Brazilian side Internacional booked a place in the Copa Nissan Sudamericana final after dispatching with Chivas de Guadalajara by an aggregate score of 6-0.

Internacional scored 2 goals in Mexico and yesterday added 4 more at home. Nilmar, a former member of Lyon in France, netted two of the four goals. Click to continue reading...

The prospect of a fixture congestion has loosened its grip on several of Europe's household names as the continent's heavyweights bowed out of their domestic cup competitions. The phenomenon of the underdog has struck again in Spain, France and England as the reigning champions of each nation have been crushed in their search for their first silverware of the season. Click to continue reading...

Let's say you're a backup goalkeeper looking to prove your value to the team. You get your chance in a Cup game where your side is heavily favored. Your side goes down 2-0 early, but then they score a goal and put you back in the game. It's 2-1. What do [...] Click to continue reading...

Let's say you're a talented player with a history of conflict with teammates and a reputation for having a bit of an attitude. You are left out of the starting lineup despite having scored in the past three games. Do you: A) Do everything you can to show by your behavior that you [...] Click to continue reading...

Just a quick editorial note to start, I had hoped to complete my Group Previews before Matchday 1 but that was not the case. I will still be pushing those out, hopefully finish before Matchday 2 hits. Now, on to last night's action. After absences last season for perennial Champions League participants Bayern Munich (pictured at [. Click to continue reading...

UEFA Women's Cup Arsenal awaits the first qualifying round of the UEFA Women's Cup in order to find out who they, and Olympique Lyonnais, will be playing in October. Women's Cup campaign begins The 2008/09 UEFA Women's Cup kicks off on Thursday with 36 of the 43 entrants in first qualifying round action. Click to continue reading...

IL TECNICO GIALLOROSSO
TRA I GRANDI DEL CONTINENTE

Presa l'Europa, riprendi la Roma

Spalletti ieri a Nyon al Forum per Allenatori
di Club d'Elite. Oggi parlerà, ieri ha ringraziato
per i complimenti Scolari. Che guida quel Chelsea
"peccato originale" della stagione romanista

Di DANIELE LO MONACO
Funziona spesso così, negli ambienti calcistici
meno equilibrati. Click to continue reading...

Marius Lăcătuş leads Steaua Bucureşti into the Champions League. In todays draw they were allocated to Group F which includes Fiorentina of Italy's Serie A, Bayern München of Germany's Bundesliga and Ligue One champion Olympique Lyonnais. Matchday One - Sep 17 Steaua Bucuresti - Bayern München Matchday Three - Oct 21 Steaua Bucuresti - Click to continue reading...

Here's the list for our World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Austria. These games make me nervous. After watching Austria in Euros, I'm thinking that they especially are underrated and could deliver a shock. (Like they did in that friendly with Italy last week. As my co-blogger Chris said, they scored four goals!

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Kuralar bu sefer Cuma 13:00'de değil, bu akşam (Perşembe) 19:00'da çekiliyor.
Fenerbahçe üçüncü torbadan dahil olacak. İşin rengini 4. torbadan gelecek takım belirler. Torbalar şu şekilde: 1. Torba Manchester United FC (İNG), Chelsea FC (İNG), Liverpool FC (İNG), FC Barcelona (İSP), Arsenal FC (İNG), Olympique Lyonnais (FRA), FC Internazionale Milano (İTA), Real Madrid CF (İSP) 2. Click to continue reading...

Czech forward Milan Baros signed a three-year contract with Turkish soccer team Galatasaray, an official said on Tuesday.

Haldun Ustunel from Galatasaray said they reached agreement with Baros, the former Olympique Lyonnais forward, and he would be in Istanbul on Thursday. Click to continue reading...

By Alan
Soccer City FC

The Scottish Premier League and the French Ligue 1 both started last weekend with champions Celtic and Lyon opening their title defences with victories respectively.

Celtic hosted St Mirren in a scrappy encounter at Parkhead and it took a penalty by Barry Robson to claim three points for the Glasgow outfit. Click to continue reading...

A lot of European teams are heading back into training. Step one? Bonding with their new teammates. And in some cases, their new coaches as well. Here we have the boys from Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) engaging in male bonding on the river with their new coach Claude Puel. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have been tentatively linked with a move for disgruntled Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Juninho Pernambucano.

Juninho recently told l'Equipe that he may leave Stade Gerland this summer, as he is less than satisfied with Lyon's decision to sack Alain Perrin as coach and hire Claude Puel in his stead. Click to continue reading...

Wow. 4pm on Thursday and AUT v POL is in progress now at 0-1. I'm 50% Polish, so "yay!" I'm also 25% Austrian, so "boo!" I'm also 25% French, with last name Montcalm, so "go France!"

And I'm the proud new owner of an Olympique Lyonnais jersey after my wife's trip to Paris. "Why no PSG jersey? Click to continue reading...

By: Troy Muxlow
Soccer City FC

I'd like to introduce you to another exciting footballer of the world. You might hear the name Kim Källström and think to yourself, "Is she hot?" Well the Swedes are apparently not too self-conscious when it comes to masculinity. In Sweden, Kim is a boy's name, and this boy can play. Click to continue reading...

With so much focus on the English Premier League and its dominance of the Champions League, I wanted to switch gears and take a look at some of the other leagues in Europe.

We start in Germany, where FC Bayern München took their first step towards a treble with a win in the DFB Pokal (German Cup) final against Borussia Dortmund. Click to continue reading...

Tuesday, March 4th AC Milan vs. Arsenal � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � (0-0) The Gunners could go either way - too young, inexperienced� to win at San Siro or young enough to not care or allow intimidation to get in the way of beating Milan at home. Wait...but is anyone telling Alexandre Pato to be nervous? Click to continue reading...

Here are my picks to go through to the quarter-finals.

Liverpool v Internazionale
Olmypiacos v Chelsea
Roma v Real Madrid
Schalke v Porto
Arsenal v Milan
Lyon v Manchester United
Fenerbahcev Sevilla
Celtic v Barcelona

I could see Roma or Fenerbache advancing from their matches, those two ties were the hardest for me to pick a winner.

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Just like last season this time around, Manchester United are on a roll and have every reason in the world to believe they can repeat another historic treble, maybe even a quadruple. The reigning Premier League champions cruised to the fourth round of the FA Cup this weekend after beating Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa [. Click to continue reading...

The stakes are high for Stuttgart heading into Matchday 3. They have lost their opening two games, they sit joint-bottom (with opponents Olympique Lyonnais) of their group. Another loss for either side would make progress to the knockout rounds highly unlikely. Defender Ludovic Magnin and striker Ciprian Marica will miss the tie against Lyon on Tuesday with minor muscle injuries. Click to continue reading...

I wasn't too bad on my predictions from yesterday. I forgot to factor in 'referee error', which is probably why I got the Liverpool-Porto and AC Milan-Benfica results off. I'm not so sure that was a penalty for Porto and if it was, then Liverpool deserved the same later in the match. With their horrid play, the Reds had no business winning the fixture anyhow, but I should have known better than not to consider they were playing in Portugal. Click to continue reading...

A cheeky chip from a cross by Metz' Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona against Lyon





Another cheeky chip finish this time by Lyon's Karim Benzema





Juninho's nasty free kick





Le Mans' Túlio de Melo with a thread the needle bender from outside of the box against Valenciennes. Click to continue reading...

(Part 1 and part 2)

Group E - FC Barcelona, Olympique Lyonnais, Rangers FC, & VfB Stuttgart

Winner - Once again I've heard this group referred to as 'the Group of Death', but I have little doubts that Barça will come out on top. Wouldn't it be great if every club had a Thierry Henry to step in if your Samuel Eto'o gets injured? Click to continue reading...

This is the first in a series of quick profiles of some of the clubs involved in this year's Champions League. We start with a look at defending Ligue Une champions Olympique Lyonnais.

As in past seasons, Lyon have watched some of their top talents leave for "bigger" clubs (though higher wages and lower taxes are generally believed to be a contributing factor). Click to continue reading...