Olympique Lyonnais once again lost at home in Ligue 1, against Clermont (1-2). With three small points in nine days, the club is going through a sporting crisis, experienced in denial by its owner.
“Relegation? This question is comical.” This is how the Texan owner of Olympique Lyonnais defeated, following the defeat against Clermont in the clash of the poorly ranked (1-2), the idea that the prospect of Ligue 2 was now a reality for OL. And added: “Have you ever seen, in other leagues or countries, a relegated team play like we played on Sunday night? We do not look behind us, but ahead. All we risk is having a mediocre season. But relegation is a joke. I understand your question, but it doesn’t make sense.“
John Textor’s release, “I thought it was a sketch”
The confidence displayed by the owner of the Rhone club does not pass, for some close to the club. “At first I thought it was a sketch“, one of them breathes in a yellow laugh with an analysis diametrically opposed to that of the American. “Lyon does not have a good squad, results decline from season to season“, he adds.
“We sold dreams to the players, even though they are useless and neither they, nor the staff, nor the managers are programmed to play the game.”
Source close to the Rhone clubat franceinfo
A poorly designed workforce, in haste, in short”Lyon is in great dangerexplains this person close to the club. The team is in great difficulty, people don’t realize that it stinks.“And to conclude, sarcastically:”If OL goes down, it will take concerts from Mylène Farmer to fill the coffers“.
14 clubs out of 17 relegated in similar situation in Ligue 1
If Olympique Lyonnais is still far from playing in Ligue 2, certain figures do not lie. In the history of Ligue 1, 17 clubs have experienced the same situation as the Lyonnais, namely three small points in the standings after nine days.
Fourteen went downstairs at the end of the season. Lyon knows what it has to do over the next 25 days, starting with a perilous trip to Marseille on Sunday.