Former mayor of Lyon and close to Jean-Michel Aulas, Gérard Collomb claims that OL had arranged the result of a Ligue 1 match in 2003.
On the occasion of an issue in tribute to Jean-Michel Aulas, the magazine Lyon Décideurs interviewed several players in Lyon life in order to tell one or more anecdotes about the former president of Olympique Lyonnais. Gérard Collomb was logically questioned, being the former mayor of Lyon and close to Jean-Michel Aulas, with whom he has attended many Gones matches in recent years.
Gérard Collomb, the former mayor of Lyon, declared that Jean-Michel Aulas and Louis Nicollin fixed a match between OL and Montpellier in 2003!
At the time, OL needed a win or a draw to be champions, while Montpellier absolutely needed… pic.twitter.com/rdABkrV2EW
— BeFootball (@_BeFootball) June 14, 2023
To everyone’s surprise, Emmanuel Macron’s former interior minister dropped a real bombshell by revealing that Jean-Michel Aulas had arranged a Ligue 1 match in 2003 with his friend Louis Nicollin. At the time, on the penultimate day of the championship, OL needed a point to go for the league title and Montpellier needed a point to save themselves. The draw therefore suited everyone and the words of Gérard Collomb cause trouble. As the score was 1-1, and the match drew to a close, a strike on the crossbar from Juninho provoked the fury of the then president of Lyon.
Heatstroke or revelations from Gérard Collomb?
Except that at no time the@OL was champion with a draw on this 2003 J37. 🤔
D37 – Montpellier 🆚 OL 1-1
D38 – OL 🆚 Guingamp 1-4 🙃OL were especially lucky that Monaco, then OM lost.
Memory, Gerard, memory! @gerardcollomb #TeamOL https://t.co/A8IIJrC1Dx pic.twitter.com/gwqPmzC376—Social Gones (@SocialGones) June 14, 2023
“In the stands, Jean-Michel was mad with rage. He immediately wanted to get him out of the field. Three minutes later Juninho was on the bench. launched the former mayor of Lyon. According to Gérard Collomb, instructions had been given to the players so that the match ended in a draw and everyone was happy. Statements that are disturbing to say the least, even if they necessarily come 20 years after the events mentioned. As a reminder, that season, OL had finished a point ahead of AS Monaco, and Montpellier had finally ranked sixteenth in Ligue 1. Of course, Gérard Collomb is responsible for his comments, which will obviously make noise . And this even if the Lyon social networks immediately intervened to explain that this result had not at all given the title to OL, which had been ensured by the defeat of Monaco at the same time during the 37th day of L1.
