TEJI SAVANIER NEWS

Savanier scores sweet volley then gets red card as Montpellier beats Toulouse

Veteran midfielder Teji Savanier has scored a goal-of-the-season contender and been sent off as Montpellier won at Toulouse 2-1 in the French league

MAY 3 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Montpellier playmaker Savanier scores late penalty to secure draw with Clermont in French league

Playmaker Teji Savanier scored a late penalty to salvage a 1-1 draw for Montpellier against struggling Clermont in a rescheduled French league game

NOVEMBER 29, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ounas volleys in Lille's winner; Montpellier scores late on

Adam Ounas volleyed in the winner as Lille beat Toulouse 2-1 to move up to sixth place in the French league

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tudor starts at Marseille with 4-1 league win against Reims

Marseille coach Igor Tudor has silenced his critics as his team beat Reims 4-1 in the French league

AUGUST 7, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nice draws 0-0 at Montpellier, Nantes loses 1-0 at Troyes

Second-place Nice escaped with a 0-0 draw in the French league after captain Dante was sent off and Montpellier midfielder Teji Savanier fluffed a first-half penalty

MARCH 12, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

MATCHDAY: Man United hosts Tottenham; Milan welcomes Empoli

Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to be available when Manchester United hosts Tottenham in a Premier League game with European implications for both teams

MARCH 11, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Free-scoring Rennes wins at Montpellier 4-2 to move into 4th

Forwards Martin Terrier and Gaetan Laborde scored again as Rennes won at Montpellier 4-2 to move up to fourth place in the French league

FEBRUARY 25, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Marseille loses at home in race for 2nd spot after Nice wins

Marseille dropped points in the chase for second place in the French league after losing 2-0 at home to struggling Clermont

FEBRUARY 20, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Defending champ Lille snaps 2-game losing streak, Lyon wins

Defending champion Lille has snapped a two-game losing streak with a scrappy 1-0 win at Montpellier in the French league to move back into the race for the European spots

FEBRUARY 12, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

English striker Mavididi leads Montpellier's French Cup bid

Having missed a chance of emulating his idol Thierry Henry by playing for Arsenal in the English Premier League, Stephy Mavididi is now making a name for himself in French soccer

JANUARY 27, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Defending champion Lille beats Lorient, Strasbourg goes 4th

Defending champion Lille extended its unbeaten run to nine matches with a 3-1 win against Lorient in their rescheduled French league match

JANUARY 19, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Leader PSG scrapes late 1-1 draw heading into winter break

Runaway leader Paris Saint-Germain is heading into the winter break after narrowly avoiding a humiliating defeat

DECEMBER 22, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Milik hat trick rescues Marseille in French Cup; Angers out

Top-tier Marseille has overcome an early shock against amateur side Le Cannet Rocheville

DECEMBER 19, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Montpellier ends Brest 6-match winning run in French league

Montpellier has brutally ended Brest’s six-match winning run in the French league after a 4-0 win at the Brittany club on Saturday

DECEMBER 11, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

MATCHDAY: Liverpool faces Villa; Lewandowski eyes record

Steven Gerrard will get a warm welcome at Anfield when he returns as Aston Villa manager but Liverpool has a chance to claim the English Premier League lead with a victory

DECEMBER 10, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

PSG's perfect home record ends with 0-0 draw against Nice

Paris Saint-Germain dropped points at home for the first time this season by drawing 0-0 with Nice in the French league as the high-powered attack led by newly crowned Ballon d’Or...

DECEMBER 1, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Messi looks angry at being replaced; Icardi gets late winner

Lionel Messi hit the crossbar with a curling free kick and looked angry at being taken off in the 75th minute in his home debut for Paris Saint-Germain

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Shaqiri sets up Lyon goal in 3-1 win, Angers draws at Brest

Lyon secured its second win of the season under new coach Peter Bosz and moved up to seventh in the French league after beating Strasbourg 3-1

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Teji Savanier's late goal lifts France over South Africa 4-3 Teji Savanier scored the game-winning goal in stoppage time and Andre-Pierre Gignac added three more to give France a 4-3 victory over South...

JULY 26, 2021 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Teji Savanier's late goal lifts France over South Africa 4-3

Teji Savanier scored the game-winning goal in stoppage time and Andre-Pierre Gignac added three more to give France a 4-3 victory over South Africa in the group stage of the men's...

JULY 25, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

France coach Ripoll names 11 new players in Olympic squad

Sylvain Ripoll has named 11 new players in France’s Olympic soccer squad after resistance from several clubs to the coach’s initial selection

JULY 2, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

France names Thauvin, Gignac to Olympic squad

France has named World Cup winner Florian Thauvin and veteran striker André-Pierre Gignac to its Olympic soccer team

JUNE 25, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Back to chasing French league for PSG as European dream ends

Another Champions League dream is over for Paris Saint-Germain and it’s back to the reality of saving its French league title with only three games left

MAY 6, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Leader Lille draws with Montpellier; PSG 4 points behind

Lille needed a late equalizer from Luiz Araujo to draw 1-1 at home to Montpellier and guarantee it will keep top spot in a close French title race

APRIL 16, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

MATCHDAY: Spurs visit Everton in battle for CL qualification

Everton and Tottenham are on the fringes of the race for Champions League qualification ahead of their meeting at Goodison Park

APRIL 16, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS