Articles tagged with "uefa-champions-league"
Lyon vs. Rangers Preview
By Inara | September 29th, 2007Time to take a break from the wild ride that is Ligue 1 for some Champions League action. I know it's early yet, as the ...
How to get tickets for Lyon vs. Rangers
By Inara | September 25th, 2007I've been getting a few emails from people asking how to get tickets for next week's Champions League match, with Lyon hosting Rangers. First of ...
The Perrin Chronicles: Part I
By Inara | September 21st, 2007Alain Perrin has got to be wondering what just hit him on the head. Here he is, in what is supposedly the easiest coaching job ...
Représente ta ligue: The Lyon Sleeps Tonight
By Sam | September 19th, 2007Yes, I insist on using that headline every time, what of it? You've probably heard: Olympique Lyonnais were destroyed by Barcelona, Lionel Messi in particular, ...
Total Humiliation
By Inara | September 19th, 2007Barcelona 3 - 0 Lyon Post-match analysis: I'm too depressed to write up anything and probably never will. Feel free to discuss the absolute stupidity of ...
A sigh of relief...
By Magnusson | September 18th, 2007Marseille earned tonight their first home victory in the 2007/2008 season against Besiktas Istanbul. It was about damn time too. I am ecstatic as any ...
Représente ta ligue: Forget the League, OM's Gunning for the European Championship
By Sam | September 18th, 2007Eight matches in Ligue 1 and only one win to show for it? Pish posh. They can lose against Valenciennes and Nice, but their ain't ...
The Vélodrome is already boiling...
By Magnusson | September 18th, 2007In two hours our 2007/2008 Champions League campaign starts. Marseille has been showing a united front i the last four days. Albert Emon has not ...
Barcelona - Lyon Preview
By Inara | September 16th, 2007In what is definitely one of the most electrifying clashes of Match Day 1, Olympique Lyonnais travel to Camp Nou to take on Barcelona. I ...
ESPN Soccernet Doesn't Think Lyon Will Qualify
By Inara | September 4th, 2007For the non-American football fans out there, ESPN aren't exactly known for their excellent football analysts and commentators, and are home to obvious EPL bias. ...
On Second Thought...
By Inara | August 30th, 2007After I've had some time to cool down and think about this logically, I've come to some conclusions. First of all, while this will be ...
Représente ta ligue: Toulouse sees Red, Marseille to see Red, Lyon to Dance with Death, Lens Pwn in UEFA Cup
By Sam | August 30th, 2007Okay, first off, 4-0? Ouch. That's embarassing. I'll let Brian at the Liverpool Offside tell you more about it here. Now! The draw for the Champions ...
Marseille draws Liverpool, Porto and Besiktas....
By Magnusson | August 30th, 2007Let's leave my state of high pissed-offness to give you some news. Today was held in ...
Lyon Are Still %#$@ed
By Inara | August 30th, 2007Their Champions League Group aka The Group of Death: Barcelona Lyon Stuttgart Rangers I wonder if Aulas will be getting any sleep tonight. I know Perrin won't. Lyon's current injury crisis ...
Sochaux vs. Lyon, CL Group Draw, and Other News
By Inara | August 29th, 2007Sorry for my lack of posting, but I've been moving for the past few days and just got my internet set up last night. Anyway, ...
Représente ta ligue: Toulouse can't Figure out Reds
By Sam | August 15th, 2007They knew it was going to be hard, they knew counters would be scarce and that making anything out of them would be hard, and ...
Toulouse Draw Liverpool
By Sam | August 3rd, 2007Well, isn't that just super? Toulouse, psyched as hell since earning their spot for the third round of UEFA Champions League qualifying, just got one ...
Rebuilding Lyon's Formula 1 Car: 2007-2008 Season Preview
By Inara | August 3rd, 2007One of Jean-Michel Aulas's favorite analogies is comparing Lyon to a Formula 1 car, one that is capable of shifting gears to cope with all ...
2006-2007 Recap, Or: What Went Wrong With Lyon
By Inara | August 2nd, 2007With the start of Ligue 1 only three days away, I thought I would post my long overdue post-season analysis of 2006-2007. What follows is ...
No More Cups, Please
By Greg | July 31st, 2007A few days ago, officials from the Portuguese and Spanish leagues met and discussed the possibility of a cup tournament involving teams only from the ...
Lyon Find a "New" Left Side
By Inara | June 29th, 2007We all knew that Lyon were interested in PSG's left back, Sylvain Armand. But last night, France Football broke the news that Lyon were also ...
Transfer News, Gignac, Coupe de la Ligue,And More
By Julien | June 29th, 2007Lille's hunt for Nicolae Dică is over. Supposely, he is about to join the club's rival, RC Lens, for 7 million euros. So there you ...
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 ...
Sablé turns around and signs with Lens, Valdo could be an OM player right now, Mendy headed to Parma?
By Sam | June 22nd, 2007First off, the big one. After making it crystal-clear that he loved Marseille, that he was coming to Marseille, that all parties had found an ...
Attention French Clubs Playing in Europe next Year: This is who you Need
By Sam | June 17th, 2007The three top finishers are going to the Champions League, the fourth is going to the UEFA Cup, the fifth to the Intertoto Cup, and ...
Happy 20th Anniversary, Mr. Aulas
By Inara | June 15th, 2007June 15, 1987 - A young businessman and engineer takes over as head of Olympique Lyonnais, a sleepy provincial club which boasted only a single ...
BREAKING NEWS: Franck Ribéry is an moron who makes no sense
By Sam | June 4th, 2007Q: When you blabber that you'll stay at Marseille if they make it to the Champions League, because that's what you want to do and ...
Matchday 38 - Talk About a Crazy Finish
By Sam | May 29th, 2007That's all, folks. Forget the fact that the first 37 weeks of the season were short of goals, that Lyon walked away with their sixth ...
Matchday 37 - Marseille is in the Champions League! Suspense Still not Over Elsewhere
By Sam | May 21st, 2007First off, sorry for waiting until today to bring you this palpitating and intense piece of Ligue 1 info. Laziness, The Simpsons and the fact ...
Matchday 36 - Don't Look Now But Marseille Have Just Gone Second And Are Looking Fine
By Sam | May 10th, 2007Oh my goodness gracious me, what a twist we had this week in the table, particularly up top. Marseille benifited from Lens and Bordeaux's losses ...
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