Articles tagged with "lyon"
Lyon want some Portuguese lovin'
By Inara | April 24th, 2007Now that Lyon's Brazilian takeover is in full effect, the club is now batting its eyes in the direction of Portugal. And who is Lyon ...
Lyon in Champions League Semifinals
By Inara | April 23rd, 2007For the first time ever, Lyon have made it past the cursed quarterfinal stages and are now two games away from the chance to finally ...
Hungover Lyon celebrates sixth title with another scoreless draw
By Inara | April 22nd, 2007Because nil-nil is so in right now. In their last five matches, Lyon have only scored ONE goal, and that was in their win against ...
Lyon wins sixth title, no one really cares
By Inara | April 21st, 2007Lyon won it again, this time without even trying. They only needed one more point to clinch the title, but Toulouse's loss today means that ...
Auxerre vs. Lyon
By Inara | April 21st, 2007Auxerre vs. Olympique Lyonnais April 22, 2007 Stade Abbe-Deschamps 12:00 PM Eastern Time (18:00 in France) Originally, Lyon only needed one point to seal their sixth title, but ...
Milan Baros is obnoxious, Lyon plays like crap
By Inara | April 19th, 2007So not only didn't Lyon formally win the title yesterday (thanks to a 0-0 home draw with Rennes), Lyon's Milan Baros has also been accused ...
Milan Baros Accused of Making Racist Taunt
By Bob | April 19th, 2007Having lived in a couple of foreign countries where I could barely speak the language, I understand how important gestures can be to convey a ...
Gerard Houllier For Hire!
By Inara | April 16th, 2007Yes, even you can hire Gerard Houllier to appear at your events! Thanks to the odd British obsession with lookalikes, it appears that Liverpool reject ...
Lyon manages one goal in France's drought
By Inara | April 16th, 2007As I predicted, yesterday's score sheet was a drab 1-0. But it's a win, so I'm happy. Unfortunately, Toulouse won their match on Saturday, so Lyon ...
Lyon vs. Sedan, a Sixth Title?
By Inara | April 13th, 2007Under most circumstances, Sunday's match against Sedan - a side unlikely to escape relegation despite their best efforts - would inspire little fear among the ...
Lyon: The Retirement Community for Washed Up French Stars
By Inara | April 11th, 2007Okay, maybe not entirely washed up. But they aren't exactly lighting the world on fire either. For those of you who keep updated with transfer gossip, ...
That was not the same Roma that came to Lyon...
By Inara | April 10th, 2007I just finished watching a recap of today's Champions League matches, and the only thought that's in my head is, why did Roma bust out ...
Houllier to Leave Lyon?
By Inara | April 10th, 2007This is a rumor, mind you. Idle gossip. Tribal Football-esque information. But I'm going to write about it anyway because I love gossip. Houllier might ...
Lyon forgot to take their goalscorers to Valenciennes
By Inara | April 7th, 2007Oops. And once again, Super Fred, Wannabe Magnificent Milan, Last Second Hero Nino, and Boy Wonder Karim have been replaced by pod people in yet another ...
Benzema Interview (in French)
By Inara | April 6th, 2007Quotidien sportif L’Equipe du 6/04/07 « Je n’ai plus 17 ans » Karim Benzema, qui n’a pas joué en finale de Coupe de la Ligue, veut rappeler ...
Lyon Invades Valenciennes
By Inara | April 6th, 2007Valenciennes vs. Olympique Lyonnais April 7, 2007 Stade Nungesser 11:10 AM Eastern US Time (17:10 in France) Lyon need a win here for two reasons: to bounce back from ...
Mass Exodus out of Lyon?
By Inara | April 5th, 2007So on the heels of another "failed" season, transfer speculation is in full bloom. And as usual, nearly all of Lyon's squad has been linked ...
Lyon Re-Cap
By Inara | April 4th, 2007Hi everyone, I'm Inara. I'll be doing my best to keep you all updated with team news, player rumors, back room drama, and all other ...
The Shakedown - a lot to digest....
By Nathan | March 8th, 2007By now everyone has seen the scores and gone through their emotional highs or lows...but as we wait for tomorrow's draw in Athens let's take ...
Quick hits...before the mondo breakdown
By Nathan | March 7th, 2007My eyes are falling out of my head, 2 days and 6 games. Between ESPN2 and Setanta, my Tivo and I can get all ...
Champions League: Roma Step Over (Geddit?) Lyon
By Martha | March 7th, 2007While I only saw the first half, I feel comfortable describing the Lyon-Roma game as "awesome." In the first 30 minutes, possession was about 75%-25% ...
Lyon Fitness Coach: Doping in Football is Inevitable
By Bob | March 6th, 2007While the perpetual plagues of the football world -- fan violence and racism – continue to make the headlines, another oldie but goodie has made ...
Champions League: Inter, Roma Need Some Damn Goals
By Martha | March 6th, 2007After the home leg's rampaging first half, Inter could be forgiven for feeling somewhat confident going into their rematch at Valencia this afternoon, even if ...
Thursday Feb 22 - Quick Notes (Crybabies, Politics, Cocaine, Lindsay Lohan?)
By Gianfranco | February 22nd, 2007Finally the Zdenek Grygera debacle/negotiations/transfer/rumor/just sign already is officialy set to become a Juventus player this summer. The Czech defender will sign a 5 ...
Transfer Madness (And Other Newsie Bits)
By Martha | February 22nd, 2007•According to La Repubblica, Milan are planning to have quite a summer in the transfer market. Not only will they land Ronaldinho for a mere ...
Champions League: Three Halves of Crap
By Martha | February 22nd, 2007Let's focus on the positive, shall we? How great was the first half of the Inter-Valencia game? Man was that fun to watch. Inter dominated ...
Champions League Matchday 7
By Bob | February 21st, 2007The competition in Europe is getting down to the nitty gritty this week as 16 Champions League teams are whittled down to 8. Many ...
Champions League: Roma, Inter Prepare to Kick Some Foreign Ass. Or Not.
By Martha | February 21st, 2007Really, I have no idea what will happen in these games. (As usual.) It'd be foolish for me to even pretend I did. I do know, ...
Frédéric Piquionne rejects Saint-Étienne shirt, whip marks on back
By Sam | January 16th, 2007It's a rule of thumb in professional football, at least in France. When a player cleverly compares himself to a slave under the totalitarian and ...
Matchday 17 - Djibril is back, Paris isn't
By Sam | December 10th, 2006Saturday was a big night at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, for many reasons. The home leg against Monaco has long been a feisty tradition in ...
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