Stéphane Moulin’s team have beaten Toulouse and St Etienne this week to go level with PSG at the top of Ligue 1
By Adam White and Eric Devin for Get French
Football News
The term “jolie laide” cannot be directly paired with an English word. It literally translates as “pretty-ugly” and is used to describe someone with unconventional beauty. In a footballing sense, few sides embody jolie laide more than Stéphane Moulin’s functional yet compelling Angers team. Quietly one of Europe’s best run clubs for some years, Angers are now starting to turn heads.
Their 2-0 win at Toulouse on Wednesday night, combined with PSG’s shock 2-0 defeat at home to Reims, means they are now level with the champions at the top of Ligue 1. That win in Toulouse, secured thanks to a brace from Moroccan forward Rachid Alioui, was their fifth victory in their first seven games this season. Their 4-1 drubbing of Europa League-weary St Étienne on Sunday was perhaps the pick of those victories.