It’s a new year and everything is upside down for Lyon. Is this optimism and positivity we’re feeling for the men’s team? Nerves and dread for the women’s team? 2020 is a strange new world, but Sam (@OZOL1950) and Arianna (@AScavs) are back to break down these surprising developments in Episode 12 of the Lyon Offside Podcast.
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Thirty-seven games, thirty-four wins, zero losses, and five trophies. All in all, not a bad 2019 for OL Féminin, which closed out a decade of dominance with yet another show of European–and even global–supremacy. We could be here until 2020 shouting out all the players whose show-stopping performances contributed to a hugely successful year, but before the calendar flips, we’ve picked our Lyon Offside 2019 Women’s Players of the Year.
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The Lyon Offside is excited to announce a series of special podcasts dedicated to the women’s game as the World Cup unfolds. With so many OL players taking part in the tournament, there’s guaranteed to be drama both on and off the pitch. From total Lyon domination to the unfair criticism of Ada Hegerberg, USA Soccer’s false sense of superiority, karma for Sam Kerr, and Lyon’s potential venture into the NWSL, Rabeeta (@OffsideBeet) and Arianna (@AScavs) have you covered.
Warning: gratuitous use of the word “soccer.”
Have a listen below! You’ll also find timestamps for specific topics if you’d like to jump around. If there are any topics you’d like us to cover, just tweet at any one of us, or you can send an email to LyonOffside@gmail.com.
It’s Barcelona.
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To be fair, any of the teams Lyon could have drawn in the Round of 16 would be a difficult challenge, but I really didn’t want to see Eric Abidal’s face again. Now I’ll have to suffer through multiple pre-match interviews where he’ll talk down about his old Lyon days. Can’t wait.
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Death. Taxes. And Saki Kumagai scoring penalties for Lyon. For years, those were the three things we could all count on. But nothing lasts forever (except maybe Lyon’s dominance in D1 Féminine), and things took a turn as last season came to a close. Kumagai saw a penalty saved, Coach Pedros began shuffling the deck, and all of a sudden the world’s most lethal team has become decidedly less lethal from the spot.
Continue reading “Whose Penalty Is It Anyway? A Closer Look At OL Féminin From The Spot”
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