Lyon (OL)

Olympique Lyonnais:
Founded 1950
In Ligue 1 since 1989

December 1st, 2007

“Le point sur” Lyon and Marseille’s Chances in the Champions League

By: Sam | Comments 3 Comments

After the results were final in Matchday 5, Lyon knew their hopes of going through to the knockout stages of the Champions League, which they had so poorly started, rested on their shoulders and theirs alone.
In all fairness, the same can’t be said for Marseille, who kicked off their campaign with a bang, beating Besiktas [...]



November 23rd, 2007

Ligue 1 Coming to the Stade de France!

By: Sam | Comments 2 Comments

L’histoire s’apprête à être écrite, sort of. It was announced today by Lille OSC’s official website that on the evening of 1 March 2008, Lille will play host to Olympique Lyonnais… at the Stade de France! That’s right, the mighty SdF which was built for France 98 is celebrating its ten-year anniversary, and to mark [...]

November 22nd, 2007

The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (2007.11.22)

By: Sam | Comments 1 Comment

Things are a bit slow club-wise during the international break (HAHAHAH ENGLAND SUCKS), so bear with me if the newsy bits are not all that captivating during the next little bit. I’m trying out a bit of a new format for these daily (Daily? Feel free to laugh at me.) news posts.
Auxerre: AJA were saddened [...]

November 5th, 2007

Goal of the Week: Round 13

By: Sam | Comments 4 Comments

What’s that you say? You want goals? Well have I got a proposition for you! Watch these. You, the readers, have voted Rodrigo’s goal the best of the best from last week’s batch, and now you can do the same with this trio of wickedness. Here are, in order of number of letters in their [...]

November 1st, 2007

League Cup: Business As Painfully Usual

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The Round of 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue rounded to a close today, with Le Mans beating Ligue 2 misfit Chamois Niortais. Here’s a rundown of what went down and what is scheduled to go down in the quarter finals.
Lyon laid down the law against upstarts Caen yesterday, with goals from Bodmer, Keita [...]



October 28th, 2007

Goal of the Week: Round 12

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Goal of the Week on the France Offside is back after the Matchday 11 hiatus, and do I have some swell goals to pick from for you! Kim’s goal was the pick of the litter from last round, but now it’s time for this week’s contestants, in order of the opposing goalkeeper’s hair length.

October 25th, 2007

European Round-Up: Lyon Awakens, Marseille Rides Luck, UEFA Cupsters Kick Off

By: Sam | Comments 1 Comment

Here’s an interesting role-change: Usually French clubs are lacking a bit of everything in the Champions League, and solid in the UEFA Cup. This week’s European fiesta had that changed around, with Lyon and Marseille winning and drawing respectively, and the UEFA Cup contenders gathering a win to go with two losses.
The big story was [...]

October 8th, 2007

Goal of the Week: Round 10

By: Sam | Comments 2 Comments

We’re back with le but de la semaine here on the France Offside, where you, the reader, get to pick which goal you think tops the bunch. Olivier Monterrubio’s volley won him all the cookies last time around, but it’s time to move on and see what’s going on with the goals scored in this [...]

October 3rd, 2007

Lyon (x) = Good, Marseille (y) = Bad. If League = Champions, Reverse Function

By: Sam | Comments 6 Comments

And the mystery continues. Lyon sucks in the Champions League, but are top in the Ligue. Marseille are outside the relegation zone on goal differential at home, but manage to beat the finalists of the most prestigious club comptetion in the world, at their stadium. Any theories?
Marseille were 7-1 to lose the match at Anfield, [...]

October 1st, 2007

League Cup Round of 16 All Set Up

By: Sam | Comments No Comments

With all the buzz surrounding tomorrow and Wednesday’s Champions League matches featuring Lyon-Rangers and Liverpool-Marseille, not many people took the time to check out what went down at France Televisions headquarters in Paris, where the draw for the Last 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue was taking place. After LFP president Frédéric Thiriez went [...]






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