2023-11-30 14:19:50
Olympique Lyonnais has “temporarily” replaced its coach Fabio Grosso with the director of the training center Pierre Sage and has initiated dismissal proceedings once morest the Italian technician, the French club announced.
Arriving on September 16 in place of Laurent Blanc, Grosso only managed 8 matches at Lyon, for only one victory, and left the club in last place in Ligue 1.
This decision has been madetaking into account the results obtained and following an in-depth analysis of the team’s situation“, specified OL in its press release, adding that the “procedure that might lead to termination of the employment contract” also targets Grosso’s 4 Italian deputies.
Lyon lost at home on Sunday once morest Lille (2-0). The only match Grosso won was in Rennes (1-0), where his team played 11 once morest 10 for almost the entire game.
On October 29, the 2006 world champion was hit in the face by shards from the window of the OL bus that was stoned in Marseille, and the match might not be played.
Governance crisis
Sage is already the 3rd OL coach this season, and the 6th called to Lyon since spring 2019, something never seen before at the club.
Lyon, in serious difficulty, has plunged into a governance crisis, marked by dissensions between the former owner Jean-Michel Aulas and the new one, the American John Textor.
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