LE PETIT DERBY: GRENOBLE FOOT 38 vs. LYON
By: John |
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Saturday, November 21
Le Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
1PM ET (19:00 CET, 18:00 GMT)
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Lyon 5 – 5 Marseille: Toulalan Finally Scores…an Own Goal
By: Inara | 58 Comments
Goals: Lyon (Pjanic 3, Govou 14, Lisandro 80, Lisandro pen 83, Bastos 90); Marseille (Diawara 11, Cheyrou 43, Kone 47, Brandao 79, Toulalan og 92)
Sanctions: Lyon (Makoun 20, Cris 54, Lisandro 86); Marseille (Niang 74, Diawara 87)
No words can adequately describe what will for sure end up being the match of the year. Both OL and OM will rue giving away stupid goals (Gabriel Heinze gave away a penalty while Jeremy Toulalan scored an own goal). If you want to read a really good recap, you can read the official version from the LFP. But I really recommend you download the match itself and watch it from start to finish (not a single boring moment, I promise you that!). For download links, see the last comment on this post. To tide you over until then, there are some extended highlights after the jump (I was also going to post photos, but the OL website has a great selection of them, so head over there and check it out).
P.S.: Toulalan must be so traumatized. After all his desperation to score a goal, when he finally does, it’s an own goal in stoppage time that snatches a much needed victory from Lyon. But that’s okay because I – and I’m sure the rest of you do too – love him anyway. *squishes Jeremy*
LYON vs. MARSEILLE
By: John | 49 Comments
November 8, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
4:00 EST (21:00CET, 20:00GMT)
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Tags: AC Milan, Ben Arfa, Bodmer, Bordeaux, Boumsong, Brandao, Cleber, Clerc, Didier Deschamps, Faure, FC Zurich, Gomis, Kallstrom, L'OM, Lamine Gassama, Lens, Ligue 1, Lisandro, Makoun, Mamadou Niang, Marseille vs. Lyon, Nice, Pjanic, Real Madrid, Reveillere, Seguin, Sochaux, Team News and Rumors, Toulalan, ToulouseFoto: South American Threesome
By: Inara | 8 Comments
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For those of you are brave enough to describe the above picture with words, it’s caption time!
Bonus points if you can find Lisandro in this picture.
Lyon vs. Liverpool: Battle of the Hospital Patients
By: Inara | 144 Comments
Don’t be surprised if you walk into your favorite footie pub tomorrow and see fans of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Everton wearing OL kits. The match-up between Lyon and Liverpool, while important for Lyon in terms of pride and security, is absolutely crucial for Liverpool. Unfortunately for Rafa’s Bunch of (un)Merry Men, they are nearly paralyzed with injuries and on the verge of elimination from the Champions League. Lyon players are smelling blood and want to go in for the kill, but like any wounded animal, Liverpool could present even more danger in their handicapped state.
November 4th, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
2:45 PM ET (20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT)
Govou Drunk (Again), ♥♥Player Love♥♥, LOTS of Stadium Photos, Etc.
By: Inara | 26 Comments
Just some random odds and ends for you to read as you bide your time waiting for Lyon’s Champions League clash with Liverpool.
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<— Sid’s Serious Captain-y Face.
If you’re wondering why the captain’s armband showed up on Cris last Saturday, despite Sidney Govou also being on the pitch, it’s because our dear (former?) captain was seen drunk in public only two nights before the derby. He was at the Grand Prix de tennis de Lyon (part of the ATP World Tour, for you tennis junkies) with Remy Vercoutre, Florent Laville, and Sylvain Wiltord, another ex-Lyon bad boy. Sadly, pictures of a wasted Govou have yet to circulate on the internet (damn French media – in England they have no scruples about this sort of thing), but video tapes have made their way to Claude Puel’s desk.
Puel wasn’t very happy and took away Govou’s armband, though no word yet on whether this is a permanent change. Puel was pragmatic enough to realize that captain or not, Govou was needed on the pitch, which is why he was in the starting XI against St. Etienne. For Puel, it seems the matter is closed, but Jean-Mimi naturally had more to say. While he did say that Govou is willing to make amends, Aulas also called his leadership abilities into question and said that he’d consider Govou’s punishment carefully. Aulas met with him on Sunday to discuss the situation with him.
I guess this probably seems like an overreaction from Lyon, but given Govou’s hard partying history – and don’t forget that he was arrested for drunk driving less than a year ago – it’s no surprise that the club is so concerned.
Category: Champions League, Claude Puel, Former Lyonnais, Jean-Michel Aulas, Just for Fun, Ligue 1, Links, Lisandro Lopez, OL Féminines, OL Land/New Stadium, Pictures, Player News and Rumors, Transfers Tags: Bafe, Bafetimbi Gomis, Champions League, Christine Colombo Nilsen, Claude Puel, Decines, DIC, Finance, Former Lyonnais, Fortuna Hjørring, Injuries, Isabell Hervolsen, Jean-Michel Aulas, Just for Fun, Kader Keita, Kim Kallstrom, Ligue 1, Links, Lisandro Lopez, OL Féminines, OL Land, OL Land/New Stadium, Pictures, Player News and Rumors, Sidney Govou, Stadium, Team News and Rumors, Transfers, UEFA Womens CupAS ST. ETIENNE vs. LYON
By: John | 20 Comments
OCTOBER 31, 2009
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Etienne
4PM ET (21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT)
Tags: Alain Perrin, ASSE, Bafetimbi Gomis, Bodmer, Boubacar Sanogo, Boumsong, Cissokho, Cleber, Delgado, Derby, Faure, Gonazalo Bergessio, Grenoble, Jeremy Janot, Jeremy Varault, Kallstrom, Les Stefanois, Ligue 1, Lisandro, Lloris, Loic Perrin, Michel Bastos, Mouhamadou Dabo, Moustapha Bayal Sall, Pjanic, Puel, Remy Vercoutre, Reveillere, Seguin, St. Etienne, Stade Geoffrey Guichard, Sylvain Monsoreau, Team News and Rumors, The ClasicoNice 4 – 1 Lyon: French Comedy on the Riviera
By: Inara | 18 Comments
Goals: Nice (Bagayoko 17, Cissokho o.g. 40, Hellebuyck 69, Remy 74), Lyon (Ederson 84).
Warnings: Nice (Coulibaly 5), Lyon (Cissokho 21, Gonalons 53, Reveillere 77)
The entire match condensed into a single photo.
Ugh. Not only did Lyon lose to Nice for the first time since 1995, but they also conceded four goals in the league for the first time in four years. I suppose L’Equipe has it right in calling Lyon a team with two faces. One day, they’re world beaters, and the next, they’re a scuffed doormat.
NICE vs. LYON
By: John | 64 Comments
OCTOBER 24, 2009
Stade Municipal Du Ray, Nice
1 PM ET (19:00 CET, 18:00 GMT)
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Liverpool 1 – 2 Lyon: Super Subs Save the Day
By: Inara | 21 Comments
Since so much has been said about yesterday’s game, I’m not going to go too much into it. I just wanted to say how proud I am of my team. We’ve been waiting for this win for a long time. It might just be the group stages, but the biggest criticism of Lyon has been that they’ve been unable to defeat a big team away from home. Draw, yes, but not win.
Pure Joy.
People might say, “Oh but Liverpool didn’t have their two star players,” but then Lyon didn’t have any central defenders. So I’d call that an even handicap. Liverpool are one of the biggest teams in the world, so I don’t buy their weak bench as an excuse when theoretically, ours ought to be weaker than theirs (though that is arguably not the case). At any rate, what it boiled down to was this: Lyon played for the full 93 minutes, and Liverpool didn’t.
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