http://lyon.theoffside.com News from Olympique Lyonnais Football Club Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (click to enlarge) 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. http://lyon.theoffside.com/just-for-fun/foto-south-american-threesome.html 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 ... http://lyon.theoffside.com/team-news/lyon-vs-liverpool-battle-of-the-hospital-patients.html Just some random odds and ends for you to read as you bide your time waiting for Lyon's Champions League clash with Liverpool. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <--- 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 ... http://lyon.theoffside.com/competitions/ligue-1/govou-drunk-again-player-love-and-lots-of-new-stadium-photos.html OCTOBER 31, 2009 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Etienne 4PM ET (21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT) Saturday, OL make their descent into Le Chaudron - and you can believe it will be hot- aka Stade Geoffroy-Guichard to kick-off the only derby that really matters. No matter what form Grenoble are in- and they are atrocious ... http://lyon.theoffside.com/team-news/as-st-etienne-vs-lyon.html 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 ... http://lyon.theoffside.com/competitions/ligue-1/nice-4-1-lyon-french-comedy-on-the-riviera.html OCTOBER 24, 2009 Stade Municipal Du Ray, Nice 1 PM ET (19:00 CET, 18:00 GMT) After Tuesday's unbelievable victory at Anfield, we can only hope that the players have come back down to earth- because I'm still on cloud nine- and are ready to dispatch there next league obstacle and maintain their ... http://lyon.theoffside.com/team-news/nice-vs-lyon.html 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 ... http://lyon.theoffside.com/team-news/liverpool-1-2-lyon-super-subs-save-the-day.html Pardon the super cheesy title, but after reading Miralem Pjanic's super inspiring interview this morning, I felt...well, super. Lyon are in first place in their CL group, Liverpool are in the unwelcome position of being in third, and both teams are coming off of weekend losses in their domestic leagues. ... http://lyon.theoffside.com/team-news/liverpool-vs-lyon-aka-pjanic-time.html October 17, 2009 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 1 PM ET (19:00 CET, 18:00 GMT) Well, after the short but much needed international break, Lyon head back to office. The break gave us some much needed time for the laundry list of players out due to injury, to continue their convalescences. But unfortunatley, we ... http://lyon.theoffside.com/team-news/sochaux-vs-lyon-2.html There might be room for a third blogger here on Lyon Offside. Emphasis on the might. Inara and John aren't going anywhere, but they have asked me to find a third writer to help them out, keep the posts coming, and generally be part of a deadly OL blogging trident. However, Because ... http://lyon.theoffside.com/team-news/could-you-be-be-the-third-prong-in-the-lyon-offside-blogging-trident.html