By Kartik Krishnaiyer, on March 22nd, 2010
Few, if any other players have had the influence on the direction of English Football, as Eric Cantona. The French Attacker was one of the better players of his day with a number of clubs, but it is his spectacular play with Manchester United for which he is best remembered.
Cantona was a supremely talented but [...]
By Andrew Skomra, on February 13th, 2010
Lisandro brought much-needed energy off the bench to help Lyon sneak past Lens
Building confidence is often an overused notion when a club wins on the brink of an important match. With Olympique Lyonnais hosting Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday, their 1-0 win against Lens on Saturday night could more appropriately described [...]
By Andrew Skomra, on February 6th, 2010
Sylvain Marveaux's speed caused many problems for an out-of-synch GdB defense
Bordeaux entered Saturday evening’s match having won seven straight away fixtures. But two poor draws in their last three outings left coach Laurent Blanc with some cause for concern, especially with the pesky Montpellier having already won their match against Boulogne earlier in the [...]
By Andrew Skomra, on January 20th, 2010
A second-half transformation from Olympique Lyonnais sees the club not only come from behind to steal an away victory at Stade Yves Allainmat, but has OL now within a point of a Champions League spot.
Within the first minute Lyon looked eager, with Michel Bastos’ left-wing cross volleyed nicely by César Delgado–forcing Fabien Audard to parry [...]
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