Lyon vs. Fiorentina, Lineup and Viewing Options

That sucks..As long as he is fit for Liverpool

I red that Bastos can't stand on his feet,I think he will be out for few weeks

how long will Bastos be out?

heh, ill be shocked if he's the only one

Bastos will not play against PSG

Last year's Lyon wouldn't have scored a goal against that Fiorentina defense except from a Juninho freekick. Gomis was non-existant from the excellent marking, Benzema would've been the same. This years Lyon is showing a lot more patience switching from 1 side to the other. Delgado was dangerous down that right flank, imagine what Bastos could've done had he played 90. If anything, the red card made it even harder for Lyon to score as Fior started playing for the draw.

Against stronger opposition we will be fierce on the counter attack. That is the plan of Puel by buying the players he has. One thing they all got? SPEED! And if any1 here remember the way we played last season, u should NOT complain! We have improved drastically in our possesion play and moving, and we will continiue to do so. We sucked last year, the team this year has HUGE potential!

Dror: Its about the way they are playing. They are not nearly as good as they were 3-4 years ago, maybe because the new players need a little time to addapt to the Lyon playing style. We will see how this team is when they face stronger opponents

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7 win in a row,my mistake :D

This is 6 win in a row

except the 2-2 draw at Le-mans we looked good in all games, perhaps your definition of "good match" is scoring 5 goals, but its hard to complain about the the way the team is playing so far this season

Sam: I cant remember one good match this season exept the first anderlecht game

Have Fiorentina fans always been so melodramatic as they appear on their blog? Jesus christ! How can they curse the french when they was saved from humiliation by one (Frey). And how can they complain about Lyon players falling when they played like animals? And should a team from Seria A really complain about diving? Really? God damn!

We were also getting a bit stressed at the end. We needed a goal, and they were defending with all their players

Flash - Puel has brought the team along well so far this season, and surprised me so far. It's pretty hard for any team to break down a Fiorentina side defending with 10 men behind the ball!

I dont know about you guys but what I saw from our team wasnt impressive. We were very lucky today not to concede an early goal when fiorentina was the better team and couldnt create many chances even playing with one man more. Yeah, after the goal we were getting the chances but mostly from counterattacks and errors from fior defence.
I just dont think that Puel is the right man

And this is what we are gonna miss from Benzema.. Lisandro may always give his 200%, tackle, and run til he explodes... But when it comes to creating magic in big matches, NO1 is better than Benzema. He has that genious in him that almost always shows in important matches. In CL we're gonna miss Benzema, but our team is so much stronger now, and i think Lisandro works harder for his team

I agree about Frey. I like Lloris and he can pull off some unbelievable saves - but for overall Frey is more stable and consistent. Shame about Domenech..

We should leave the discussion about who should play for France after Domenech has been sacked. It's just pointless otherwise.

Thanks Enrico, and yes, though Lloris is a great goalkeeper with a bright future, Frey is the best one and should be playing for France

X Stanley:at least we saw the same game....Lyon it's a great time in europe and we are happy to be able to face them without fear.Govou,Lisandro Lopez,Cris and the rest are all great players,but 11 vs 11 we were able to counter-attack every time...when Gilardino was sent off,well...it felt like it was just a matter of time before the goal...anyhow you should agree with me that Frey it's way better than Lloris and Mandanda together..Toulalan played really well as a defender and Cissokho gave us problems on our right..Lisandro Lopez it's more present on the box,but Benzema was totally another planet..Nice and loud crowd at l'Estade de Gerlan...hope we'll have a vendetta in Firenze..good luck to the real Lyonnaise supporters!

your right Dave. Fior found out that theres more to Lyon then Gomis and Lisandro.

....i feel the game changed slightly in our favor more ( there was the gilardino red card ) when Delgado came on. They didnt have an answer for him and his hard working ways. its good to have that kind of depth.

.....wish we had that for the CB department :(

The team played quite well, despite having a hard time getting the ball in the net (though one was no given). Toulalan did look good in the back and was quite impressed. Should he stay there...no if he doesn't have to. But in relief he did quite well.

Was there a little bit of dirty play? Yes. Did the official get a little too happy with the cards? Yes. I mean, there were a few too many. Still, they wanted to shut down Lisandro and, for the most part, they did.

But still, Fiorentina learned something today...there is more to Lyon than Lisandro Lopez...they actually have a team. While they might have shut him down, that just opened up players like Bastos (the short time he was in there) and others.

Frey kept Fiorentina in there, but they just couldn't hang on.

yeah, the commentators in the version that i was watching kept saying that toul had a found " a new position " where he could excel at. Not true, he's more suited for the midfield. But it is rather interesting to see him do way better than bodmer has ever done in said position.

Cissokho = " Mr. Champions League " lol, ima keep saying it until it catches on like "Toulakoun" caught on last year :)

All the Lyon criticism is a bit rich Tibi.

It wasn't long ago that Fiorentina were caught cheating. Are you admitting that Fiorentina are impotent without ref help?

Can I be a hex0r like you guys and use words like n00b and shitcookies? Toulalan is a little gay frenchy who barely got touched and dived to the ground like he got shot in the face and stayed there 10 minutes. This is not acting class, its football! Its a physical sport, I'm sorry if the French can't handle it. It was 30 seconds from half time, its not like he was going to score. Its not worth a red card he didn't break anyone's leg. It was clearly unintentional and that should be barely a yellow. I'm done arguing with 15 year old frogs. See you in Florence!

easy guys. Fior fans are gonna come with insults, but shouldnt be responded to. it leads to more conflict.

As far as MOTM, i agree with Megame, Frey kept Fiorentina alive in the second half. Toulalan had a spectacular game ( especially since he was out of position ). the Red card shouldnt be his fault, its hard not to go down when you get hit with an elbow, intentional or not.

.....and Cissokho proving to me once again that his nickname should be " Mr. Champions League "

First, take a big step back and literally f*ck your own face!

ok dirty italians....bla..bla..see you in Firenze salopes!

The italians were not there to play football. Simply, they were there to destroy our players, Bastos, Kallstrom and Lopez particulary. They were probably still butthurt for last year.

Football won today. Good fighting spirit and positive football won. These dirty players can go back to italia with 0 points. They can thank the referee for finishing the match with 10 players. if I was the referee they would have finished with only 8 or 9 players. They can also thank the referee for the first goal where the ball did not quit the field.

We will eliminate Fiorentina if we continue like that. All will be good.

For the people who asked, Kallstrom was good, althought he took very hard shots from these dirty italians. He did a fantastic work on the goal.

Check yo self before you wreck yo self :D :D ;)

Okokokkkokokokoook...let's be calm..I think Fiorentina was playing well in the firsthalf,and the red card for Gilardino is simply unbelievable..Toulalan used his experience,and our best striker was sent off.Then Lyon attacked,but wasn't too scary 'till the goal..and we forced them in their box at the end.For sure in Florence will be different....
Who should be the goalkeeper of France national team?....another Lyonnaise who have eye problems...
Forza Viola!

He was solid

First off: F*ck you Tibi and everyone who looks like you, you spaghettifaced m*dafa*a.

Secondly; I missed the game, but can anyone tell me if Källström did a good job? It's important for me to know!
Cheers

ALLEZ LYONNAIS!!!!!!

I hadn't considered the implications of the yellows. Perhaps Toule will get rested if we're in good positions and he is cardless against Debrecen maybe. Could well pose a problem... Same goes for Lisandro who could easily pick up 2 more cards if he carries on the way he was going.

Again about Tibi - it's best ignored - as there's no real use arguing with idiocy. Plus he's likely a troll

Megame > Thanks

Michael: No
29/09 Debrecen - OL
20/10 Liverpool - OL
04/11 OL - Liverpool
24/11 Fiorentina - OL
09/12 OL - Debrecen

We played very good game
Is Liverpool next ?

don't rise to internet bait people, ignoring it is far better

Tibi@ F*ck you

Inara - how can you say both teams are an embarrassment? I thought today was a very professional and hard fought game of good quality. There is often a lack of chances when 2 good teams play each other due to respect each team has of their opponent's offence, nothing demonstrates this more so than the Inter - Barca game which was supposedly a bore draw. I'm really proud of how Lyon persevered without getting disheartened against an excellent defence. I think we missed Juni and Benzema's ingenuity and ability in today's game - as we often relied on one of those 2 pulling something out of the hat when things were grinding to a halt. I agree with Dror about Cissokho who I think is a great player and was excellent today. I also thought Cris put in one of his best shifts for a long time today. Lopez showed one or two signs of losing his cool today and was restricted to few chances. There were two moments late on where he was in a good position but Ederson and Kallstrom went for goal which I feel he would have buried should he have got the chance.

Congratulations to Pjanic for his first goal in the champions league!

I'm just pissed off, and have every reason to be. Come on, you know at least a tie would of been a fairer result. Anyway I'm gonna go outside and forget about this nonsense.

and it begins...

shut the fruck up tibi. Eat shitcookies and die you n00b

Tibi - Thanks for this objective and constructive contribution.
Jao - I'd say 5.5

Lyon is officially my most hated club. This club is so spineless, they have no shame. Cheating scum, they should be banned from football along with that retarded ref who gave a RED in the 2nd minute of overtime. Even if he did hit the guy (who clearly dived like a french bitch), it would be a yellow.
Lyon, this kind of winning is a shame. You did the same thing last season! The red card killed the game, Fiorentina was clearly playing better.

Ugh, I missed the match. Great to see a 1-0 victory. I was surely expected us to concede at least one. Can any of you guys rate the match, on a 1-10 scale, so I can decide if it's worth catching the replay?

Player of the match : Frey, runner up : la Toule in my opinion

That was a real tough game for Lyon. Fiorentina were fantastic in the midfield suffocating Lyon's space. Thank god we got the points in the end. MotM for me was Cissokho, what a monster player in CL games.

The Lyon medical staff have their work cut out now so we can field a team vs PSG.

Our new attacking trio gets all the headlines and its not being said enough - Aly Cissokho is an absolutely world class player, its unbelievable 1 year ago no one knew who he was.
that said, very hard fought match, hope Bastos isn't injured for long and that other players didn't pick up any major injuries.
Toul was fantastic as CB, especially after we were VS 10 men and he played a CB-AM :)

I don't understand why Puel leaves LiLo on the wing after he brought in Delgado, and slips Govou in the striker role. It almost payed-off, but Lisandro is obviously not effective today out on the wing, so why not place him were he's most comfortable and put Delgado and SG on the wings for more energy?

ALLEZ LYONNAIS!!!

yaaaaaay!!! OH MY GOD what a hard fought victory. I think Lyon showed Will and Strenght today, they wanted to win, and they continiued pressing until the end. Fiorentina are lucky to have frey in the goal.

Game over 1-0

He saved an own goal from his defender

Pity Frey is even more miraculous than usual..

man cissokho is FAST

PJANINHO :D

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTT!!!!!! Mirrrrraaaaaaaleeeem PJAAAANICCCCCCCCC!!!!! Uuuuuu what a game!!!! Lyon are really know how to break a person on nearv point!!!

yeeeessssssssssss!!!

GOAL PJANIC!

Fiorentina are trying to kill the lyon forwards

Out Mutu, In Jovetic

Doanload ultrasurf, go to internet explorer and http://www.justin.tv/yojochamp... .

this stream is working for me but it's in italian.

http://calciolink.altervista.o...

this stream is working for me but it's in italian

http://calciolink.altervista.o...

Was a red for Gilardino for elbowing Toulalan in the face. Hopefully Lyon can push forward with confidence in the 2nd half but there looks like there's a few niggling injuries. Probably going to be a fiery 2nd half with more cards.

I confirm, he's been expelled for an elbow in the face of a Lyon player.

And now, red for Gilardino?

any working streams?? thanks!!!

anyone found a good one? they all freeze for ~30 sec for me

Toulalan at CB. There you go!

http://www.iraqgoals.net/ch1.h...