

Articles tagged with "lyon"
PSG vs. Lyon
By Inara | November 21st, 2008Sorry for the short preview, but it's been a crazy week for me. To keep things short, Lyon are traveling to Paris tomorrow, and three ...
Is It Money Well Spent?
By Inara | November 19th, 2008Watching yesterday's game against Bordeaux, I was struck by two things. First, Juninho is in danger of growing a mullet. And second, money doesn't buy ...
Le Choc I: Lyon vs. Bordeaux
By Inara | November 15th, 2008Alternatively: Benzema vs. Gourcuff. Puel vs. Blanc. First vs. Second. The Lyon Offside vs. The Bordeaux Offside. Inara vs. Jennifer. Etc. All you need to know ...
Blending Sincerity with Mind Games
By Inara | November 14th, 2008Oh Jean-mimi. How you love to find new ways to make people hate you (outside of Lyon, that is). This morning, in a rather long ...
Lyon Calendar Pictures
By Inara | November 13th, 2008With the heavy fixture load coming up in the next month, I thought that before things get too serious around here, I'd share the pictures ...
"How Not To Handle a Backpass," by Rémy Vercoutre
By Laurie | November 12th, 2008Let's say you're a backup goalkeeper looking to prove your value to the team. You get your chance in a Cup game where your ...
Daily Dose: November 11th, 2008.
By chris | November 11th, 2008Stuff to read while you listen to Emmanuel Adebayor mimic a wounded cow in labor..... The regression of the Roman derby. (Football Italiano) You're a lot more ...
CdL: Lyon vs. Metz, Round of 16
By Inara | November 10th, 2008This is how we know the season has really started - when the domestic cup competitions starting clogging the calendar. From now until May (Lyon ...
Duty Free Football: Monaco vs. Lyon
By Inara | November 7th, 2008Claude Puel has more on his mind than just the three points up for grabs in Monaco this weekend. He's got a squad that's still ...
Champions League Matchday 4 Roundup with Video Highlights
By Laurie | November 6th, 2008Note: When we do our searches for the ever-elusive game highlights, we have to take what we can get. (And we do it ...
Dorinel Munteanu to lead Steaua Bucureşti to glory!
By sasha | November 5th, 2008With Dorinel Munteanu in-charge of Steaua Bucureşti todays quest for glory against Lyon in Champions League will have a passionate aspect to it. Taking over ...
Time for Lyon vs. Steaua
By Inara | November 4th, 2008I don't know about you guys, but I'm feeling cautiously optimistic about tomorrow's game. It's taken over three months, but Lyon are starting to play ...
Champions League Preview!
By Rob | November 4th, 2008Today we're back to Champions League action - and its been all go my end. I really love it here on Champions League Offside, but ...
Lyon vs. Le Mans: Or, They Score More Goals Than Us
By Inara | November 2nd, 2008var __pid=37175; var __am_invisible=1; It's a strange, strange day when a team not named ...
Juninho Talks About His Impending Retirement
By Inara | November 1st, 2008Juninho (from here and here): I expected that I would play less this season, but I've played a lot so far, and I feel good. I ...
Daily Dose: October 30th, 2008.
By chris | October 30th, 2008Stuff to read while you celebrate your goal with a pirate hat, arrr........ Abby Wambach listed by Chinese gov't as potential threat in Beijing. (ESPN) 10 surprising ...
Sochaux vs. Lyon
By Inara | October 28th, 2008So here's the situation. Bordeaux are currently in first place thanks to goal differential, Marseille are two points behind us, also with a better goal ...
Hatem Ben Arfa Has a Bad Attitude
By Laurie | October 27th, 2008Let's say you're a talented player with a history of conflict with teammates and a reputation for having a bit of an attitude. You ...
Auxerre vs. Lyon
By Inara | October 24th, 2008The picture on the left has nothing to do with this post, but it makes me laugh for some reason. It just screams DORK! doesn't ...
Super Short Review
By Inara | October 22nd, 2008I know I normally do a post match write up after CL matches, but I'm running short of time and won't be able to do ...
Steaua vs. Lyon Lineups, Viewing Options
By Inara | October 21st, 2008Lyon: Lloris Reveillere - Cris - Boumsong - Grosso Juninho - Toulalan - Makoun Keita - Fred - Ederson Bench: Vercoutre, Kallstrom, Fred, Pjanic, Mounier, Gassama, Faure Steaua: Zapata Ogararu - ...
Shit. Steaua vs. Lyon
By Inara | October 21st, 2008Lyon are SO not ready for tomorrow. We've all seen how badly they've been playing the last few weeks...last month, really. Lyon haven't won a ...
Hai Steaua Bucureşti!
By sasha | October 20th, 2008Just a reminder for Steaua Bucureşti supporters that they face Lyon at home in the Champions League later tonight. Group F of the Champions League ...
Fred's Latest Hissy Fit
By Inara | October 19th, 2008Fred was very pissed yesterday when, as he was walking off the pitch during a substitution, he was booed rather voraciously by the home crowd ...
Lyon Go Chinese, the Ladies Crush Arsenal, and Toulalan Gets Promoted
By Inara | October 15th, 2008Remember how I said that China were becoming Lyon's new best friends? Well, it looks like Aulas takes this BFF business seriously because today Lyon ...
Steaua Bucureşti knocked out of Romanian Cup
By sasha | October 14th, 2008Steaua Bucureşti was knocked out of the Romanian Cup as they were defeated 2-0 by FC Sportul Studenţesc (Bucureşti) of Liga II. With the Roş-Albaştrii sitting ...
Project OL Land Finally Gets the Greenlight
By Inara | October 13th, 2008It looks like the threats of Jean-Michel Aulas to quit if the city continued to deadlock Lyon's plans for a new stadium have finally forced ...
Lyon Get Their Asses Whupped
By Inara | October 5th, 2008These 3-0 losses are starting to turn into a yearly ritual. A humiliating one. The game was so bad that Lyon's official website posted a ...
10 Things We Learned From Champions League Matchday 2
By chris | October 2nd, 20084 seeds are the new 3 seeds; or, Transylvanians, Cypriots & Belarusians are legit. BATE were very fortunate to be eying a blonde Austrian rather than ...
Wednesday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | October 1st, 2008Watching the Champions League without AC Milan is kind of like watching the baseball playoffs sans the New York Yankees. The games are still ...








