November 8, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
3:00 EST (21:00CET, 20:00GMT)

Sunday evening it's back to work. But hopefully, it's not one of those usual Monday morning, sloping, sluggish, I need a liter of coffee to get through the day, back to works, because aside from the heart wrenching matches against Cesspool in the CL, Lyon have been afflicted with a general malaise probably since week eight in the PSG match, and need this victory to put some pep back in their step.

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Paris St Germain continued their poor start to the season as they lost at home to Nice.

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Olympique Lyon fell to a shock defeat in Nice and lost their top spot in Ligue 1 in the process.

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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.

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Incoming:

Aly Cissokho: Should arrive in Lyon either today or tomorrow to take his physical and pen his deal which is said to be worth 15mill with a clause that sees FC Port recieving 20% of his future sale! JMA has found a new nemisis in Porto president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa.

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French Ligue 1 club OGC Nice has released its Lotto 2009/10 home and away kits. This was done yesterday at the club's shop, Boutique Officielle du Club. Current Nice players Larrys Mabiala, Julien Sablé and David Hellebuyc were present to show off the 09/10 strips and to sign autographs for the large crowd of Nice fans [. Click to continue reading...

It was bound to happy eventually. I don't know about you guys, but after the embarrassment of last season's finish, I was dreading the oncoming ~dramah~, :tearz:, and angsty soap operas from the players and the staff. I was expecting a meltdown of epic proportions. I thought that the sky would fall.

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Tired of hearing about Michael Jackson? We will bring some more. The King Pop was not known for his connections to football despite cheesy goal celebrations by Brazilian players.

But look at the picture below. It is Michael Jackson wearing the jersey of French side Nice. Anyone knows why?

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Three Possible New-Comers to Gerland This Season.

I'm planning to do one of these at the end of every week to sum-up the concrete, as well as all the crap rumors out there concerning Lyon. So here we go:

Possible Ins:

Lisandro Lopez: Negotiations for the Argentine International are still on-going, much to most of our relief, after the Aly Cissokho debacle.

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French Ligue 1 Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today OGC Nice vs Olympique Marseille LIVE OGC Nice - Olympique Marseille HIGHLIGHTS Click to continue reading...

Colombian coach Eduardo Lara confirmed today that his national team will change scheme when they step onto the pitch in Puerto Ordaz against a Venezuelan side that is licking their wounds after returning from Buenos Aires whipped and humiliated. That still does not avoid the fact that for the visiting Colombians this is a must-win [. Click to continue reading...

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.

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Yaya Toure has revealed that he received an offer during the January transfer window, but the midfielder plans to finish his career at Barcelona. Toure is under contract with Barca until 2011, and the Ivory Coast international hopes he will hang up his boots at Camp Nou. More... Juventus could be about to sack club doctor [. Click to continue reading...

Want to keep up with all of the latest news and info on your favorite Ligue 1 club? Want to read up on your club's opponent ahead of a big league clash? We've compiled links to the official club sites and news, squad, fixtures/results, and NewsNow sections for each Ligue 1 club so that you [...] Click to continue reading...

On Saturday Juninho showed why he is the master of the freekick after bringing Lyon single-handedly back into this one, with a clinical display of scoring from the deadball situation. While waiting for Inter - Catania to start I decided to turn the dial to TV5 and have a look-see of French Ligue One with Lyon vs. Click to continue reading...

Sorry that this match preview is so late, but I've been on vacation for the last two weeks, and John, who has kindly been covering in my absence, is traveling as well. So this is going to be a little shorter than normal.

This is the fifth game of the season, and Lyon and Marseille are still tied for first place, with Marseille ahead due to more goals scored.

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Stuff to read while you get arrested for indecent exposure at a nude beach..... The inevitable has happened: WAGs Offside (WAGs Offside) Reliving King Kev's first Newcastle departure. (Off The Post) One of the many problems with MLS management. (No Short Corner) Dreams do come true. (SoccerLens) Championship paycheck will buy you a Lambo. Click to continue reading...

Some news to read as you have "Highway to Hell" played at your funeral: Fabio Capello lounges around in Speedos. With photographic proof. (And for some reason this photo was less painful than expected. But still.) (The Spoiler) Transfer Gossip Poetry Grenade, Vol. I (Because what's the point of the transfer window if [. Click to continue reading...

The latest news from this week...Due to the amount of material covered, I didn't post links to the original sources like I normally do, but if you want them, let me know.

OUTGOING:

FRED: Is it just me, or does Fred spend an inordinate amount of time making life difficult for the rest of us?

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This morning, Lyon finally clinched the signature of Miralem Pjanic, who is the hottest talent in France not born in 1987. Lyon have been negotiating with Metz for weeks, but to so many clubs interested, many with late bids, the deal took quite a long time in being crafted.

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It's done! Lyon have officially announced the arrival of their newest goalkeeper in a press conference. And now that there is no possible way for other clubs to steal Hugo Lloris from under our noses, I can finally get a good night's sleep (and so can Lloris now that he'll be joining his BFF Ederson).

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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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West Ham boss Alan Curbishley could face the chop after a recent string of crapulous results. (Observer) AC Milan, still sore from the beating they received at the San Siro at the hands of Arsenal, will try a cheeky bid for Gooner midfielder Matthieu Flamini. (Sunday Mirror) ....And Arsene Wenger will offer Cesc Fabregas a jewel encrusted [. Click to continue reading...

Gerald Cid is yet another foreigner unable to adjust to the English Premier League and is all set to pack his bags at the end of this month. Sky Sports reports that the player signed from Bordeaux in the summer would switch leagues during the January transfer season. Sky Sports has quoted a L'Equipe report suggesting [. Click to continue reading...

Seriously, you should check this out. An amazing volley header goal by Bakari Kone for Nice.

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Lyon used three unanswered goals in less than 10 minutes to overcome a 2-0 Le Mans lead. The goals were provided by Sidney Govou (71st min), Karim Benzema (74th), and Liverpool/Aston Villa castaway Milan Baros (78th) respectively as OL looks less than dominant this year. Le Mans opened the scoring thanks to Stephane Sessengon as [...] Click to continue reading...

Lyon scraped by Saint Etienne in the battle of the local rivals - young'un Karim Benzema provided the lone strike in the 53rd minute. A win at home but they still don't look like themselves - if it weren't for the good play of back-up keeper Remy Vercoutre, Lyon could have been looking at an [...] Click to continue reading...