Abidal Doesn’t Have to Do Laundry Anymore

By: Inara | 14 Comments

Now that Eric Abidal is safely ensconced at Barcelona, with no chance of ever returning to Lyon in the near future, he felt safe enough to share his initial thoughts of joining Barca and how different it is from Lyon. Here are some excerpts, but the entire article can be found here.

Hanging out with the [...]

Category: Former Lyonnais, Transfers

Tags: Barcelona, Eric Abidal, Former Lyonnais, Lyon, Transfers

Sidney Govou is Not an Alcoholic (and other assorted quotes from this month)

By: Inara | 21 Comments

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“Several people have told me [Gerard Houllier] had spoken ill of me to foreign clubs, that I liked to party and was an alcoholic.”
- Sidney Govou speaks out in the post-Houllier era. World Soccer, Summer 2007.

Category: Jean-Michel Aulas, Just for Fun, People, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors

Tags: Alain Perrin, Cahiers du Football, Fred, Gerard Houllier, Jean-Michel Aulas, Jeremy Berthod, Jeremy Toulalan, Just for Fun, Lyon, Mathieu Bodmer, People, Player News and Rumors, Quotes, Roy Keane, Sidney Govou, Team News and Rumors

The Milan Baros Conspiracy

By: Inara | 19 Comments

When will the football gods lay off? It’s not even that Milan Baros goes looking for bad luck. Misfortune just finds him. Who else out there would be suspended four matches for making an innocent gesture at a player?
The latest notch on his bedpost of mishaps is being denied a rightful goal during today’s [...]

Category: Competitions, French Cups (CdL, CdF, TdC), Match Results, Team News and Rumors, Video

Tags: Alain Perrin, CdF, Competitions, Cris, French Cups (CdL, Karim Benzema, Lyon, Match Results, Milan Baros, Sidney Govou, Sochaux, TdC), Team News and Rumors, Video

Can Lyon Make it Six out of Six?

By: Inara | 12 Comments

Tomorrow is Ligue 1’s traditional season opener, the Trophée des Champions, otherwise known as the French Supercup. It pits the winner of the league against the winner of the French Cup (Sochaux).

Olympique Lyonnais vs. FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

July 28, 2007
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
12:00 PM Eastern Time (18:00 in France)

Category: French Cups (CdL, CdF, TdC), Friendlies, Team News and Rumors

Tags: Alain Perrin, CdF, French Cups (CdL, Friendlies, Lyon, Sochaux, TdC), Team News and Rumors

POLL - Jose Antonio Reyes: Yay or Nay?

By: Inara | 19 Comments

Now that Jerome Rothen has signed a contract extension with PSG (who didn’t see that coming a mile away?), Lyon’s remaining LW track is Jose Antonio Reyes (aka the Spanish Crybaby).
Lyon have been proclaiming their interest in Reyes far and wide, and for the first time in a long time, Aulas, Perrin, and Lacombe actually [...]

Category: Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors, Transfers

Tags: Arsenal, Jose Antonio Reyes, Lyon, Player News and Rumors, Real Madrid, Team News and Rumors, Transfers

The Fred Polemic

By: Inara | 8 Comments

Everyone’s favorite temperamental striker is playing hooky and trying to avoid coming back to Lyon.
The latest on the Fred situation is that he is still in Brazil, “recovering” from his Copa America injury but in reality having an extended honeymoon.
The club is annoyed because they don’t know how injured he is. Right now, [...]

Category: Jean-Michel Aulas, Player News and Rumors

Tags: Alain Perrin, Bernard Lacombe, Brazilian National Team, Copa America, Fred, Jean-Michel Aulas, Lyon, Player News and Rumors

Valencia Throw in Morientes for Kallstrom while Lyon Eye Reyes

By: Inara | 15 Comments

I have a sneaking suspicion that Valencia coach Quique Sánchez Flores read my testimonial to Kim Kallstrom because I think of no other explanation for Valencia’s sudden and excessively heavy interest in him.
Unable to sign Lucho Gonzales from Porto and Wesley Sneijder from Ajax, they are seriously considering Kallstrom as a good alternative - [...]

Category: Transfers

Tags: Fernando Morientes, Guirane NDaw, Jerome Rothen, Jose Antonio Reyes, Kim Kallstrom, Lyon, Transfers, Valencia

Lyon Win Peace Cup

By: Inara | 14 Comments

Hard to believe, I know. But somehow Lyon broke their “Bottling Up Big Matches” curse and actually won a final.
Granted, it’s the Peace Cup, not the Champions League, but considering the fact that Lyon were the runners-up in the previous two editions of the Peace Cup, it’s nice to finally bring the trophy home. [...]

Category: Friendlies, Match Results, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors, Video

Tags: Abdul Kader Keita, Bolton, Friendlies, Hatem Ben Arfa, Kim Kallstrom, Match Results, Nicolas Anelka, Peace Cup, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors, Video

Lyon 3 - 1 River Plate

By: Inara | 29 Comments

!!!!!!!!!!!
That was the best Lyon game I’ve seen in a long time. And to think it was only a friendly!
River Plate only needed a draw to go through while Lyon not only needed to win, but in the event that Reading won their match against Shimizu S-Pulse, they would have to score more than [...]

Category: Friendlies, Match Results, Pictures, Player News and Rumors, Video

Tags: Friendlies, Lyon, Match Results, Pictures, Player News and Rumors, River Plate, Video

Info for River Plate Match + Latest Transfer Gossip

By: Inara | 20 Comments

Practicing for tomorrow’s match against River Plate.

Peace Cup Info:

Lyon take on River Plate, the only team in the tournament considered to be on par with Lyon in terms of skill. I’m sure Christian at the River Plate Offside will have more on his team’s news, but on Lyon’s part, there isn’t much to report except [...]

Category: Team News and Rumors

Tags: Alou Diarra, Claudio Cacapa, Cris, Guirane NDaw, Jerome Rothen, Kim Kallstrom, Mathieu Bodmer, Patrick Muller, Peace Cup, PSG, Remy Riou, River Plate, Sochaux, Team News and Rumors, Willian