Articles tagged with "karim-benzema"
Lyon - Monaco In Progress
By Inara | October 20th, 2007Sorry guys, but I've been so busy with other stuff that I didn't have time to write up a pre-match post on Lyon's home game ...
More Updates
By Inara | October 17th, 2007Now that international break is over, the players will be returning tomorrow to resume Ligue 1 doldrums. Here's what's been happening with Les Gones... ~~~~~~~~ Lyon players ...
Karimaldo
By Inara | October 15th, 2007Our next player profile will be on Karim Benzema, Lyon's 19 year old striker. Benzema has always been touted as a Young Prospect. He is ...
Assorted News Bits
By Inara | October 10th, 2007~~~~~~~~ I take back what I said about the away kits. The gold kit is fast becoming a favorite, whether paired with red or dark blue ...
Goal of the Week: Round 10
By Sam | October 8th, 2007We're back with le but de la semaine here on the France Offside, where you, the reader, get to pick which goal you think tops ...
Lyon End Up Scalping Bordeaux, Benzema Is Irresistible
By Inara | October 7th, 2007Karim Benzema scored his tenth league goal of the season in Lyon's 3-0 defeat of title contenders Bordeaux. And guess who provided the assist? Hatem ...
David Trezeguet Says Something Stupid (Again)
By Inara | October 5th, 2007You would have to be blind, deaf, and dumb not to realize that David Trezeguet is angry this morning. He's mad not just because he ...
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.30)
By Sam | September 30th, 2007+ This weekend we had the chance to catch up on late matches from Week 3, and the first one was Lyon-Lens at Gerland. Lyon ...
Quelle Surprise...
By Inara | September 29th, 2007Lyon once again prove to be Lens' undoing. I actually feel quite sorry for Lens because they are a good team, but for some reason, ...
Fred Offers a Half-Assed Explanation
By Inara | September 24th, 2007For a guy that hasn't played for Lyon in five months, Fred is in the news quite often. I've tried to keep all of you ...
It's Getting a Little Hot Under the Collar
By Inara | September 23rd, 2007Surprisingly - and unfortunately - Lyon were held to a 1-1 draw by Lille - at home. I expected the scoreline to be in Lyon's ...
Matchday 8: Raaaar, we is Lyon and we eat you alive.
By Sam | September 18th, 2007Karim Benzema destroys you. Don't deny it. Anyway, here are the recaps from this week. Sorry for the lateness of the post, I'm hella-busy these ...
The Kids Take Over: Metz 1 - 5 Lyon
By Inara | September 15th, 2007For those of you convinced that Lyon were spiraling to the depths of France's amateur divisions, I'm very happy to say that they proved again ...
Little Pieces of News
By Inara | September 15th, 2007Sorry for the deluge of posts, but now that international week is over, there is suddenly so much to write about. I'm also in a ...
OL Toulousified: Elmander 1 - Lyon 0
By Inara | August 12th, 2007Saturday's game was all about the Swedes. Johan Elmander has once again proved to be Lyon's undoing, but this time he had help from fellow ...
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.08.10)
By Sam | August 10th, 2007Climbing up the steep and periolous face of DND mountain, the adventurers finally arrived to the top to meet the Ligue 1 guru sitting peacefully ...
Benzema Extends Contract
By Inara | August 10th, 2007Karim Benzema has extended his contract with Lyon until June 30th, 2012. This is wonderful news for OL fans because he's seen as Lyon's long-awaited ...
Transfer Bullshit News
By Inara | August 6th, 2007
Despite the fact that Ligue 1 has already started, absurd rumors still continue to circulate around the Gerland. Most of them are unworthy to be ...
A Winning Start
By Inara | August 5th, 2007Lyon achieved a comfortable 2-0 victory over Auxerre in their first league game of the season (match pictures at the end of the post). For ...
Goal of the Week Competition: Round 1
By Sam | August 5th, 2007That's right, all you Offsiders, France Offside is having a Goal of the Week competition this season. I've selected three of what I think are ...
The Milan Baros Conspiracy
By Inara | July 28th, 2007When will the football gods lay off? It's not even that Milan Baros goes looking for bad luck. Misfortune just finds him. Who else out ...
Lyon Beats the other Lions to Become Champions of Champions (Yeah, I Know)
By Sam | July 28th, 2007Call me German, but I don't think that ball was over. Sure, you could see some green between the ball and the line, but that ...
LYON: Like You Need an Introduction
By Sam | July 23rd, 2007As the start of the season looms, it’s time for the France Offside to give you an in-depth look at each of the 20 teams ...
Lyon Take Care of J-Pulse. Next Up: Reading
By Inara | July 13th, 2007Lyon's first Peace Cup game was successful, with a final score of 2-0. It wasn't thrilling or impressive, but it got the job done and ...
What Will It Take For Lyon to Become a Big Club?
By Inara | June 25th, 2007An excellent article was published on Sportsvox which asked whether Lyon fulfilled the criteria of being a "big European club." It's in French, so I ...
Lyon Go to St. Tropez on Vacation
By Inara | May 22nd, 2007And no, their season is not yet over. They still have one game left to play this Saturday against Nantes. But since Lyon won the ...
Just Shut Up, Please
By Inara | May 16th, 2007As the transfer window approaches, Lyon is quite possibly the only club, with the exception of Chelsea, where the speculation surrounding the manager is greater ...
Future Prospect: Hatem Ben Arfa
By Inara | May 14th, 2007Instead of talking about the latest transfer gossip or how I feel about Houllier/Govou, I thought I'd take the time to introduce to you one ...
Utter Destruction and Lions Jumping Through a Ring of Fire
By Inara | May 9th, 2007Just all in a day's work for the perennial French champions. Lens were hoping to take advantage of Lyon's recent malaise to get three very ...
The Attackers Curse
By Inara | May 7th, 2007I was never one to believe in curses, but after watching the injuries pile up by the day, I'm convinced that someone has a voodoo ...
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