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Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni is unlikely to make any changes for
Wednesday's World Cup play-off second leg against France in Paris.
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A header goal from Haris Seferovic proved to be the difference as the Switzerland Under-17
national team defeated Nigeria, 1-0, in the Under-17 World Cup Final on Sunday in Nigeria.
The Swiss capped an undefeated tournament with it latest impressive victory, knocking off the
defending champions and heavily favored Nigerians in the final.
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A header goal from Haris Seferovic proved to be the difference as the Switzerland Under-17
national team defeated Nigeria, 1-0, in the Under-17 World Cup Final on Sunday in Nigeria.
The Swiss capped an undefeated tournament with it latest impressive victory, knocking off the
defending champions and heavily favored Nigerians in the final.
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Soccerblog 10 November @ 09:52 AM EST
Lyon 5 Marseille 5 at the Stade De Gerland. November 9, 2009. A nail biting epic with end to end
action. This match will be talked about for years to come.
With L'OM cruising 4-2 it appeared as if the match was done but Lisandro Lopez who surely must
be on Maradona's radar for his late goal scoring exploits brought them back on par in the 81st and
84th minute.
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goalpost.tv 09 November @ 01:29 PM EST
The Ligue 1 in France showcased one of the most important clashes of the season, as Olympique
Lyonnais and Olympique de Marseille clashed to produce a game that will be remembered for many
years to come. There were five goals scored in the final 15 minutes of the game, and Jeremy
Toulalan scored an own [.
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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.
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If English giants and 2005 winners Liverpool lose to Lyon in France on Wednesday night their
Champions League dreams could be all but over. Should Fiorentina beat Hungarian outfit Debrecen
(a very likely occurrence) Liverpool will be six points adrift with just two games left.
It makes for grim reading for the Anfield faithful, with their Premier League title hopes in
tatters the Champions League represents a great chance for them to pick up some silverware and an
exit in the group stages is virtually unthinkable.
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Dirty Tackle 30 October @ 02:48 PM EST
There's an unstoppable groin-pocalypse going on at Lyon right now and no one is immune to its
devastation. From Reuters:
Olympique Lyon have been hit by a series of groin injuries with keeper Hugo Lloris, defenders
Jean-Alain Boumsong, Aly Cissokho, Mathieu Bodmer, Cleber Anderson, Cris, midfielders Cesar
Delgado, Jeremy Toulalan, Kim Kallstrom and striker Lisandro Lopez all suffering from the same
problem before their trip to arch-rivals St Etienne on Saturday.
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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.
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Anfield Talk 20 October @ 03:59 PM EST
Liverpool have plenty of work to do to qualify for the Champions League knockout phase after they
lost 2-1 at home to Group E leaders Lyon.
Yossi Benayoun put the hosts ahead in the 41st minute only for substitute Maxime Gonalans to head
home a corner 18 minutes from the end and Cesar Delgado snatch the winner in added time.
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Jogaram pelas Eliminatórias da Eurocopa, em Guingamp, no estádio Roudourou, as seleções da
França (9º no ranking da FIFA) e Ilhas Färoe (122º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
08-09-2004 - Ilhas Färoe 0x2 França - Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
03-09-2005 - França 3x0 Ilhas Färoe - Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
11-10-2006 - França 5x0 Ilhas Färoe - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
13-10-2007 - Ilhas Färoe 0x6 França - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
12-08-2009 - Ilhas Färoe 0x2 França - Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo.
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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.
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Utility player wanted by La Liga strugglers.
Madrid Atletico Madrid are having difficulties in the Spanish league are interested in
the French midfielder from Lyon, Jeremy Toulalan, and Arsenal's Ivorian defender Emmanuel Eboue,
according to sports daily As on Thursday.
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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.
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Anfield Talk 28 September @ 12:03 PM EST
Liverpool will be without midfielders Javier Mascherano and Yossi Benayoun for Tuesday's Champions
League Group E clash with Fiorentina.
Mascherano is sick and Benayoun picked up a leg injury against Hull in the 6-1 thrashing of Hull on
Saturday.
Mascherano's absence means winger Albert Riera is likely to start.
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 France coach Raymond Domenech, selected his squad for two vital World Cup qualifiers against
Romania and Serbia. Â Goalkeepers: Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux) Hugo Lloris (Lyon) Steve Mandanda
(Marseille) Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona) Gael Clichy (Arsenal) Julien Escude (Sevilla FC)
Patrice Evra (Manchester United) Rod Fanni (Rennes) William Gallas (Arsenal) Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla FC) Midfielders: Abou Diaby (Arsenal) Alou Diarra (Bordeaux) Lassana
Diarra (Real Madrid) Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux) Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon) Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
Frank [.
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Vieira didn't make the squad. Domenech said he needs games to back into the team. Here's who did
make it:
Goalkeepers
Hugo Lloris (Lyon)
Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux)
Defenders
Eric Abidal (Barcelona/ESP)
Julien Escude (Sevilla/ESP)
Patrice Evra (Manchester United/ENG)
Rod Fanni (Rennes)
William Gallas (Arsenal/ENG)
Bacary Sagna (Arsenal/ENG)
Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla/ESP)
Midfielders
Alou Diarra (Bordeaux)
Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid/ESP)
Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux)
Florent Malouda (Chelsea/ENG)
Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse)
Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon)
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/GER)
Forwards
Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea/ENG)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/ESP)
Thierry Henry (Barcelona/ESP)
Andre-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse)
Loic Remy (Nice)
Ribery is coming back from injury and Domenech hinted that he would probably be used
sparingly.
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Red Rants 22 June @ 02:11 AM EST
This will be a short one, and I can't help but point out the overwhelming twisting of quotes to
fit headlines.
First of all there is a quote from Bernard Lacombe, the advisor to Lyon's president, who talked
about clubs being flush with cash. And that it would be difficult to resist a big bid if it came:
"If United want to buy Karim then what can you do?
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Soccerblog 17 May @ 11:56 PM EST
Lyon blows by Marseille, 3-1 on the strength of two Benzema goals. Juninho adds another in
stoppage time. Sylvain Wiltord scored Marseille's only goal. Jeremy Toulalan and Jean Makoun
imposed their physical presence on the midfield and blunted Ben Arfa and Mathieu Valbuena.
Mamadou Niang appears to have been denied two penalty opportunities after Anthony Revelliere
charged him in the box.
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I know I can be annoying with my constant idolization of Jeremy Toulalan, but
this time he's actually done something that has me so horrified and terrified that I had to make a
new category just for this post.
Recently, the club had a photo shoot for their 2009 calendar, which naturally features the
players.
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I know I normally do a post match write up after CL matches, but I'm running short of time and
won't be able to do the usual photo and video fest. Plus most of what needed to be said has already
been posted in the comments of this thread. So here are some additional thoughts:
1. Lyon are taking the concept of "the best defense is a good offense" a little too
far.
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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
Manchester United.
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These 3-0 losses are starting to turn into a yearly ritual. A humiliating one.
The game was so bad that Lyon's official website posted a highlight video that was only three
minutes long - usually they are around twenty minutes. Watching it, I realized why. Apart from
Mickael Pagis's three goals, not much else happened.
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Match pictures and highlights at the bottom of the post.
THE GOOD:
Definitely the man of the match...on both sides.
Hugo Lloris.
He's definitely shaken off the jitters that afflicted him in the Fiorentina match.
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Blue days at the Allianz Bate and Bayern had the same idea in the second halves of their respective
matches. Hold on for a home draw. However unlike Bate, Bayern Munich happened to be one of the 10
richest clubs in the world. Lyon visited the Allianz tonight and scraped by with a 1-1 [...]
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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.
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Excuse this blatant excuse to pimp Jeremy Toulalan some more, but I can't help
myself. Thanks to the amazing detective powers of Jennifer, we now have further proof of Toulalan's
adorableness dorkiness.
Please watch the following video (at the 11 second mark) to see La Toule show off his moves.
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It's a slow news day, so while we're stuck twiddling our thumbs for Sebastien
Squillaci's transfer to Sevilla to be finalized, here is a short, two minute video tour of
the Stade de Gerland. It's an "insiders" tour, meaning you get to see some of the VIP
suites as well as restricted areas such as the locker rooms, tunnels, etc.
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Lyon had their first summer friendly this afternoon against Nimes in Albertville. Goals were
scored by Juninho (10), Yannis Tafer (40), and Anthony
Mounier (63). This was Claude Puel's first match in charge, and for many of the players,
their first match in an OL jersey.
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Disclaimer: I know that it's been a week now since Hatem Ben Arfa left
Lyon for Marseille. Both John and Magnusson have covered this
topic very thoroughly, so most of you are probably tired of hearing about it.
But I just can't let this go.
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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.
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...Just busy.
For the rest of the month, I'll mostly be over at the France World Cup Blog or on ESPN Soccernet. But I will have a post up tomorrow about the progress of our international players at Euro 2008. There isn't anything to report on the transfer front, but don't worry, I'm still on the lookout for interesting news.
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Neither Thierry Henry nor Patrick Vieira were fit to face Romania, so Nicolas Anelka and Jeremy
Toulalan started. France generated very little going forward. Anelka headed one over. Benzema hit
one or two right at the keeper. Gomis, when he came on, could hardly get a touch.
There was a short spell at the start of the second half when France looked ok, but for most of the
game, they didn't look like they deserved any more than a point against Romania.
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