Articles tagged with "ligue 1"
Day of Destiny: Auxerre vs. Lyon
By Inara | May 16th, 2008You wanted a title race? You got it! Here's the situation. Bordeaux trail Lyon by two points. Tomorrow, Lyon take on Auxerre while Bordeaux travel to relegation threatened Lens. Thanks to a superior goal difference, Lyon can win the title with onl ...
Karim Benzema is Ligue 1's Player of the Year
By Inara | May 11th, 2008Remember when I mentioned the UNFP Awards? Today, the ceremony took place. Unsurprisingly, Karim Benzema won Player of the Year, beating out teammate Jeremy Toulalan, Marseille's Mahamadou Niang, and Bordeaux's Wendel. He's the fourth Lyonnais i ...
Karim Benzema is Ligue 1's Player of the Year
By Inara | May 11th, 2008Remember when I mentioned the UNFP Awards? Today, the ceremony took place. Unsurprisingly, Karim Benzema won Player of the Year, beating out teammate Jeremy Toulalan, Marseille's Mahamadou Niang, and Bordeaux's Wendel. He's the fourth Lyonnais i ...
Squeeky Bum Time: All over Europe
By Ian Rose | May 11th, 2008It's May, and while most people in the world are reveling in the sunshine and flowers and all that, you and I have our minds elsewhere. It's title time, and it seems like every day around this time of year, some league or cup or other trophy is ...
Lyon vs. Nancy: Please Don't Screw This Up
By Inara | May 9th, 2008var __pid=37175; var __am_invisible=1; I was hoping that the most decisive game this year wouldn't be against Nancy, whose players are anything but "Nancy boys." But thanks to Lyon taking their title r ...
Title Watch: Champions Will Be Crowned...
By Daryl | May 9th, 2008...and others will be abdicating from top flight football. Read on to see who needs to do what in England, Italy and France this weekend: England: Man Utd and Chelsea are level on points, but Utd have a big advantage with goal diffe ...
The Offside Podcast, Episdode 22
By Daryl | May 9th, 2008They say it's all donwnhill once you hit 22. And that proved right as technical glitches mean The Offside Podcast is a little late this week. Or, if you're a glass is half full type, then it's just in time for a weekend preview. Joining Ian this w ...
Phenoms Taking Their Names Off The Market
By chris | May 9th, 2008It's just the cool thing to do, apparently. Two of the biggest names in world football 25 and under in Samir Nasri and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar were supposed to go up for auction this summer, with The Artist Formerly Knows As G14 with be clamoring to ...
Episode 22: Superclásico, Ligue 1 and Premiership Roundup
By Ian Rose | May 8th, 2008It's that time of the week again, and after a week of technical glitches that made me very nearly give up on the computer altogether, we are back with Pod episode 22. Joining me for this one are Christian Reyes, who is still licking his wounds a bit ...
Toulouse 1-1 PSG
By Come | May 6th, 2008OH so closed to the win till the 89 minutes!!! Once again the team is losing two points. I don't know if this will impact the last two games. The fight is still on for survival but the team will be fighting to stay alive. It was Bernad Mendy who sco ...
"A Point is Good"...WTF?
By Inara | May 4th, 2008I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the post-match comments from the players last night. Alain Perrin: "We didn't win, but at least we didn't lose." Jean-Alain Boumsong: "We must be happy with this point because it will be important in the ...
Player(s) of the Year, Baby
By Inara | April 30th, 2008The nominees for Ligue 1's Player of the Year have just been announced today. While it's no surprise that a Lyon player should be among the four nominated, this season, there are two! Awarded by the UNFP (Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professio ...
Episode 21: Paris is Burning
By Ian Rose | April 29th, 2008No, film buffs ... we will not be talking about the drag documentary, but Paris St. Germain is a main topic of discussion this week, as Ligue 1 faces the very real possibility of losing its only Parisian club, and its fans go a little insane. Inara ...
Fabio Grosso Bitchslaps a Player, Plus Other Lyon Nuggets
By Inara | April 26th, 2008Fabio Grosso's week isn't getting any better. Last weekend, he was verbally abused by Strasbourg coach Jean-Marc Furlan for being a "piece of macaroni shit." Today, during Lyon's 2-2 draw against Caen, Grosso was sent off, the third Lyon player to be ...
Lyon vs. Caen
By Inara | April 25th, 2008It's been a few weeks since I busted out with a match preview. Sorry about that. Blame it on a combination of laziness, work, and a random bout of the flu. I know that I've done a fair bit of ranting on this blog in lieu of constructive posts, so her ...
Lyon vs. Caen
By Inara | April 25th, 2008It's been a few weeks since I busted out with a match preview. Sorry about that. Blame it on a combination of laziness, work, and a random bout of the flu. I know that I've done a fair bit of ranting on this blog in lieu of constructive posts, so her ...
Perrin: "I sleep just fine, thanks"
By Inara | April 24th, 2008Alain Perrin on the atmosphere surrounding him at the moment: "It doesn't stop me from sleeping. We'll see what happens at the end of the season. The president said he'd make a decision after the last league match (against Auxerre on May 17). Reg ...
Rant of the Day: Lyon Are...Shittastic!
By Inara | April 16th, 2008Remember the game that Lyon barely won against Valenciennes? Well, two weeks and three games later, Lyon prove that they can play even more fantastically shitty. Hell, they make it look easy! So if you've been wondering why I haven't been around t ...
Episode 19: Blatant Abuse of the 4-3-3
By Ian Rose | April 16th, 2008The podcast family widens a little as we welcome a new member to the crew. Red Bull New York Offsider Dave Martinez joins us for his first run out, to discuss his Bulls, as well as the rest of the MLS action this week. Don't worry - there's still p ...
Drogba Says France's Problems Can be Fixed with New Stadiums
By Laurie | April 7th, 2008If you build it, they will come. "It" being a new stadium, of course. Or so says Chelsea and Ivory Coast superstriker Didier Drogba. He believes that if the French put money into new stadiums, they'll have better success at keeping their young ...
The Second Battle of the Olympiques: Marseille vs. Lyon
By Inara | April 5th, 2008This is it, guys. The clash of the titans, the SuperClassico, the game of the year. But whatever you call this match, it's France's two biggest teams facing off against each other in what is sure to be an electric encounter. Marseille vs. Lyon ma ...
Valenciennes vs. Lyon
By Inara | March 29th, 2008Ugh. I hate playing Valenciennes. They're one of my least favorite teams in Ligue 1, mostly because of their tactics. But they are one of the last few obstacles in our stroll to the title (it stopped being a race a few weeks ago), so it's important L ...
Loïc Rémy in blue
By Jay | March 25th, 2008On loan from Lyon, young rising star Loic Remy has gotten the call from national coach Raymond Domenech of France. Following an injury to Marseille midfielder Mathieu Valbuena, coach Domonech has decided to go with the red hot Lens forward. ...
Lyon vs. PSG, Or: Paul Le Guen Returns Home
By Inara | March 22nd, 2008Tomorrow, Lyon welcome PSG in what surely will be one of the most intense matches of the year. I don't know about you guys, but I love with it when these two clubs play against each other, and along with Marseille, they form the three giants of Frenc ...
Auxerre -- Saint-Étienne preview
By Richard | March 21st, 2008So we play Auxerre (away) this weekend. Bad News First: We have yet to beat Auxerre this season, despite this being the fourth time we play them. We lost 1-0 away in the Coupe de la Ligue back in September, tied at home in in a league match in October
Episode 15: Tragedy in Argentina
By Ian Rose | March 19th, 2008This week, we center on the tragic events in Argentina this past weekend, as Christian Reyes explains what happened, and tells us about his own experiences with Argentinian football and the violence that sometimes surrounds it. Also, Inara updates us on
Instant classic at the Bollaert
By Jay | March 18th, 2008Sunday's clash between Lens and Marseille turned out to be one of the most exciting affairs of the drab season. In a comback reminiscent of the recent St. Etienne classics the Lensois stromed back from certain defeat and once again proved they can be
Monaco 0 - 3 Lyon: Goals and Gymnastics Galore as Kader Keita Steals the Show
By Inara | March 15th, 2008I present to you the resurgence of Kader Keita... Goals: Lyon (Keita 20, 38; Fred 35) Tactics: Coupet Clerc - Cris - Boumsong - Grosso Bodmer - Toulalan - Kallstrom Keita - Fred - Benzema The only surprise was Sebastien Sq
Monaco vs. Lyon
By Inara | March 15th, 2008Since Lyon are out of the Champions League (again), they might as well finish the title race with a bang, right? To do that, they need to erase decades of history and gain a convincing win at Monaco, something they haven't done in eight years. And for the
Le Choc: Lyon vs. Bordeaux
By Inara | March 9th, 2008Is this the match that decides the title? Many people are saying it could be - if Bordeaux win, they would make a very convincing case for being the first team in seven years to destroy Lyon's hegemony in France. Bordeaux also have a bit of a psycholo
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