The situation is serious in Lyon: 3 draws, 5 defeats, and still not the slightest victory in Ligue 1 after eight days. Even when Fabio Grosso’s men (17th) lead 3-1 at half-time like two weeks ago against Lorient, everything then goes wrong at the slightest grain of sand. Deeply ill, Olympique Lyonnais must finally launch their season this Sunday (8:45 p.m.) against Clermont Foot, the only club behind them in the standings before kick-off. When we know that in addition, the next meeting will be in Marseille, OL have every interest in reducing the gap a little, this Sunday, with their direct competitors in the fight for maintenance (-4 on Lorient, -5 on Metz).
Because yes, as the Olympian coach admitted after the draw (3-3) against Lorient, the club’s concern is indeed maintenance. One of the curiosities this Sunday will be to note the contribution of Rayan Cherki, dazzling Tuesday with Thierry Henry’s Espoirs (9-0 against Cyprus, a double and an involvement in eight goals) but until then disappointing and on the bench in two of three games in the Fabio Grosso era. We’re going to follow it all together this evening, friends, from Parc OL. Because yes, you are not dreaming, the delicious oddity of the weekend (this is partly explained by the upcoming European meetings for our best clubs), is that this “poster” between the last two of the championship was chosen in prime time to close this 9th day of Ligue 1.
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