Articles tagged with "ligue-1"
Auxerre 1 - 3 Lyon: WE ARE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!
By Inara | May 17th, 2008Goals: Lyon (Benzema 1, Fred 9, Kallstrom 52), Auxerre (Thomas 77) We had to wait until the last day, but we did it! So cue the ...
Photo of the Day: Seven is Sweet
By Ian Rose | May 17th, 2008Fred and Kim Källström celebrate Lyon's seventh straight Ligue 1 title with a 3-1 win at Auxerre, and are now one game away from the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lyon vs. Nancy: Please Don't Screw This Up
By Inara | May 9th, 2008I 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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." ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Auxerre -- Saint-Étienne preview
By Richard | March 20th, 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. ...
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 ...
Instant classic at the Bollaert
By Jay | March 17th, 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 ...
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 ...
Monaco vs. Lyon
By Inara | March 14th, 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 ...
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 ...
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