Coupe de France: Lille Eliminates Olympique Lyonnais

Julien — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Seven time (soon to be eight) Ligue 1 champions Olympique Lyonnais were eliminated from the Coupe de France by Lille this Wednesday. It was a narrow victory for Les Dogues in the Final 8 of this year’s CdF (LOSC 3-2 OL). We only edged the French footie powerhouse (understatement indeed) by 1 goal thanks to a late goal from Fauvergue. Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard scored one goal and set up the two other goals for Lille. He had an inspiring match and continues to show a lot of potential. Hazard might even end up at Lyon one day like Keita, Bodmer, Puel, and many other players. I’m sure the two Seydoux can get together and make it happen. I mean what’s stopping them? Lyon was without key players for the match (Benzema, Toulalan, Lloris, Juninho) so it wasn’t a huge upset. It wasn’t a bad match to watch. Spectators were treated to 5 goals, a nice treat for a country not known for exciting domestic football (most people outside of France prefer the EPL, La Liga, Serie A). We face Olympique Lyonnais again this week (tomorrow) for a Ligue 1 match at the Stade de France. My prediction is 2-0 in Lyon’s favor.

Match facts:

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 – 20:45 H
16, 000 spectators
STADIUM LILLE METROPOLE

Line-ups:
LOSC
BUTELLE
EMERSON
RAMI
BERIA
CABAYE (52′ )
CHEDJOU
MAVUBA (c)
BALMONT
DEBUCHY
FAUVERGUE (79′ )
BASTOS
OBRANIAK (67′ )
HAZARD
VITTEK

Olympique Lyonnais
VERCOUTRE
GASSAMA
MENSAH
CRIS (28′ )
BOUMSONG (c)
GROSSO
EDERSON
DELGADO (77′ )
MAKOUN
KÄLLSTRÖM
PJANIC
PIQUIONNE
MOUNIER

Cards:
Mavuba (70′) for Lille – Grosso (7′), Pjanic (70′) for Lyon

Goals:
Bastos (22′), Hazard (45′), Fauvergue (90′ + 3) for Lille – Makoun (24′), Mounier (45′ +1) for Lyon

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Coupe de France: Lille Eliminates Olympique Lyonnais