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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Soccer Pie 09 November @ 05:29 AM EST
Derby games are always passionate affairs and they generate a lot of excitement
but the match itself tens to disappoint the viewers, mostly because the managers are always too
cautious and they prevent the players from giving their attacking best. The games between
Lyon and Marseille have not been exception to this rule in the past and no wonder
nobody expected too many goals when these sides met on Sunday, but we saw a remarkable match and no
less than 10 goals, five on each side.
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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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Anfield Talk 08 November @ 01:30 PM EST
It's a sad and sorry looking Liverpool side that play host to Birmingham City on Monday night as
round 12 of the Premier League draws to a close.
The Reds' 3-1 reverse at Fulham last weekend took their tally to five losses in 11 league games
this season - an alarming figure, considering that they suffered just two defeats in the entirety
of the previous campaign.
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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.
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goalpost.tv 06 November @ 09:55 AM EST
Liverpool will feel that they should have won the game at the Stage Gerland against Olympique
Lyonnais, as they dominated for the most part, but crucially lost their concentration towards the
end. Ryan Babel scored a scorcher from 25 yards with a little over five minutes to go, giving the
Merseysiders a great chance of walking [.
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Pazza Inter. I nerazzurri di Mourinho, primi in campionato con sette punti di vantaggio sulla
Juventus, conquistano la vittoria (prima) in Europa, e anche il primato in un girone che si
mantiene comunque equilibrato. Il gol di Shevchenko, alfiere della Dinamo Kiev, sembra far
presagire un nuovo incubo per la corazzata interista ma questa volta, in maniera decisamente
rocambolesce (a tre minuti dalla fine), rimonta e sorpassa gli ucraini, portando a casa tre punti
fondamentali.
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Anfield Talk 05 November @ 02:35 PM EST
Rafael Benitez insists he does not fear for his job even though Liverpool now need a miracle to
reach the last 16 of the Champions League.
The Liverpool boss had seen victory snatched from his team by Lyon, who equalised through Lisandro
Lopez in the dying seconds of their Group E clash at the Stade Gerland on Wednesday night.
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Anfield Talk 05 November @ 02:29 PM EST
Despite Liverpool's desperate start to the season John Aldridge still believes manager Rafa Benitez
is the right man for the job.
The Reds' hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League are now out of their
hands following Lyon's late leveller on Wednesday night.
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Anfield Talk 05 November @ 02:21 PM EST
Lyon coach Claude Puel has assured Liverpool they will be doing their all to beat Fiorentina,
despite already securing qualifcation.
Liverpool's hopes of reaching the last 16 of the Champions League is out of their hands after
Lisandro Lopez's dramatic late goal denied the English side all three points in France on Wednesday
night.
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Liverpool was so close to victory yesterday in Lyon. After giving Lyon their best for 83 minutes, a
Ryan Babel wonder goal broke the deadlock, handing Rafa and the Reds a lifeline in Group E. A win
against the French powerhouse would throw them back in the thick of things. But it was not to be,
as Lisandro Lopez capitalized on some poor Liverpool defending to snatch a 1-1 draw that sealed
Lyon's passage to the knockout stage.
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Liverpool was so close to victory yesterday in Lyon. After shutting out Les Gones for 83 minutes, a
Ryan Babel wonder goal broke the deadlock, handing Rafa and the Reds a lifeline in Group E. A win
against the French powerhouse would throw them back in the thick of things. But it was not to be,
as Lisandro Lopez capitalized on some poor Liverpool defending to snatch a 1-1 draw that sealed
Lyon's passage to the knockout stage.
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EPL Talk 04 November @ 09:54 PM EST
Everyone's doing a brand new dance now. C'mon baby, do the Kyrgiakos.
It must have been yet another very frustrating night for Liverpool supporters Wednesday night
after the Reds failed to win against Lyon in a 1-1 draw. The dreams of advancing in the Champions
League are quickly disappearing.
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Bad luck continues to follow Rafael Benitez. When the much-criticised Ryan Babel scored a brilliant
goal with just seven minutes of game time left, on most days in most seasons, the Pools probably
would have taken 3 points at Anfield against Lyon. However, with the Pools experiencing a long
streak of bad luck, it came as no surprise when Lisandro Lopez struck an equaliser in the final
seconds
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Liverpool only managed a 1-1 draw away to Lyon tonight which may not be enough to qualify for the
quarter finals of the Champions League. A depleted Liverpool team had most of the possession away
to Lyon and had a few good attempts on goal saved by the Lyon keeper, until sub Ryan Babel scored
with a magnificent thunderbolt shot on 83 mins to give the Reds a deserved lead.
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Just some random odds and ends for you to read as you bide your time waiting for Lyon's
Champions League clash with Liverpool.
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< 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 dear (former?
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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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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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Liverpool face a tricky Champions League tie at Anfield against French giants Olympique
Lyonnais. Fernando Torres is the major absence for Rafa Benitez's side, but captain Steven Gerrard
makes a return to the squad.
Liverpool
Team News:
- Steven Gerrard recovers in time for the match and is expected to start for Rafa's side.
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The first of two must win matches in a week for Benitez.
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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is fit to play against Lyon in Tuesday's Champions
League Group E clash but striker Fernando Torres misses out.
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Anfield Talk 19 October @ 12:04 PM EST
"Lisandro is better than Rooney," says the iconic Portuguese defender Jorge Costa in a
matter-of-fact voice.
The former Porto captain is on a speakerphone and has been on the road for at least four hours, so
there is a temptation to put his claim down to weariness.
However, the man known as "the tank" during his playing days goes on to reassert his belief with
the conviction of one of his uncompromising tackles, as if to make sure nothing has been lost in
translation.
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Vive la Foot!
A belated Vive le Foot this week since I found myself flying to the land of Ligue 1
overnight...sadly enough I will not be able to attend the PSG -Nancy tie in Paris...but my SF
correspondent will be at the Emirates scouting some Frenchies vs. Blackburn...
Boulogne lost the match of the promoted last weekend and will face a Lille side that destroyed
Slavia Prague 5 - 1 in the last 15 minutes of their Europa League tie.
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Lisandro Lopez of Olympique Lyonnais
In a weekend which saw a total of 35 goals scored in 10 fixtures, this really was an occasion
for the strikers rather than the defenders of Ligue 1! Â Several matches finished with more than 4
goals scored between the two sides and there was a minimum of two goals scored in every game
played.
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Are these players finished with the national team?
Maradona is on his way to Europe and according to the Argentine media, Maradona is going to meet
with many players that have been called up during the WC qualifying campaign to tell them that they
will not be called up for the remaining WC qualifers.
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Soccerblog 13 September @ 04:14 PM EST
Diego Maradona's power is being taken away. Carlos Bilardo is being asked to step in and help
with player selection.
Julio Grondona had requested Maradona to avail of Bilardo's advise after the Bolivia drubbing
but the manager who won Argentina the 1986 World Cup and helped catapult Maradona to the world
stage has been marginalized with little input in the selection.
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I don't know about you guys, but I've used this international break to take a step away from
football before things get all crazy again. With our first CL group stage match against Fiorentina
around the corner, the next couple of weeks promise to be really busy. But before we can even think
about Europe, we have to take care of Lorient tomorrow.
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So there, I did poorly on my predictions for the World Cup qualifiers with two 1 – 1 draws and
the quasi certitude that France will finish second in group 7 behind Serbia and will battle with
the likes of Portugal, Greece or Russia for a World Cup spot, not an easy task...
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Tonight is another must win game as time is beginning to run out on the national team's WC
qualifying campaign.
Though not official, the following starting lineup was the one that played in yesterday's
practice session:
Sergio Romero
Javier Zanetti
Sebastian DomÃnguez
Gabriel Heinze
Emiliano Papa
Javier Mascherano
Fernando Gago
Juan Sebastián Verón
Jesús Dátolo
Lionel Messi
Sergio Agüero
It is really hard to understand why Maradona is making a GK change for such a critical WC
qualifier tonight.
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Argentina needs a big win today to have a chance at world cup qualificaiotn and for Maradona to
remain as the coach.
As for Maradona's coaching, it is pretty obvoius that the Messi, Aguero & Tevez combinations have
not been very productinve in terms of goals. The only good change he has done so far is let Jesus
Datolo play as his wingman.
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Fue el gran ganador de los partidos de ida de la repesca, y su lugar en la zona de grupos está
casi asegurado. Ganó, gustó y goleó ante su público en el debut europeo tras un dubitativo
comienzo en la Ligue 1. Pero el amplio resultado queda un poco relegado ante el satisfactorio
rendimiento del equipo de Claude Puel, quien comienza a engranar las piezas de un nuevo Lyon, más
inexperto pero más
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By TRAVIS CLARK
It wasn't supposed to be like this. When Diego Maradona took the reins of Argentina, the former
star was supposed to re-energize a World Cup qualifying campaign that had taken some hits. With
four games in CONMEBOL qualifying left, and hardly the easiest schedule, could Argentina fail to
qualify for the World Cup?
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By TRAVIS CLARK
It wasn't supposed to be like this. When Diego Maradona took the reins of Argentina, the former
star was supposed to re-energize a World Cup qualifying campaign that had taken some hits. With
four games in CONMEBOL qualifying left, and hardly the easiest schedule, could Argentina fail to
qualify for the World Cup?
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Lisandro Lopez continued his hot goal scoring streak today with a goal in Lyon's 3-1 win
over Nancy.
Lisandro's 4th goal this week.
Will he be in the starting lineup against Brasil?
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I am utterly convinced that Yohann Gourcuff is the star of tomorrow and that Milan made a huge
mistake by letting him go. Four goals and two assists in three games in Le Championnat for the
French midfielder is already an impressive tally and there are no signs of him slowing down.
Somewhat depending on his World Cup 2010 I wouldn't be surprised to see him wearing the colors of
Chelsea or Man United next year.
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