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Richard’s round-ups of the Lyon-Bayern tie are up at Set Piece Analysts.  You can find his match report here and his player ratings here.  I loved the insane first comment on the player ratings article, check it out.

Hey everyone, Richard is doing the live minute by minute thing again today for the Bayern-Lyon match.  Check it out over at Set Piece Analysts.

There is a contingent of people that consider Frank Ribèry amongst the best players in the world.  They persist in this view despite the match-to-match evidence from Bayern’s opposite flank, showing a tangible difference between greatness and elite.

Frank Ribèry is great, but it is the slightly erroneous notion that he is [...]

Bayern Munich
Lyon

Pos
Player
Rating
Pos
Player
Rating

G
Jorg Butt
6
G
Hugo Lloris
6

Untested save for two shots, neither of which (though well-struck) were well-placed.
Some confusion on two early corners, but reminded fans of his skill with some good work later in the match.

LB
Diego Contento
6
LB
Aly Cissokho
7

Good match from the young Argentine.  Showed good instincts going forward but was also over-powered at least [...]

A dominant performance from Bayern Munich produced a surprisingly close result, with Lyon escaping the Allianz Arena down only 1-0 after the first leg of their Champions League tie in which both sides had a man sent off.

Franck Ribèry earned a straight red card in the first half, going over the [...]

Yesterday’s minute by minute was a big success, so Richard decided to do it again for the second UEFA Champions League semi-final, Bayern Munich vs. Lyon.  Check it out over at Set Piece Analysts.

On Wednesday, Lyon left back Aly Cissohko will face the toughest task of his short OL career. (Photo: ZumaPress)

He was one of the revelations of Lyon’s offseason – his finding trumpeted as a testament to OL’s ability to reload. While acquisitions of Lisandro López, Michel Bastos, and Bafetembi Gomis were all good pick-ups, [...]