Athletic had a successful conclusion to their weekend in Germany with an impressive 2-0 win against Borussia Monchengladbach. Iñaki Williams had sat out the previous day’s draw with Paderborn, so he was fresh for this encounter and he opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the fifteenth minute. His strike partner Iñigo Córdoba doubled […]
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Arsenal 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais
New Lyon manager Sylvinho guided his team to their first victory under his stewardship as they came through their toughest assignment so far this pre-season with an encouraging 2-1 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London. The Gunners, who had recently beaten Bayern Munich and drawn with Real Madrid on their tour, fielded […]
SC Paderborn 3-3 Athletic Club
A week after their comfortable victory against Arenas, Athletic Club faced a much tougher test in a pre-season friendly match in Germany against newly promoted Bundesliga club SC Paderborn. The Basques raced into an early lead when Gaizka Larrazabal scored after only twenty seconds. However, the tables were soon to be turned and Los Leones […]
Friendly: Man Utd 2-1 Spurs
Manchester United continued their good pre-season form with a 2-1 victory against Spurs in an International Champions Cup match played at the Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai, China. Anthony Martial was set up by Andreas Pereira to open the scoring for United in the 20th minute, having already come close when he hit the post […]
Vuelta to pass through San Mamés
Stage 13 of the 2019 Vuelta (Tour of Spain) cycle race will pass over the hallowed turf of San Mamés as the stage rolls out from Bilbao. The official start will be on the esplanade outside the stadium and the riders will then enter the stadium itself and ride a lap of the pitch before […]
Fekir Signs for Real Betis
The long-running transfer saga surrounding the future of Lyon’s star player Nabil Fekir has finally been resolved with the announcement of his transfer to Real Betis of La Liga in Spain. OL will receive an upfront fee of €19.75 million for the attacking midfielder, with the potential for a further €10 million in future add-ons, […]
OL 3-4 Genoa
Lyon traveled to Gueugnon to face Italian side Genoa in their second pre-season friendly of the summer and it turned out to be an entertaining, goal-filled affair. Sylvinho made the following selection to begin his second match as Lyon manager: Lopes – Tete, Yanga Mbiwa, Denayer (cap.), Rafael – Jean Lucas, Thiago Mendes, Cheikh – […]
OL 1-2 Servette de Genève
Lyon began their pre-season with a defeat against Swiss outfit Servette de Genève at the Stade Pierre Rajon in Bourgoin-Jallieu. New manager Sylvinho took the opportunity to experiment as he gets to know his new players and fielded a different XI in each half. He also gave several youngsters the chance to impress. The initial […]
Olympique Lyonnais Pre-Season Friendly Program
Lyon will be travelling around France this summer before a trip to Switzerland sandwiched between two visits to England as they prepare for the new season. Their schedule is as follows: Saturday, July 13, 2019 – 16:30 Servette (Neutral venue: Stade Pierre-Rajon de Bourgoin) Saturday, July 20, 2019 – 19:00Genoa (Neutral venue: Stade Jean-Laville, Geugnon) […]
Arenas Getxo 1-6 Athletic Club
Athletic Club overcame a one goal deficit to run out easy winners against Segunda Division B outfit Arenas Getxo in their first outing of the new season on Saturday. Athletic went behind in the 31st minute to a strike from Matador at the Campo de Fadura, but they were only behind for six minutes until […]