Articles tagged with "lyon"
Ligue 1 Finish Sends Lille To Europa League Qualifying
By Julien | June 8th, 2009Lille's fourth place finish in the Ligue 1 table for the 2008/09 season clinched the club a spot in the 2009/2010 UEFA Europa League Third ...
Transfer Talk: What's 'Cough, Please' In Spanish?
By chris | June 8th, 2009Love that the Ricky Kaka news is leaking from everyone but Real Madrid, Milan and disreputable news outfits. Today's poor secret-keeper? The slightly dyslexic Brazilian ...
France Has A New King: Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux.
By chris | May 30th, 2009Lyon lost their kung-fu grip on the Ligue 1 trophy some ways back and a new champion was always inevitable, but that doesn't make it ...
SUMMER CLEANING: OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW?
By John | May 26th, 2009[gallery] Five veteren players who might be on the way out this summer. Lyon reached a turning point in this season in that there was an influx ...
Weekend Predictions: Man Utd, Marseille and Munich
By Daryl | May 15th, 2009Title races are coming to a head all over Europe this weekend and I'm taking a look at three matches from England, France and Germany. Read ...
CL Team of 2009 - Central Midfielders
By Rob | May 14th, 2009So this beast staggers on for another day. You've picked the Goalkeeper you'd like in your team, you've picked your back line (although the polls ...
Winning & Losing A Title In The Boardroom.
By chris | May 6th, 2009I don't spend a great deal of time contemplating the French domestic scene, yet Monday morning I took a look at the table and was ...
Ribery and Nine Other Possible Replacements for C-Ron
By Rob | May 5th, 2009So as you might have now seen, Manchester United have apparently launched a World Record bid for Franck Ribery, as the Bayern Munich striker wants ...
FC Lorient vs. LOSC Lille Métropole Match Preview
By Julien | May 1st, 2009The 2008/2009 Ligue 1 season is winding up and Lille is still looking for a chance to squeeze into a European spot. LOSC currently sits ...
The 50(+) Highest Paid Players In World Football
By chris | March 23rd, 2009'Tis that time again. Futebol Finance, a Portuguese site concerned with all things moola as it relates to the beautiful game, unleashed their unofficial 50 ...
Ligue 1 Title is in Play. For Once.
By Laurie | March 17th, 2009Ligue 1 fans, we got us a horse race this year. This season is unlike several of the past few, where the only suspense ...
Let's Just Pretend That the Last Week Never Happened
By Inara | March 17th, 2009Lyon still have a one point lead (thanks, Marseille!), no new injuries have befallen the squad, and the sun is still shining. So this is ...
Bastos Leads Lille To Victory
By Julien | March 14th, 2009LOSC played its 28th match of this season away against SM Caen. For a club in relegation zone, a win was a priority for Les ...
I'm Still in Denial
By Inara | March 12th, 2009I still haven't processed last night's debacle. The suckitude of the players astounded me. I can't believe that the team that played last night is ...
Barca vs. Lyon Lineups, Viewing Options
By Inara | March 11th, 2009ALLEZ LYONNAIS!!! We can do this! Barca: Valdes Alves - Marquez - Pique - Sylvinho Xavi - Toure - Iniesta Messi - Eto'o - Henry Bench: Pinto, Carceres, Sanchez, Krkic, ...
Champions League Round of 16 2nd Leg Wednesday Live(No, Really)Blog
By Daryl | March 11th, 2009So, after Tuesday and Wednesday, your quarter finalists are: Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Chelsea, Villarreal, Barcelona, Man Utd, Arsenal, Porto Thanks to everyone for reading/commenting. Wow. My heart goes ...
Everything To Play For! - Champions League Wednesday Preview
By Stephen | March 10th, 2009It’s the second-leg of the round of 16 ties which means that each side that remains in this season’s Champions League competition are a possible ...
The Offside Power Rankings: March ‘09.
By chris | March 7th, 2009We're back at it again with the monthly Offsise Power Rankings, but this time we scheduled some European action to make the voting oh-so-easy (it ...
Lyon Say F*ck You to the WPS, Plus Some Nude Photos
By Inara | March 6th, 2009I'm going to take a quick break from the men's team to cover the ladies. Even if you don't care about women's football, I advise ...
CdF: Lille vs. Lyon
By Inara | March 4th, 2009Sorry that this match preview is so late, but better late than never, right? Anyway, today Lyon play the first of their two back to back ...
Lyon vs. Rennes: Avoiding Another Pagician Show
By Inara | February 28th, 2009The last time Lyon played Rennes was in October, when Rennes handed Lyon a rather humiliating 3-0 defeat. The sole mastermind of that encounter was ...
Fred Terminates His Lyon Contract
By Inara | February 26th, 2009Break out the party hats and start celebrating! Fred, who is currently suntanning in Brazil, has decided never to return to Lyon. He's terminated his contract ...
Bayern through - everywhere else still to be decided
By Rob | February 26th, 2009So the first legs of this years Round of 16 are over, and while some teams hold the advantage, only Bayern Munich look like something ...
Lyon 1 - 1 Barca: I'm Not Giving Up Hope, Dammit
By Inara | February 24th, 2009I'll keep this pretty short since almost everything that needed to be said has been discussed in the comments of the previous post. Here are ...
Lyon vs. Barca Review
By Inara | February 24th, 2009I'll keep this pretty short since almost everything that needed to be said has been discussed in the comments of the previous post. Here are ...
Victor Valdes Is Having A Rough Week
By chris | February 24th, 2009Saturday it was that criminal pass in the Barcelona derby, one he's been known to gift once or twice before, that sent his blaugrana to ...
Tuesday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | February 24th, 2009It was days like today that many of us were so used to watching our Rossoneri excel. Historically we always approached these games with ...
Tuesday Milan Musings
By Gianfranco | February 24th, 2009It was days like today that many of us were so used to watching our Rossoneri excel. Historically we always approached these games with ...
Lyon vs. Barca Lineups, Viewing Options
By Inara | February 24th, 2009Lyon: Lloris Mensah - Cris - Boumsong - Grosso Makoun - Toulalan - Juninho Keita - Benzema - Ederson Bench: Vercoutre, Kallstrom, Piquionne, Pjanic, Mounier, Gassama, Delgado Barca: Valdes Alves - ...
Champions League Round of 16 (1st Leg) Tuesday LiveBlog
By Daryl | February 24th, 2009Full time everywhere. Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting. Here are the first leg final scores and scorers: Arsenal 1-0 Roma Van Persie Atletico 2-2 Porto Maxi Rodriguez, ...
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