I received an email in my inbox about a friendly vs. Olympique Lyonnais on July 24th. Was this just announced? It's only a week away but I'm super tempted to go.
no its been announced for a while now. if you have season tickets you get to go to that game for free. its going to be a good game for sure, Lyon is a very good team
Historically they are a solid European team but nothing special at the moment. They placed 4th in Ligue 1 and were about 20 points off of Montpelier's winning pace last season. From my own perspective as an Ajax fan...Lyon shared a group with Ajax in the CL this past season so I saw them against my boys a few times. The only reason they progressed past Ajax in the group stage is because they made up 6 goals in the 2nd half of their final match against Zagreb to best Ajax on goal difference. Was HIGHLY suspicious, conspiracy theorists were up in arms but no foul play was ever discovered. Really wish I had received this email a long time ago I would have planned a trip to heckle...but probably not going to make it at this point.
Be there when the Impact takes on Olympique Lyonnais at Stade Saputo http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/tickets/international-friendly
Recap: Wenger scores, Lyon top Impact on PKs after 1-1 draw MONTREAL – Olympique Lyonnais came to get a result. Montreal refused to hand it to them. The Impact held the seven-time French champions to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday night at Stade Saputo. Bafétimbi Gomis then scored the decisive penalty in the ensuing shoot-out. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...ger-scores-lyon-top-impact-pks-after-1-1-draw
He looked good. Definitely a notch above everyone else on the field when it came to reading and anticipating plays. We will see later today against New York but if the friendly against Lyon is any indication, I'm not worried one bit.
Yeah I kind of figured as much. He was one of the top defenders for Milan in his last few months so I can't see how the MLS would be as tough. Sad that he will only have 10-2 games (+ playoffs if they make it) left in the season to show his stuff.