On a dewey Sunday morning I watched the
Olympique Lyonnais U19 squad defeat Nice 3-0
on a practice field at OL's training facility near Stade
Gerland here in Lyon. Who cares, right? Admittedly, not a whole lot of
people...but for someone who follows European soccer, watching the kids
explains a lot about the present and future of the game.
Tag - Les Bleus
Sunday 20 November 2011
The Future of European Soccer: Thoughts on a Top-flight U19 Match
By Baron von Rupp on Sunday 20 November 2011, 11:07 - the 'other' football
Friday 29 April 2011
Current Events, April 2011: the Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous
By Baron von Rupp on Friday 29 April 2011, 18:26 - In the News
Dear loyal readers:
Sorry about April. Stuff was going on. People to see, places to go, conspiracies to undermine. But just because I stopped writing doesn't mean the French press didn't continue to turn out legions of interesting little stories that probably didn't make it to your English-language news aggregator. Here are some uncharacteristically brief highlights.
Sunday 20 February 2011
Raymond Domenech, le retour...
By Baron von Rupp on Sunday 20 February 2011, 19:14 - the 'other' football
After maintaining a well-earned (for us, at
least) silence following his dismissal as coach of the French national football
team last June, M. Domenech descended from his lofty, unemployment-financed
cloud of self-delusion last week, granting audience to a reporter from the
French weekly L'Express. Read on for the
highlights of the latest edition of Raymond in Wonderland.
