌟and Neymar...
[Best of] PSG's Lille lesson
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The panel ponders how Ligue 1 champions-elect Paris Saint-Germain could slip to such a heavy defeat at Lille 🤔 and asks where Christophe Galtier's ...
PSG's Lille lesson, Lyon's post-Genesio options, and burgers in Burnley
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 7, Matt, Dave, Robbie and Armel come to terms with what happened in Lille as PSG are schooled by Christophe Galtier's young bucks 👨🏫...
What's going wrong - and right - at Lyon now?
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The pod panel discusses the ructions at Olympique Lyonnais 🦁, examines the delicate balance struck between the club and its supporters ☯️ and p...
PSG made to wait, Dijon the Lyon-tamers, and the relegation dogfight
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 6, Matt, Dave and Andy discuss Paris Saint-Germain's title party falling flat as Strasbourg keep the champagne on ice 🍾 Dijon cut the mu...
Cesc Fabregas on Thierry Henry, Monaco, Leonardo Jardim and Ligue 1's impressive young talents
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The ex-Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea midfielder talks to Matt about his new life in the principality 🇲🇨 gives his thoughts on coaches from Thie...
[Best of] Fabregas and Djorkaeff on France's fabulous fledglings
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Monaco man Cesc Fabregas, a World Cup and EURO winner with Spain 🇪🇸, tells us how impressed he's been by Ligue 1's young talents while Youri Djo...
Youri Djorkaeff on France's success, Ligue 1 talent, and what PSG need to win the Champions League
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As silky a speaker as he was a player, in an exclusive interview the 1998 World Cup and EURO 2000 winner tells us about how Ligue 1 🇫🇷 set him...
Fabregas talks talent, Djorkaeff reveals France's secret, and Strasbourg take a trophy
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode Five, Matt, Dave and Robbie are joined by debutant Armel Tanguy 👶 to discuss Strasbourg's Coupe de la Ligue final win 🏆 the pod hears...
Bafana Bafana star Lebo Mothiba talks Strasbourg, Coupe de la Ligue final and facing 'General' Phiri
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bafana Bafana's 🇿🇦 very own Lebo Mothiba looks forward to his first Coupe de la Ligue final with Strasbourg 🔵⚪, talks about facing fellow S...
Bafana Bafana's Lebogang Phiri on Guingamp, making it in Europe, and his mate Mothiba
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Guingamp midfielder opens up on a tough season in Brittany that could end with a silverware lining in the Coupe de la Ligue 🏆, and tells us abo...
Coupe de la Ligue final focus, France moving forward, and Ligue 1 returns
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode Four, the Coupe de la Ligue BKT final takes centre stage for Matt, Dave and Robbie. They examine the chances of Strasbourg 🔵⚪and Guing...
[Best of] Bafana Bafana duo meet in Coupe de la Ligue final
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With the Coupe de la Ligue final looming 🏆 Matt, Dave and Robbie look at the chances of Strasbourg and Guingamp coming out on 🔝 at Lille's Stade...
The Classique, the class of Di Maria and Lyon's 'Class of '92'
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3, Andy Scott makes his pod debut 👶 joining Matt and Robbie to go over the Classique and Paris Saint-Germain's win over Marseille ⚡ Th...
Rafael talks Lyon, Genesio, Fekir and Manchester United
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In an exclusive interview, Lyon and Brazil 🇧🇷 international defender Rafael tells the Ligue 1 Podcast about why the OL squad should take some of...
[Best of] The Classique
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt, Robbie and Andy give France's biggest football rivalry a thorough examination following Paris Saint-Germain's win over Marseille 🔴🔵 and ca...
[Bonus] Meet Andy Scott...
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andy is a Scot who has lived and worked in Spain 🇪🇸 and now France 🇫🇷covering the beautiful game ⚽ for more than a decade. A mem...
What next for PSG, Robert Pires raves about Rennes, and Balotelli's next move
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2, Matt, Dave, Robbie and guest Darren Tulett discuss where Paris Saint-Germain go now after European disappointment ↔️, play paper, ✂...
Interview: Robert Pires
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast presenter Matt Spiro talks exclusively to ex-France and Arsenal icon Robert Pires 🌟 about Paris Saint-Germain's UEFA Champions League exit,...
[Best of] Julien Stéphan's Rennes-volution
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt, Dave, Robbie and Darren discuss how Rennes have developed into one of France's most exciting sides ☄️⚡under Julien Stéphan, who has a fir...
Mbappé, Fonte on Pepe, and Balotelli the mobile network mogul
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off ⚽ the official Ligue 1 podcast, Matt Spiro, Robbie Thomson and David Crossan ponder Kylian Mbappé's place 🌟 in Paris Saint-Germain's...
Interview: LOSC Lille's Jose Fonte
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
UEFA EURO 2016 winner and LOSC Lille centre-back Jose Fonte talks exclusively to Le Beau Jeu's Ian Holyman about the father figure role👨he was brou...
[Best of] Mbappé's place at PSG and Tuchel v. Emery
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dave, Matt and Robbie talk all things Paris Saint-Germain, and weigh up the ideal slot for super🌟 Kylian Mbappé in Thomas Tuchel's side while Matt...
[Bonus] Meet Matt Spiro...
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Get to know Le Beau presenter Matt Spiro as he gives an insight into how his love of France and its football was born ⚽❤️🇫🇷Hosted by Ausha...
[Bonus] Meet Robbie Thomson...
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from Robbie Thomson, Le Beau Jeu's French football wizard from Oz 🇫🇷⚽🇦🇺, who sees the world through PSG-tinted glasses 🔴🔵Host...
[Bonus] Meet David Crossan...
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hear how Le Beau Jeu's David Crossan ended up becoming one of France's 🔝 English-speaking ⚽ journalists and commentators🎙️🇫🇷Hosted by ...