Olympique Lyonnais vs. SM Caen

Week 23 – Ligue 1

What an AWESOME start to the year! Six wins, one well fought out draw and a marginal 1-0 loss in 8 matches since January. 8 matches in which Lyon has scored 19 goals.

However busy Gerland gardeners may have been to ensure this game would not be cancelled due to the current cold wave striking in Europe, the French football authorities tried to get a few more degrees in anticipating it to 4.15 PM instead of 9PM, in the hope that a few sunrays would heat up the atmosphere.

You're looking at Munich's Olympiastadion, which will be the host to the Women's European Champions League Finale on May 17! The Olympiastadion was built for 1972 Olympics and it also hosted the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final. You may not recognize it because none of the games from the 2006 World Cup tournament were played there.

Olympique Lyonnais vs. Dijon FCO

Match day 21 – Ligue 1.

In an unbelievably quiet transfer zone window, the report card on indecision in the last month will come 21 days later. That is because starting tonight, Lyon plays a match roughly every three days, for the next three weeks!

Late last week, various organs of the French media were confidently reporting that Olympique Lyonnais left back, Aly Cissokho, was going to be in Toon earlier today for a medical, with Sky Sports reporting in another story that: "Sky Sports now understands that although the Magpies did have an interest in the player, they have [.

Several reports in the French media, including Lyon's "Le Progrès" this morning, have claimed that Olympique Lyonnais and their left back, Aly Cissokho, have agreed a deal with Newcastle United, and also that the player will be in Toon on Monday for a medical. There was nothing definitive on a price, though OL are known [.

Montpellier Hérault SC vs. Olympique Lyonnais

Week 20 – Ligue 1, Stade de la Mosson.

Alive in four out of four competitions! Bravo Les Gones!

A potential rearranging of top league table spots is on the cards this weekend. Six of the top seven teams go head-to-head against each other PSG vs.

AS Lyon Duchère vs. Olympique Lyonnais

Coupe de France, Round of 64

Coupe de France greets us on the other side of the winter break, and OL travels to, well, Lyon. The fourth division team of Lyon Duchère, the youth club of Eric Abidal, hosts Olympique Lyonnais, the big boys this time.

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The French Daily l'Equipe is reporting today that Newcastle are lining up a move Aly Cissoko of French club, Olympique Lyonnais, better known as Lyon. Aly Cissokho are Newcastle interested? Newcastle were linked with Cissokho in the summer along with Dutch International left-back Erik Pieters and since Pieters is not available in January, there could be some logic in Newcastle turning their attention to Cissokho.

Olympique Lyonnais vs. Evian TG FC,

Matchday 18, Ligue 1

Finally a Champions League Knockout stages draw that spelt relief for Lyon. In their 9th consecutive appearance in the Round-of-16, they meet APOEL FC; the Cypriot side that managed to finish ahead of Zenit St.

How does one go from a miracle to synthetic grass? This sums up the problem faced by the Lyon squad just a few days after an heroic and historical game that took everyone by surprise.

For that's the big question mark tonight : in what condition will the heroes of Zagreb be in Lorient : back down to earth (or rather to the synthetic pitch with artificial grass of le Moustoir stadium), or still floating somewhere with their minds still in Zagreb, with a heavy hangover after days of partying night and day?

Dinamo Zagreb defender Domagoj Vida has been caught on video winking at Bafetimbi Gomis during Olympique Lyonnais' 7-1 UEFA Champions League win at the Stadion Maksimir fueling claims of match-fixing. The video comes not long after it was revealed that the French regulatory authority for online games, ARJEL, have already opened an investigation into Olympique [.

08.12.2011 - Manchester mira la Europa League: después de 6 años, Manchester United vuelve a quedar eliminado de la Champions League en 1º ronda y el City quedó afuera (en su lugar entró Nápoli) de los octavos de final.
Los portugueses con una de cal y una arena: Benfica adentro, Porto afuera.

08.12.2011 - Manchester mira la Europa League: después de 6 años, Manchester United vuelve a quedar eliminado de la Champions League en 1º ronda y el City quedó afuera (en su lugar entró Nápoli) de los octavos de final.
Los portugueses con una de cal y una arena: Benfica adentro, Porto afuera.

Dinamo Zagreb vs. Olympique Lyonnais

Matchday 6, UEFA Champions League Group Stages 2011/12.

The equation is simple really. Make mincemeat out of Dinamo Zagreb in Zagreb, and bribe Madrid to make fruit punch out of Ajax in Amsterdam. Seven strikers, one defender (Lovren, of course) and three goalkeepers ought to be enough, one would think?

Dinamo Zagreb vs. Olympique Lyonnais

Matchday 6, UEFA Champions League Group Stages 2011/12.

The equation is simple really. Make mincemeat out of Dinamo Zagreb in Zagreb, and bribe Madrid to make fruit punch out of Ajax in Amsterdam. Seven strikers, one defender (Lovren, of course) and three goalkeepers ought to be enough, one would think?

Auxerre vs. Olympique Lyonnais,

Matchday 15, Ligue 1

"If you're going to do things differently, you might as well be bad at them. "

This message is what team Lyonnais seems to be reading every morning for the past two months. Of course, nobody would have expected them to continue their fine form of the first twelve games throughout the rest of the season.

Lyon vs Rennes 1-2 Highlights Video 2011 OL SRFC is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Lyon vs Rennes 1-2 Highlights Video 2011 OL SRFC is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Lyon vs Rennes 2011 ( Olympique Lyonnais vs Stade Rennais 2011 Video Below) Score and result:- Lyon vs Rennes 1-2 ( Ederson/ Pitroipa, Kembo-Ekoko) Stade Gerland, Lyon- 18 November, 2011 Lyon's domestic woes continue as [.

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard vs. Olympique Lyonnais,

Ligue 1 , Matchday 13.

It is time to pick up the pieces. Real Madrid redefined the words ‘Demolition Derby' for us these past few weeks. But more significantly, they've left Lyon on the verge of being knocked out from the Champions League after the group stages.

Despite the String of Missed Chances especially in the first half, I would say that we generally played well last night.
Last season, when asked about who I'd like us to face in the Champions League on our way to the final, I asked for the following teams: Olympique Lyonnais, AS Roma, Bayern Munich and Arsenal – I would have asked for Liverpool or Juventus too if possible.

Lyon vs Real Madrid 0-2 Highlights Video Champions League Ronaldo goals 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Lyon vs Real Madrid 0-2 Highlights Video Champions League Ronaldo goals 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Lyon vs Real Madrid 2011 ( Olympique Lyonnais vs Real Madrid 2011) Final score and result:- Lyon vs Real Madrid 0-2 ( Ronaldo*2) Stade Gerland, Lyon- Champions League- 2nd November, 2011- 19.

For the next couple of weeks the sporting world will be held in suspense as world football governing body FIFA prepares to announce the best male and female player in 2011.

From the look of things, we should expect a new winner in both categories as the level of competition has been extremely high through out the year.

Olympique Lyonnais vs. AS Saint-Etienne

Ligue 1, Matchday 12

Celebrations of victory over derby rivals Saint-Etienne in the Coupe de la Ligue Round of 16 turned sour following news of further injury to crucial squad members. Long time back up keeper Rémy Vercoutre and in-form winger Michel Bastos made their way into the injured list.

AS Saint Etienne vs. Olympique Lyonnais

Coupe de la Ligue 2011-12, Round of 16.

It was this cup victory that sparked the rise of the club in the decade gone by. Coupe de la Ligue is back for another year. Olympique Lyonnais may have moved to bigger, better and eventually more elusive title challenges lately, but a Ligue cup remains an important opportunity not only for clubs from lesser tiers to challenge the top teams, but for established teams to try out the depth of their squads.

Beaten fair and square in Madrid on Tuesday (0-4), the Olympique Lyonnais faces its toughest resilience test today. In order not to lose confidence in itself and sink into pessimism, the club must avoid a defeat in the stadium where the Champion of France, Lille, is waiting for it. And even if the LOSC also suffered a big setback against Inter Milan this week, this encounter is the clash of the 11th L1 matchday.

Karim Benzema: our very own 'Mr. Champions League
As I watched the UEFA officials crack open the balls to show who our Champions League ‘Groupmates' would be during this stage of the competition a few months ago, the sight of Olympique Lyonnais' logo turning up made me groan ‘them again!

You ever get the feeling that tonight's game is going to let you down. I get that a lot lately, and I get a sense that better football is played when I'm not watching. I'd rather have been asleep, to be fare, but this is love... devotion... masochism.
Predictions : 4-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1 all for the red version of TFC tonight
-72' - I recieve my season's tickets renewal notice.

The opening round of group matches in the UEFA Champions League were completed on Wednesday with a shock in Milan, predicted wins for the likes of FC Bayern and Real Madrid proving true whereas the Manchester duo of City and United had to be content with a point in two difficult matches.

Ondřej Čelůstka proved to be the hero in the San Siro stadium as his 76th minute goal proved to be the winner in a 1-0 victory over 2009-10 Champions League winners Internazionale.

The Pot 4 Club Dinamo Zagreb is a post from: Just Football

The Pot 4 Club continues on Just Football with an analysis of Dinamo Zagreb from the writers of CroatianSoccerReport:

Club: Dinamo Zagreb

Straight outta': Croatia

Group: D with Real Madrid, Olympique Lyonnais and Ajax

Recent History

Dinamo Zagreb is the most successful Croatian football club of all time with a rich history in domestic and European play.

A.S. Roma have announced the capture of 21-year old starlet Miralem Pjanic from French giants Olympique Lyonnais for a transfer fee reported to be around £9 million .

Pjanic, who struggled to follow up to a sensation 2009-10 season last year, has attracted from the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea in the past but it turned out to be a revamped Giallorossi side that eventually swooped for him on the transfer deadline day.

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Miralem Pjanic Roma- Bosnian star seals Italian switch is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Bosnian star Miralem Pjanic has completed his transfer from Olympique Lyonnais to AS Roma on transfer deadline day.

Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images(Bleacher Report)If you want to trade apples for apples or Frenchmen for Frenchman, Arsenal could look no further than Olympique Lyonnais 25-year old Yoann Gourcuff. The former AC Milan player found his feet while on loan at Bordeaux in 2008-09 and has been a sensation in Ligue 1 ever since.

Lyon vs. Montpellier – Stade de Gerland, 27 Aug 2011.

Déj vu! Real Madrid has sought yet another appointment with Olympique Lyonnais in the Champions League Group Stages. Much would needed to be done to get through the Group of Near-Death D with possibly second position at best, all the while looking for slipups by Madrid against either Ajax or Dinamo Zagreb.

The Champions League this year has a very different feel to it. We have the omnipresent Barcelona who look ready to conquer the trophy yet again, now faced with AC Milan in their group of the Champions League group stages. While the past few seasons haven't been the best for AC Milan, the rossoneri have strengthened and seem prepared to make a strong run in Europe this upcoming season.

The draw for the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League has taken place amid some controversy in Monaco this afternoon. Less than 24 hours after Turkish champions Fenerbahçe were forced to withdraw from the competition by the Turkish Football Federation, the inclusion of Turkish League runners up Trabzonspor in the draw raised some eyebrows.

We'll take Apoel in Group G, please. No, not to win. To take home with us.

Just before you start firing off missives to us about how we promised not to ever cover this proper football news stuff, please note the following: the terms of our geek adoption scheme requires us to release the two crazies occupying the Mayhem & Fruit Beverages Suite for exercise at unannounced times.

Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images(Bleacher Report)If you want to trade apples for apples or Frenchmen for Frenchman, Arsenal could look no further than Olympique Lyonnais 25-year old Yoann Gourcuff. The former AC Milan player found his feet while on loan at Bordeaux in 2008-09 and has been a sensation in Ligue 1 ever since.

Stade Brestois 29 Olympique Lyonnais Week 3

It hasn't been all sunshine and lollypops for Lyon coach Remi Garde's kick-off to the season, he still hopes to take the team out of the curse of the conceded goal. Is it just a fluke or do they really need this wake-up call?

The Title and nothing less!

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