The Offside 08 November @ 08:11 PM EST
Ligue 1's much hyped Clasico did not produce much, except for a few H1N1 antibodies. Meanwhile, the
yet unnamed battle of the Olympienes (Olympico maybe?) only needed about 12 minutes to turn from a
hotly anticipated into a great game. Another 12 minutes on the other end, turned what was then
already a fantastic [.
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Liverpool had to defeat Olympique Lyon away after losing 1-2 at home in the previous round. But
last night the English team only managed a 1-1 draw, and with 4 points it is now almost impossible
that Liverpool progresses to the next round: Livepool must win their remaining two matches and
Fiorentina must not win any of their remaining two matches (of which the last one is between
Liverpool and
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Soccer Source 04 November @ 04:57 PM EST
Liverpool's chances of advancing to the UEFA Champions League knockout stage are on life support
after the team's 1-1 draw at Olympique Lyon earlier today. With the point from the draw, Lyon
become the first team in the group to advance. Likely to join them are Fiorentina, who sit second
on nine points.
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The Reds of Liverpool showed great promise early in the season going on a 6 match winning streak
after dropping their first match to Tottenham. Then, over the last 4 matches...they've lost 3.Â
Liverpool was so UPthat I considered doing a long interest piece on the team, then
I got distracted with all the other mayhem and foolishness going on in the Premier League and now I
look up and they've lost 3 of 4 matches.
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Anfield Talk 02 November @ 01:07 PM EST
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, midfielder Albert Riera and defenders Martin Kelly and Martin
Skrtel will all miss Wednesday's decisive Champions League match at Olympique Lyon, manager Rafa
Benitez said on Monday.
However, Benitez added that he was hoping Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani would recover from a
virus that kept him out of Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Fulham for the Group E match.
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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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Brazil coach Dunga has named his squad for the November's friendlies against England and Oman. Of
note is that FC Porto striker Hulk , fellow striker Carlos Eduardo of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and
Michel Bastos of Olympique Lyon are included in the squad and could possibly make their
international debuts.
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Anfield Talk 25 October @ 01:59 PM EST
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez's gamble to play an "80 percent" fit Fernando Torres paid off when
the Spaniard got the first goal in a 2-0 win over Manchester United in the Premier League on
Sunday.
Torres was still troubled by a groin injury that needed a pain-killing injection and Benitez,
seeking to silence the home fans' boos after four consecutive defeats in all competitions, only
decided to risk him a few hours before kick-off.
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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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Anfield Talk 21 October @ 12:38 PM EST
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez said his side must win their remaining three group games if the
five-time European champions are to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
A 2-1 home defeat by Olympique Lyon on Tuesday left Liverpool third in Group E after three games,
six points behind leaders Lyon and three behind second-placed Fiorentina.
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In one of the most shocking UEFA Champions League matchdays in recent memory, no fewer than four of
Soccer Source's Top 25 clubs were upset or had to settle for draws. The biggest, undoubtedly, was
No. 1 Barcelona's fall from grace in a stunning 2-1 home loss to No. 23 Rubin Kazan. Few soccer
fans had even heard of the Russian upstarts before the group stage draw, and the club appeared
destined to fade from memory just as quickly when it lost at Dynamo Kiev on the first matchday.
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Olympique Lyon were battled back from a goal down to win this encounter after Liverpool went
ahead through Yossi Benayoun's calm finish.
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1-0 Benayoun
1-1 Gonalons
1-2 Delgado
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FootieDB 20 October @ 01:56 AM EST
Uefa Champions League Liverpool FC vs Olympique Lyon : Live Stream here Liverpool FCÂ - Olympique
Lyon : Highlights here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11Ă—2 today
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Who deserves the plaudits?
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Veteran Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs is one of five British footballers nominated
for the 2009 European Player of the Year award.
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Soccer Pie 15 October @ 09:15 AM EST
French Ligue 1 returns into action after the international break and Olympique Lyon are
leading the title race at the moment. Bordeaux and surprise package
Montpellier are just behind the leaders, while Marseille and PSG are slowly falling
behind. Monaco and Lorient are also exceeding expectations at the moment, while Toulouse, Nice and
Lille are not doing as well as last season.
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Anyone who may read this blog may know that I don't often have anything nice to say about Italian
teams. However, as strange as it may sound, now I do: in the Champions League I watched Fiorentina
play Liverpool last night, and was very impressed by the Italians, who in the first half of the
match in particular were far superior to the great English side.
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This past weekend, I made it to another football stadium, this one Parc des Princes in Paris,
France. The match was perhaps the biggest of the weekend in Ligue Un as Paris St.-Germain hosted
Olympique Lyon.
I purchased the ticket a few months ago, as soon as the schedule was released, and had to pick
up the ticket from the French equivalent of a will call window.
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Former French Ligue 1 champions debuted their Umbro 2009/10 European kit during their UEFA
Champions League play-off round 8-2 aggregate demolition of RSC Anderlecht last month. Now that
they're through to the group stage of the competition, expect to see more of Lyon's third kit
starting tomorrow when meet Italian side ACF Fiorentina.
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Europe's finest clubs will take to the pitch on Tuesday in what is considered one of the most
extravagant football competitions – the Uefa Champions League. European action is back after a
lengthy summer break and champions Barcelona will look to add another title in their trophy cabinet
as they start their campaign against Inter Milan at the San Siro on Wednesday.
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SoccerLens 14 September @ 02:47 AM EST
English football clubs pocketed an average of 160 million euros ($234 million) each in prize
money in the last six Champions League seasons, almost four times as much as the Spanish
figure.
Sports business consultancy StageUp has estimated that European soccer's governing body UEFA
distributed more than 3 billion euros ($4.
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You've waited all summer for European club soccer to come back into full swing and this weekend
is that first weekend when all the top leagues are in action.
Not only are all the leagues you love playing, but there are also juicy match-ups galore, from
Man Utd-Arsenal to AC Milan-Inter Milan to Bayern Munich Wolfsburg to tonight's MLS showdown
between the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA.
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You've waited all summer for European club soccer to come back into full swing and this weekend
is that first weekend when all the top leagues are in action.
Not only are all the leagues you love playing, but there are also juicy match-ups galore, from
Man Utd-Arsenal to AC Milan-Inter Milan to Bayern Munich Wolfsburg to tonight's MLS showdown
between the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA.
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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO
If you're a big fan of fierce rivalries and heavyweight brawls then this is the weekend for
you.
The Milan Derby will set the stage on a weekend full of high profile match-ups, includingÂ
Arsenal-Manchester United, AS Roma-Juventus and Olympique Marseille-Bordeaux.
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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO
If you're a big fan of fierce rivalries and heavyweight brawls then this is the weekend for
you.
The Milan Derby will set the stage on a weekend full of high profile match-ups, includingÂ
Arsenal-Manchester United, AS Roma-Juventus and Olympique Marseille-Bordeaux.
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French club Olympique Lyon and Atletico Madrid of Spain booked their places in Thursday's draw for
the Champions League group stages with convincing playoff wins on Tuesday.
Wrap
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This round of World Cup qualifiers are a must 6 points for Diego Maradona's Argentine squad. Los
Albicelestes face Brazil at home in Rosario on the Sept. 5th and then travel to Asuncion to take on
Paraguay on the 9th.
19 players were called up with 3 domestic players to be named before the team gets together for
practice on August 30th.
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This round of World Cup qualifiers are a must 6 points for Diego Maradona's Argentine squad. Los
Albicelestes face Brazil at home in Rosario on the Sept. 5th and then travel to Asuncion to take on
Paraguay on the 9th.
19 players were called up with 3 domestic players to be named before the team gets together for
practice on August 30th.
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