Articles tagged with "uefa-champions-league"
Matchday 35 - All Eyes on Lens, Bordeaux, and Marseille
By Sam | May 8th, 2007So, back am I from my fantastic weekend, and I've got some juicy-ass stuff to report from everyone's favourite league. Three games left for the ...
Proof that Lyon ISN'T utter crap
By Inara | April 24th, 2007It's been an altogether depressing week for Lyon fans. Right now, the UEFA Champions League semifinals are going on, but Juninho & Co. can only ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Ribéry wants you to know that he likes Marseille, he just really wants to play in the Champions League
By Sam | April 6th, 2007Olympique de Marseille is in eighth place right now, with eight games remaining in the Ligue 1 season. You may just know that's not enough ...
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 ...
What are Lyon's hopes of going through to the final four?
By Sam | March 9th, 2007I can say that I very much fancy their chances. I mean, they're recovering from their Ligue 1 slide, and they're up against... um... oh, ...
France in the Champs League: Close but no cigar. Only bitter, shameful defeat
By Sam | March 8th, 2007It was a beautiful day here in Edmonton today, but it was raining in my heart. God! No more Ligue 1 reppers in the Champions ...
France in the Champs League: Lyon falls flat and goes out
By Sam | March 6th, 2007Favourite Barcelona loses to Liverpool, favourite Inter loses to Valencia, and, argh, favourite Lyon loses to AS Roma. Not in style, mind you. I was ...
France in the Champs League: Lyon and Roma can't muster nuthin' but cards
By Sam | February 21st, 2007Nothing doing in Olympique Lyonnais' first leg of the round of 16. In a packed Stadio Olimpico in Rome this Wednesday, it was not Juninho ...
France in the Champs League: Sneaky Giggs punches Lille right in the solar plexus
By Sam | February 20th, 2007Man, it would seem that Lille isn't a big fan of the 83rd minute. After seeing that fateful minute spell the beginning of the end ...
France in the Champs League: What awaits in the first leg?
By Sam | February 17th, 2007The round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League is fast approaching, and with the absence of any upsets in the group stage, all matchups ...
Of Bhoys and Men - Put the gun down, Il Diavolo
By Cham | February 12th, 2007In today's Daily Record, it is reported that Scotland's own and defender extrodinare Stephen McManus fears his own dad, along with the countless Celtic faithful, ...
Celtic 2 - Inter 1
By Cham | February 10th, 2007Celtic's historic 2-1 defeat of Inter Milan in the 1967 European Cup is sure to give Hoops everywhere inspiration for their upcoming EUFA match with ...
Lyon picks up where the Mighty Ducks left off
By Sam | February 9th, 2007Assuming you all know your 90's pro hockey history, you know that the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were that team owned by Disney and named ...
What is the reason for Lyon's crap streak?
By Sam | February 8th, 2007The last time Olympique Lyonnais got three points out of a Ligue 1 match was over six weeks ago, on December 17, 2006. Which in ...
Shut up, Lille isn't a free ticket to the quarters
By Sam | December 16th, 2006Lille isn't a bad team! Grr! They beat Manchester United! They have more than enough talent to compete with anyone! Just watch! That is all.
Man U and Roma? Oh, it's on
By Sam | December 16th, 2006I was hoping for something along the lines of Lyon-Barca or Lyon-Inter, but I got AS Roma instead. Not bad. I wanted Manchester United, and ...
Paris wants you as a fan, Lyon wants you as an attacker
By Sam | December 11th, 2006The two richest clubs in the country are in two very different pickles lately. One is suffering a horrible season, is having fatal hooligan problems, ...
Take that, Milan, even though you don't care!
By Sam | December 6th, 2006Lille went to San Siro looking for a win and nothing else. They got nothing else. They played a great game, scoring via Peter Odemwingie ...
France in the Champs League
By Sam | December 4th, 2006The first round of the greatest club competition in the world wraps up its 2006 edition this week, with three French clubs involved. Lyon, top ...
France in the Champs League - Meh, I guess
By Sam | November 22nd, 2006Some not bad results, but we could've done better... REAL MADRID 2-2 LYON What a game! Lyon guarantees the first place in the group after a wild ...
France in the Champs League
By Sam | November 20th, 2006LYON vs. MADRID! Sounds delicious, doesn't it? Two of the best in the world going head-to-head in one of the biggest stadiums in the world, in ...
They've been waiting for this since I was about two years old
By Sam | November 16th, 2006Do the names "Bernard Tapie" or "Valenciennes Football Club" ring a bell? Probably not. Does the sentence "Marseille won the Champions League in 1993, only ...
Maybe coming, maybe going
By Sam | November 13th, 2006Two notably talented young bucks announced either their desire to be exported or to be imported. No, it's not Ribéry. Amazingly, Messi hasn't unveiled plans ...
More of the same
By Sam | November 1st, 2006Hats off to AEK Athens and Liverpool. Hats on (I guess) to Bordeaux and Lille. And our hats were already clear off as to Lyon, ...
France in the Champs League
By Sam | October 30th, 2006France's rich history of Champions League play, which includes one ill-gotten win, a runner-up position in the inaugral season and a penalty shoot-out loss in ...
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