Olympique Lyonnais Men’s Team: In short, it was a nightmare first half of the season for the senior men’s Lyon team. Their performances and results fell short of even the most pessimistic predictions. The pre-season friendlies were a harbinger of things to come as they lost four out of five and struggled to find the […]
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Late rally sees off spirited Dijon
Olympique Lyonnais Women produced a fine second half display to complete a fight-back against Dijon and secure a 4-1 win in a Friday night Division 1 clash at the Groupama OL Training Center. Perhaps tiredness from the exertions of their midweek trip to Prague and the 9-0 thumping of Slavia Prague was to blame for […]
OL Féminin 4-0 Guingamp
Lyon consolidated their lead at the top of the French Division 1 Féminine with a crushing 4-0 victory over Guingamp in front of around 750 fans in Décines. It was their sixth straight win in their opening six matches of the season and their fifth clean sheet. Amandine Henry set them on the way with […]
Lyon 7-0 Ryazan
Lyon Women won the second leg of their Champions League first round tie against Ryazan 7-0 to complete a 16-0 aggregate rout of the Russians. Le Sommer, Parris and Cascarino made it 3-0 at half time and Ada Hegerberg added a fourth from the penalty spot ten minutes into the second half. There were no […]
Olympique Lyonnais 6-0 Marseille
The Olympique Lyonnais women’s team resumed where they left off as the reigning Division 1 champions went straight back to the top of the table with a crushing 6-0 win against Marseille in their opening match of the new season. Three of OL’s England internationals started the match and it was a dream home debut […]