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Some matches of round 4 of the French Championship took place. Here are their results.

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Some matches of Round 4 of the French Championship took place. We present you their results.

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Former goalkeeper of the French national team and Marseille, Steve Mandanda has officially announced his retirement.

— I needed time to make this decision, mainly because it’s not easy. But yes, I am retiring. I had a long period of reflection since many clubs approached me, but I turned them down each time, — said Steve Mandanda.

It should be noted that during his career, Steve Mandanda represented Le Havre, Marseille, Crystal Palace, and Rennes.

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe shared his thoughts on PSG's victory in the Champions League last season.

"I was happy for them because I have many friends in the team. This is a club that meant a lot to me. It is the club where I spent the longest period of my career so far. This is a special achievement for the Parisians, for the fans. We were close to this before, and they managed to do it," quotes Mbappe RTL.

Former French national team player and Manchester City member Gaël Clichy has announced that he is ready to take on the role of head coach. Previously, he worked as an assistant to Thierry Henry and later Gérald Baticle in the youth team of the "Les Bleus".

“From the very beginning, I told Henry that I would be as great an assistant as possible, but I don’t want to lose myself in this role. I hope to test whether I can become a quality head coach,” Clichy is quoted by L’Equipe.

PSG forward Ousmane Dembélé, who previously played for Barcelona, recalled the emotions of joining the Catalan club in 2017. The Frenchman played for the "blue-granats" until the summer of 2023.

“It was not easy, especially considering that I joined the club just 18 months after becoming a professional footballer. I spent six months at Rennes and then a year at Borussia. At 20, you find yourself in the Barcelona dressing room with all the stars, with all the players you dreamed of playing with. It was just incredible.

Then I had to adapt. For three or four years, I was unlucky due to injuries. When you can play, you have to adapt. When it was impossible, you had to stay strong. But I was doing what I loved and playing for the club of my dreams — Barcelona. It was not easy, but after three or four years, the situation improved significantly,” Dembélé is quoted by FourFourTwo.

The goalkeeper of the French PSG — the Russian Matviy Safonov did not answer questions about his teammate — the Ukrainian Illia Zabarnyi.

“No comments,” Safonov said when asked by Russian media to discuss the situation with Zabarnyi.

Let us remind you that on August 12, PSG announced the transfer of Zabarnyi from Bournemouth. The French club paid 63 million euros for the Ukrainian, excluding bonuses. The defender signed a contract until 2030.

Ukrainian midfielder of the Italian "Genoa" Ruslan Malinovsky distinguished himself by scoring a goal in a friendly match of his team against the French "Nice".

The 32-year-old footballer was included in the starting lineup of "Genoa" for this match, and in the 74th minute of the game, he converted a penalty.

Friendly match.

"Nice" (France) — "Genoa" (Italy) — 3:2 (2:0)
Goals: Omoyuri (13, 44), Klauss (77) — Onana (71), Malinovsky (74 pen.)

Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martínez recalled his emotional state after losing in the previous season’s Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain (0:5).

— After the Champions League final, I couldn’t speak for five days. I was confused and upset after that defeat. Over the past three years, we have reached the Champions League final twice. We had a great run, but in the last match, we were constantly missing something to achieve our goal — winning the Champions League.

We understood that PSG was a strong opponent and a reliable team. But we were strong too. The last week, we prepared in a calm atmosphere, with a feeling of peace and confidence. So yes, the word “helplessness” is the most accurate description of our feelings, because we couldn’t execute anything we had worked on. We just couldn’t transfer that to the field, and that frustrated us the most,” said Lautaro Martínez.

Let’s remind that in the Champions League final, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Inter with a score of 5:0.

Monaco central defender Eric Dier expressed his disappointment at being left out of the England squad for the September World Cup 2026 qualifying matches.

“It hurts me every time I’m not in the England squad. Over the last two years, I have played almost every match for Bayern, won the championship and played in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League. I felt that I did everything I could to make the squad, but it just didn’t happen,” Dier is quoted by The Telegraph.

Tomorrow, September 5, in Wrocław, Poland, the Ukrainian national team will begin the qualifying cycle for the World Cup for the eighth time in history.

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The central defender of Le Havre, Alieu Tiara, will sign a contract with Dynamo today.

According to Dynamo.kiev.ua, the information that the central defender of the French club Le Havre is moving to Kyiv’s Dynamo is true.

Moreover, according to our information, the 21-year-old Senegalese will put his signature on the contract with the Ukrainian club today.

Accordingly, there will be an official announcement about this very soon.