It's international week, so things are rather quiet on the Lyon front. Here's what's been going on:

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Fabio Grosso is back in training and is expected to play against Lille on October 18th. This is good news because if he does well, he play against Steaua a few days later.

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Apparently Ronaldinho likes short shorts. This photo was taken during Milan's 3-1 UEFA Cup win over FC Zurich yesterday. Good win for Milan (finally) but not a happy day for 'Dinho. He started on the bench and didn't come on until the 75th minute with Milan 3-0 up. Zurich scored three minutes later. (AP Photo/Alberto Pellaschiar) Click to continue reading...

Reading such an illustrious name of AC Milan in the UEFA Cup clearly signals a time of underachievement and ‘crisis', but even as the situation stands it has to be said that the task of pushing aside Zurich is a simple job. The UEFA Cup can act as a relief for Carlo Ancelotti as it temporarily removes the domestic pressures which are currently exposing him. Click to continue reading...

Round 1: Leg 1: Uefa Cup AC Milan are meeting FC Zurich in their first match in the Uefa Cup, thursday 18th. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site WATCH THE MATCH LIVE HERE! Click to continue reading...

UEFA Cup favourites AC Milan have been drawn against FC Zurich in the First Round of the competition. AC Milan finished a disappointing fifth last season and consequently missed out on any involvement in this year's UEFA Champions League - a fact that fans will hope and expect is a one-off occasion. Another match to look out for is Borussia Dortmund vs Udinese. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle are chasing Switzerland midfielder Gokhan Inler according to reports in the Daily Mirror today.
Inler is currently playing for Udinese after joining in 2007 from FC Zurich. The 24 year old has now established himself as a first team regular for teh Serie A outfit. He has also made 15 appearances for the Swiss national side. Click to continue reading...

Gareth Barry's Aston Villa nightmare deepened last night when the Midlands club claimed they had rejected a new bid from Liverpool.

But Villa insist the offer from Anfield was not the £17million one widely reported earlier yesterday.

Liverpool also denied they had made a £17m bid, and insisted it was "not their final offer". Click to continue reading...

We've been highly remiss here at Pitch Invasion in not posting any tifo videos for a while. So let's gorge for a few days. I'm going to try and avoid the very biggest teams, and so we start with FC Zürich versus FC Lurzen, in a 2005 cup final. More FC [...] Click to continue reading...