The Italian is replaced by Pierre Sage, current director of the Olympique Lyonnais training center, who will act as interim coach against Lens on Saturday at 5 p.m.
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The Italian coach of Olympique Lyonnais Fabio Grosso was sidelined from his post by the management, the sports management of Radio France learned from those around the club, confirming information from the daily l’Equipe . The 45-year-old coach is paying for the poor results of his club, last in Ligue 1. Since taking office on September 18 in place of Laurent Blanc, the Italian has only one victory for two draws and four defeats. in seven matches.
His short mandate was also marked by an incident: the stone-throwing of the Lyon bus in Marseille during the Olympico on October 29, which earned him 30 days of ITT and 12 stitches in his face. The match was postponed to December 6. Fabio Grosso was under contract until June 2024. He is replaced by Pierre Sage, current director of the Olympique Lyonnais training center, who will act as interim against Lens, Saturday, at 5 p.m. When asked, Olympique Lyonnais did not wish to comment.
Fabio Grosso, 2006 world champion with Italy, who played for Inter Milan and Juventus Turin, has been a coach for ten years. He had a successful stint at Frosinone, a club which he promoted to the Italian Serie A after winning the Serie B championship, the Italian division 2. French-speaking, the 45-year-old man was then preferred to his compatriot Gennaro Gattuso, who was nevertheless in advanced discussions with the Lyon management.
David Friio is also recruited as sports director of Lyon. He was previously at Olympique de Marseille.