Olympique Lyonnais ~ General Chat

[Oscar Cardozo]

Lyon moved ominously to the top of Ligue 1 on Saturday with a convincing victory over struggling Lens.

Fabio Santos opened the scoring for the six-time defending champions, who then had to wait until 10 minutes from time to double their lead through Kim Kallstrom's long-range shot.

Substitute Karim Benzema completed the rout in injury time after bamboozling the Lens defence.

Boasting a full-strength squad, Alain Perrin's side had the added bonus of a mid-week rest, unlike Lens who played in the Coupe de la Ligue.

The visitors were also without Brazilian defender Vitorino Hilton, who will undergo an operation on a hip problem which will keep him sidelined for six weeks.

If the Lens players were tired from the extra game, it certainly did not show in the first half and they could have taken an early lead when Abdoulrazak Boukari dribbled past two defenders to set up Aruna Dindane, whose shot from the edge of the box was well saved by Remy Vercoutre.

The same pair caused problems again for Lyon's defence and they had Vercoutre to thank when he stretched to save Dindane's attempted lob.

In contrast, Lyon's first clear-cut chance did not arrive until the half-hour mark when Kader Keita fired over from Milan Baros' pass.

But the breakthrough eventually came three minutes before half-time when Baros rolled a pass across the area for an unmarked Santos to steer home.

The second half saw little goalmouth action and Vercoutre's save from a Boukari header was one of the few times he was troubled.

With 10 minutes remaining, Kallstrom unleashed a 25-yard piledriver which was in the net before Vedran Runje even had time to react.

In the dying seconds, Benzema went on a mazy dribble and beat three defenders before shooting past Runje with the outside of his boot.

[Oscar Cardozo]

All in all nice victory by Lyon.

[Freddy Adu]

Lyon vs Rangers

Liga dos Campeões 2007/2008 | Fase de Grupos | Group E

Lyon Rangers

Date 2007-10-02 19h45 City Lyon Stadium Stade de Gerland Referee

[Freddy Adu]

Lyon vs Rangers

Liga dos Campeões 2007/2008 | Fase de Grupos | Group E

Lyon Rangers

Date 2007-10-02 19h45 City Lyon Stadium Stade de Gerland Referee

[Oscar Cardozo]

Bordeaux vs Lyon

La Ligue 2007/2008 | Campeonato | Jornada 10

Bordeaux Lyon

Data 2007-10-07 17h00 Cidade Bordeaux Estádio Chaban-Delmas Árbitro Stéphane Lannoy

Últimos Confrontos

Liga	Casa	Resultado	Fora	Edição
D1	Bordeaux	1-2	Lyon	La Ligue 2006/2007
D1	Bordeaux	1-1	Lyon	La Ligue 2005/2006
D1	Bordeaux	0-0	Lyon	La Ligue 2004/2005
D1	Bordeaux	1-1	Lyon	La Ligue 2003/2004
D1	Bordeaux	0-1	Lyon	Liga Francesa 2002/03
D1	Bordeaux	0-1	Lyon	Liga Francesa 2001/02
D1	Bordeaux	1-1	Lyon	Liga Francesa 2000/01
D1	Bordeaux	1-3	Lyon	Liga Francesa 1999/00
D1	Bordeaux	1-0	Lyon	Liga Francesa 1998/99
D1	Bordeaux	0-0	Lyon	Liga Francesa 1997/98

[Pyro]

3-0 Rangers

23' McCulloch
48' Cousin
53' Beasley

In the 60' minute right now.

[Pyro]

3-0 Rangers

23' McCulloch
48' Cousin
53' Beasley

In the 60' minute right now.

[D. Stankovic]

Rangers are too strong.

[D. Stankovic]

Rangers are too strong.

[Oscar Cardozo]

FT		Lyon [0 - 3] Rangers
23'	[0 - 1]		L. McCulloch
44'		S. Squillaci
45'			D. Weir
48'	[0 - 2]		D. Cousin
53'	[0 - 3]		D. Beasley
77'		A. Reveillere
81'			B. Ferguson
87'			K. Thomson

[Oscar Cardozo]

FT		Lyon [0 - 3] Rangers
23'	[0 - 1]		L. McCulloch
44'		S. Squillaci
45'			D. Weir
48'	[0 - 2]		D. Cousin
53'	[0 - 3]		D. Beasley
77'		A. Reveillere
81'			B. Ferguson
87'			K. Thomson

[GloriousReds]

lyon are just terrible! and rangers are pretty good. lol

[GloriousReds]

lyon are just terrible! and rangers are pretty good. lol

[Freddy Adu]

What the hell happened to Lyon out there?

[Freddy Adu]

What the hell happened to Lyon out there?

[Freddy Adu]

FT		Lyon [0 - 3] Rangers
23'	[0 - 1]		L. McCulloch
44'		S. Squillaci
45'			D. Weir
48'	[0 - 2]		D. Cousin
53'	[0 - 3]		D. Beasley
77'		A. Reveillere
81'			B. Ferguson
87'			K. Thomson

[Freddy Adu]

FT		Lyon [0 - 3] Rangers
23'	[0 - 1]		L. McCulloch
44'		S. Squillaci
45'			D. Weir
48'	[0 - 2]		D. Cousin
53'	[0 - 3]		D. Beasley
77'		A. Reveillere
81'			B. Ferguson
87'			K. Thomson

[Freddy Adu]

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UEFA Champions League: First Phase Group E Final - Stade de Gerland Lyon 0 - 3 Rangers Lee McCulloch (23) Daniel Cousin (48) DaMarcus Beasley (53)

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[Freddy Adu]

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UEFA Champions League: First Phase Group E Final - Stade de Gerland Lyon 0 - 3 Rangers Lee McCulloch (23) Daniel Cousin (48) DaMarcus Beasley (53)

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[Freddy Adu]

Match Stats
	Lyon	Rangers
Shots (on Goal)	32(6)	6(3)
Fouls	15	11
Corner Kicks	14	2
Offsides	1	3
Time of Possession	63%	38%
Yellow Cards	2	3
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	0	6

Match Information

Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: Match Time: 14:45 ET Referee:

[Freddy Adu]

Match Stats
	Lyon	Rangers
Shots (on Goal)	32(6)	6(3)
Fouls	15	11
Corner Kicks	14	2
Offsides	1	3
Time of Possession	63%	38%
Yellow Cards	2	3
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	0	6

Match Information

Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: Match Time: 14:45 ET Referee:

[Freddy Adu]

Teams
Lyon	Rangers
30 Remi Vercoutre	Allan McGregor 1
22 Cléber Anderson Beraldo	Carlos Cuellar 24
11 Fabio Grosso	Alan Hutton 2
20 Anthony Reveillere	Sasa Papac 5
29 Sebastien Squillaci	David Weir 3
5 Mathieu Bodmer	Barry Ferguson 6
6 Kim Kallstrom	Brahim Hemdani 7
8 Juninho	Lee McCulloch 27
7 Milan Baros	Kevin Thomson 8
10 Karim Benzema	DaMarcus Beasley 20
14 Sidney Govou	Daniel Cousin 29
Substitutes
21 Nadir Belhadj	Charlie Adam 11
18 Hatem Ben Arfa	Kris Boyd 9
2 Francois Clerc	Roy Carroll 25
23 Abdul Kader Keita	Amdy Faye 39
40 Frederic Roux	Steven Naismith 38
26 Fábio Santos	Nacho Novo 10
28 Jérémy Toulalan	Steven Whittaker 28
Substitutions
- for M Bodmer (60)	S Whittaker for D Cousin (66)
H Ben Arfa for M Baros (60)	N Novo for L McCulloch (81)
A Keita for M Baros (60)	C Adam for D Beasley (90)
F Clerc for A Reveillere (81)
Yellow Cards
Sebastien Squillaci (44)	David Weir (45)
Anthony Reveillere (77)	Barry Ferguson (81)
	Kevin Thomson (87)
· Club Rosters: Lyon | Rangers

[Freddy Adu]

Teams
Lyon	Rangers
30 Remi Vercoutre	Allan McGregor 1
22 Cléber Anderson Beraldo	Carlos Cuellar 24
11 Fabio Grosso	Alan Hutton 2
20 Anthony Reveillere	Sasa Papac 5
29 Sebastien Squillaci	David Weir 3
5 Mathieu Bodmer	Barry Ferguson 6
6 Kim Kallstrom	Brahim Hemdani 7
8 Juninho	Lee McCulloch 27
7 Milan Baros	Kevin Thomson 8
10 Karim Benzema	DaMarcus Beasley 20
14 Sidney Govou	Daniel Cousin 29
Substitutes
21 Nadir Belhadj	Charlie Adam 11
18 Hatem Ben Arfa	Kris Boyd 9
2 Francois Clerc	Roy Carroll 25
23 Abdul Kader Keita	Amdy Faye 39
40 Frederic Roux	Steven Naismith 38
26 Fábio Santos	Nacho Novo 10
28 Jérémy Toulalan	Steven Whittaker 28
Substitutions
- for M Bodmer (60)	S Whittaker for D Cousin (66)
H Ben Arfa for M Baros (60)	N Novo for L McCulloch (81)
A Keita for M Baros (60)	C Adam for D Beasley (90)
F Clerc for A Reveillere (81)
Yellow Cards
Sebastien Squillaci (44)	David Weir (45)
Anthony Reveillere (77)	Barry Ferguson (81)
	Kevin Thomson (87)
· Club Rosters: Lyon | Rangers

[Freddy Adu]

Lyon 0-3 Rangers: Hosts capitulate to Gers


LYON, October 2 (Champions League) - Magnificent Rangers recorded arguably the best European result in their history by thrashing French giants Lyon in their own back yard in Champions League Group E.

Walter Smith's side took a giant step towards qualifying for the tournament's knockout stages with Tuesday's stunning win, and now have two wins out of two following their opening-day success against Stuttgart.

Lee McCulloch opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with a powerful header from DaMarcus Beasley's corner, and there was better to come in the second half.

Daniel Cousin made it 2-0 with a drilled finish just after the break - and the striker set up Beasley for the third goal with a superb crossfield ball.

The French side, who lost their opener against Barcelona 3-0, are already close to elimination after just two games.

They hit the woodwork three times - twice through Juninho - but it was not their night, and they lacked the creativity to seriously threaten a Rangers rearguard superbly marshalled by Carlos Cuellar and David Weir.

It was backs-to-the-wall stuff for the Light Blues for most of the game but they coped very comfortably, with Lyon dominating possession but lacking creativity.

Juninho led a one-man crusade on the Rangers goal, especially in the opening 45 minutes when his free-kicks inched closer and closer to the target, but goalkeeper Allan McGregor was rarely worried.

The Brazilian was ubiquitous early on, and his third-minute piledriver was blocked by Rangers anchorman Brahim Hemdani.

Former Liverpool and Aston Villa striker Milan Baros had a shot blocked before Cousin - isolated in his lone striker's role - had a left-foot effort in the 13th minute repelled.

It was against the run of play that Rangers notched their first goal.

Right-back Alan Hutton forced a corner out of Kim Kallstrom and from the resulting set-piece taken by Beasley, McCulloch found space to powerfully head home from near the penalty spot.

The goal stunned the majority of the Stade Gerland crowd and Juninho took it upon himself to find the equaliser.

His first free-kick of the night went narrowly over, and his next moments later was palmed out by McGregor - with Sebastien Squillaci prodding the rebound weakly wide.

The dead-ball doyen came closer on the stroke of half-time, his curling free-kick from 20 yards hitting the bar and rebounding out.

Rangers breathed again, but were celebrating going 2-0 ahead three minutes after the restart.

Cousin, signed from Lyon's Ligue 1 rivals Lens in the summer, received the ball just inside the area to the right of goal, turned his marker and crashed a powerful effort in at Remy Vercoutre's near post from 10 yards.

The army of Rangers fans, who made up a significant portion of the 38,076 crowd, w