Forced to a draw (0-0, Sunday, at the end of the 5th day of Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais had not experienced such a disastrous start to the season since Raymond Domenech…
The dismissal of Laurent Blanc has so far changed nothing. Olympique Lyonnais indeed experienced a new disillusionment, Sunday, in the closing match of the 5th day of Ligue 1. Opposed to Le Havre, the Gones had to settle for a sad goalless draw (0-0) at residence. A new poor performance which means that the Rhone club remains stuck in the depths of the ranking.
With two meager points on the clock, OL have certainly abandoned the red lantern to RC Lens, good last with one point, but their 17th place (out of 18) is far from the objectives displayed at the start of the season. After five days of Ligue 1, the Lyonnais have still not won a single match and we have to go back to the last century to find such a catastrophic start to the season.
Twice in the past, OL failed to win any of its first five matches: in 1979-80 then in 1992-93, when Raymond Domenech officiated on the bench. The Lyon camp can be reassured by noting that the residents of Gerland had each time avoided relegation at the end of the season, finishing 18th then 14th. The task of Fabian Grosso, the new Rhone coach, nevertheless promises to be complicated…
