Lyonnais — Best pictures!

Olympique Lyon’s Argentine striker Lisandro Lopez (pictured) continued on his productive course as he netted a hat-trick to help the 7-time France champions to a 3:1 win over Belgium’s R.S.C. Anderlecht in the second leg of their Champions League playoff

Olympique Lyon had it easy at Auxerre from where they returned with a 3:0 win, with Cameroon international Jean Makoun grabbing the second and boosting his overall FTBL rating by 17.60 points to claim a spot in our Top 23 of Ligue 1 midfielders.

Olympique Lyon’s Brazil international Cris (pictured right) broke into the top tier of the FTBL ranking of Ligue 1 defenders after helping his side to a narrow 1:0 win over Valenciennes FC in league action.

Russian Premier League side Zenit St Petersburg are interested in signing Inter Milan’s forward Mario Balotelli, as well Olympique Lyon’s Italy international Fabio Grosso, according to 4-4-2.com, a German internet web site. The Russians are said to be

Lyon’s new recruit Argentine striker Lisandro Lopez will debut for the seven-time French Ligue 1 champions with a daunting plank of 20.48 rating points to beat.