October 9th, 2009

Random News and Updates

By: Inara |

With World Cup qualifiers about to take place, there isn’t too much happening at club level. But there are a few articles and updates that caught my eye.
The biggest news is the medical update on Bafetimbi Gomis. Two days ago at Guingamp, Gomis collapsed during practice with the France squad. He was out for a [...]

Category: Champions League, Claude Puel, Former Lyonnais, Internationals, Jean-Michel Aulas, Just for Fun, OL Féminines, OL Land/New Stadium, Pictures, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors, Transfers, Video

February 11th, 2009

Newsies For This Week

By: Inara |

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I plan to post a much longer entry tomorrow about Lyon’s winter transfer season (or lack thereof), but for now, here are some other things that I wanted to mention that don’t deserve their own post.

First off, it’s INTERNATIONAL TIME!!! That’s good news and bad. Good because some players get some rest, bad because [...]

Category: Claude Puel, Internationals, Jean-Michel Aulas, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors, Transfers

October 15th, 2008

Lyon Go Chinese, the Ladies Crush Arsenal, and Toulalan Gets Promoted

By: Inara |

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Remember how I said that China were becoming Lyon’s new best friends? Well, it looks like Aulas takes this BFF business seriously because today Lyon launched a Chinese version of their official website, thanks to a partnership with TitanSport, a Chinese sports media giant.

Pretty soon OL will be signing token Chinese players a la [...]

Category: Internationals, Jean-Michel Aulas, OL Féminines, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors

October 9th, 2008

Random Nuggets

By: Inara |

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It’s international week, so things are rather quiet on the Lyon front. Here’s what’s been going on:

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Fabio Grosso is back in training and is expected to play against Lille on October 18th. This is good news because if he does well, he play against Steaua a few days later. Kader Keita is also training normally, [...]

Category: Former Lyonnais, Internationals, Jean-Michel Aulas, Ligue 1, OL Féminines, OL Land/New Stadium, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors, Transfers

August 13th, 2008

International Time Again

By: Inara |

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Several players have been called up for international action next week. For many countries, this is the last opportunity to get things sorted before World Cup qualifiers start this fall.
France (vs. Sweden – 08/20/08): Hugo Lloris, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Jeremy Toulalan, Sidney Govou, Karim Benzema
Sweden (vs. France – 08/20/08): Kim Kallstrom
Czech Republic (vs. England – [...]

Category: Internationals, Transfers

Tags: Internationals, Olympics, Team News and Rumors, Transfers

June 20th, 2008

Euro 2008 Disaster

By: Inara |

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I’ve totally been avoiding writing about this because part of me still believes that it’s only a nightmare…But man, out of the eleven OL players in Euro 2008, only one will be showing his face in the quarterfinals.

I have nine other identical pictures just like this.

To recap:

Category: Internationals, Player News and Rumors

May 28th, 2008

Hugo Lloris Is Being Confusing + Euro 2008 Squads

By: Inara |

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Hugo Lloris has totally confused the media around on their ears. Four days ago, he was going to Milan. Then yesterday, he was going to Lyon. Today, he’s going to Milan. But Lloris says that he’ll decide where he’s going tomorrow…
I think everyone who reads this blog knows that I’ve had my heart set on [...]

Category: Internationals, Player News and Rumors, Transfers

Tags: AC Milan, Euro 2008, Hatem Ben Arfa, Hugo Lloris, Internationals, Lyon, Milan, Player News and Rumors, Transfers

May 25th, 2008

Euro 2008 and Lyon’s 2008/2009 Schedule

By: Inara |

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No word yet on Lyon’s pre-season schedule, but that’s to be expected because half our players will be involved in either Euro 2008 (looking at all the Lyon players spread throughout the Euro 2008 squads, one of them better return as a tournament winner) or FIFA World Cup qualifying. The players that will remain behind [...]

Category: Champions League, French Cups (CdL, CdF, TdC), Friendlies, Internationals, Ligue 1

Tags: Calendar, CdF, Champions League, Dubai, French Cups (CdL, French Cups (CdL, CdF, TdC), Friendlies, Internationals, Ligue 1, Lyon, TdC)

May 22nd, 2008

Switzerland Considering Taking Lyon to FIFA

By: Inara |

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For a guy that doesn’t play, Patrick Muller creates his share of drama.
Ever since the happy news that Muller was among the Swiss call ups for Euro 2008, it’s been a race against time as he works to reach an adequate fitness level. Kobi Kuhn, Switzerland’s manager, had hoped that Muller’s participation in a [...]

Category: Internationals

Tags: FIFA, Internationals, Kobi Kuhn, Lyon, Patrick Muller, Switzerland National Team

May 20th, 2008

Euro Squad Selections

By: Inara |

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Club football will be ending for Lyon this Sunday, but with Euro 2008 looming on the horizon, many players will be switching immediately to international duty. National team call ups (in some cases, provisional call ups) involving OL players:

France: Gregory Coupet, Francois Clerc, Sebastien Squillaci, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Jeremy Toulalan, Hatem Ben Arfa, Karim Benzema, Sidney [...]

Category: Internationals

Tags: Internationals, Lyon