Liverpool's Champions League hopes foundered on a first-half penalty from Fiorentina's Juan Vargas as the Italian club weathered a late storm from Lyon to join them in the last 16. Those fearing that the French club would travel to Stadio Artemio Franchi and meekly roll over and have their bellies tickled will have drawn heart from the side Claude Puel put out, with Sidney Govou, Bafétimbi...
Miralem Pjanic promised Liverpool they will not be taking it easy against Fiorentina. Liverpool must beat Debrecen and hope Fiorentina fail to beat Lyon.
If Week 14 of the 2009/10 Ligue 1 season took a little while to warm up in terms of 'goals scored', it was well and truly ablaze by the time it ended. And end it did with the most dramatic game seen in the French top flight for many a long year. Lyon and Marseille faced each other having gained important UEFA Champions League results last week (a 1-1 draw for Lyon over Liverpool and a 6-0 thrashing...
Both teams enter the match after the good results in the Champions League and they are looking to continue the good run. Lyon are two points adrift of leaders Bordeaux after the derby win over Saint Etienne, while Marseille are further five points behind after failing to beat 10-man Toulouse. Lisandro Lopez saved the day against Liverpool Lyon made it through to the Champions League knockout stages...
The teenage Bosnian playmaker is relishing the opportunity of a showdown against Liverpool's Steven Gerrard The good news for Liverpool is that Lyon, their Champions League opponents tonight, lost on Saturday, going down 2-0 at Sochaux. The bad news is that it was their first reverse of the season, and the team against whom they must try to get their season back on track after three straight defeats...
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This season’s Champions League and Europa League has its usual cast of superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery but I wanted to feature a few names that I think you’ll be hearing a lot more about as the January transfer window approaches. 1) Miralem Pjanic — midfielder — Olympique Lyonnais The “new Juninho” (pictured above) [...] Related posts: Champions...
This season’s Champions League and Europa League has its usual cast of superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery but I wanted to feature a few names that I think you’ll be hearing a lot more about as the January transfer window approaches. 1) Miralem Pjanic — midfielder — Olympique Lyonnais The “new Juninho” (pictured above) [...] Related posts: Champions...
Bosnia-Herzegovina they will play with Spain in decisive match this group.Spain go into the match in Zenica looking to make it 10 wins out of 10 in Group Five, but it promises to be a tough task for Vicente del Bosque's men because as well as facing the second-placed team in the pool, they are also missing some key players.Prolific hitman David Villa, who is his side's leading scorer in qualifying...
Mark Hughes interested in young Bosnian. Manchester City are “chasing” Lyon midfielder Miralem Pjanic. It’s a curious choice of verb, conjuring up images of Mark Hughes and several Sheikhs in hot cross-country pursuit of the 19-year-old Bosnian, possibly being led by a couple of bloodhounds following his scent after being given one of his old tracksuits [...]