Olympique Lyonnais v Chelsea Photo Gallery

Jean-Pierre Thiesset was pitchside at the Groupama Stadium last night to capture the action as Olympique Lyonnais hosted Chelsea in the Champions League Quarter-Final First Leg (23/3/23). Above: Sam Kerr fires in a shot for Chelsea at Olympique Lyonnais last night. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 Chelsea It’s advantage Chelsea after theContinue reading “Olympique Lyonnais v Chelsea Photo Gallery”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the 16th round of the 2022/23 D1 Arkema season. Plus, an exclusive photo gallery of Ellie Carpenter during Olympique Lyonnais versus Bordeaux game in the 15th round. Above: Sara Däbritz after scoring Olympique Lyonnais’ first goal from Eugénie Le Sommer’s pass. Photo: Olympique Lyonnais. National Team News Corinne Diacre, head coach ofContinue reading “The View From France”

Ellie Carpenter steps it up in training

Jean-Pierre Thiesset was present at Olympique Lyonnais training for us once more this week on photography duties as their Matildas star Ellie Carpenter continued her impressive recovery from the ACL injury that she suffered in last season’s UEFA Champions League Final (9/2/23). Above: Ellie Carpenter on the ball in training this week. Photo: Jean-Pierre ThiessetContinue reading “Ellie Carpenter steps it up in training”

The View from France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the 14th round of 2022-2023 D1 Arkema season. Plus, a photo gallery of the game Rodez versus Olympique Lyonnais from pitch side. (7/2/23). Above: Alice Sombath crosses the ball in for Lyon at Rodez. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Bordeaux 0-2 Montpellier Montpellier won this important game in the race for the third place. With this loss,Continue reading “The View from France”

Ellie Carpenter EXCLUSIVE!

Impetus Jean-Pierre Thiesset, who holds accreditation with European Champions Olympique Lyonnais for us and produces our weekly round-up of French women’s football action, was present at the club’s training session today and brings exciting news and photos on Australian international Ellie Carpenter‘s recovery from an ACL injury (25/1/23). Jean-Pierre Thiesset was at the Groupama TrainingContinue reading “Ellie Carpenter EXCLUSIVE!”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarises the 13th round of 2022-2023 D1 Arkema season. Plus, an EXCLUSIVE photo gallery from Olympique Lyonnais’s match against Montpellier (23/1/23). Above: Lyon fire in a shot on goal against Montpellier at the weekend. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Rodez P-P SoyauxA snowstorm saw this match postponed to later in the season. FleuryContinue reading “The View From France”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the 12th round of 2022-2023 D1 Arkema season. Above: Maëlle Garbino (10) celebrated her goal for Bordeaux with her teammates. Photo: Bordeaux web site. Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Rodez Paris Saint-Germain beat bottom-placed Rodez 1-0 at a gloomy Camp des Loges in Saint-Germain-en-Lay where, owing to poor lighting, several areas of the fieldContinue reading “The View From France”

Olympique Lyonnais v Juventus Photo Gallery

Jean-Pierre Thiesset was pitchside at the Groupama Stadium for Impetus last night to capture all the action from the vital UEFA Champions League Group C tie between Olympique Lyonnais and Juventus (23/12/22). Above: Selma Bacha gets away down the wing for Olympique Lyonnais against Juventus. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Olympique Lyonnais 0-0 Juventus InContinue reading “Olympique Lyonnais v Juventus Photo Gallery”

The View From France

Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarizes the 10th round of 2022-2023 D1 Arkema season (6/12/22). Above: Signe Bruun (far left) celebrates her hat trick goal for Olympique Lyonnais against Dijon. Photo: Jean-Pierre Thiesset for Impetus. Olympique Lyonnais are still two points ahead of Paris Saint-Germain at the top of the table after destroying Dijon 8-0 reassuring themselves goingContinue reading “The View From France”

Champions League Group C Review

Impetus’ Johnathan Stack was in Arsenal’s post-match media conference for us following their draw with Juventus in Lyon, and Jean-Pierre Thiesset reflects on Olympique Lyonnais’ 3-0 win at FC Zürich (26/11/22). Above: Vivianne Miedema and Lotte Wubben-Moy celebrate after the Dutch star levelled the scores. Photo: Arsenal Women. Miedema To The Rescue As Gunners StayContinue reading “Champions League Group C Review”