Incredible but true: OL lost against Clermont (1-2), Sunday in their stadium, during the clash of the last two of Ligue 1, and find themselves bottom with no victory in 9 days!
Can OL fall further? In any case, the Gones are now bottom of Ligue 1, they have not won a match in 9 days, or a quarter of the season! The players now managed by Fabio Grosso faced the other winless team, Clermont Foot, this Sunday, at Groupama Stadium, and managed to lose with a score of 2-1 to fall to the last place in the standings, with only three points.
The club bought by John Textor from Jean-Michel Aulas truly had the worst start to the season in its history. Olympique Lyonnais has never posted so few points after 9 days in French D1. And to find the trace of the catastrophic total of 18 goals conceded in the first 9 matches of a financial year, we have to go back to the 1969-1970 season, 25 years ago.
Cherki sanctioned
Obviously, nothing smiled on Alexandre Lacazette and his teammates during the reception of the Auvergne neighbors. Muhammed Cham opened the scoring from the start (10th), while a Clermont handball could have been (largely) whistled at the start of the action (the video referee decided not). The visitors doubled the lead 20 minutes later, with a magnificent long-range strike from Yohann Magnin, who deceived Anthony Lopes (35th).
Faced with a grouped opponent, the Lyonnais struggled to create clear opportunities. Established by his coach, Rayan Cherki, who shone brightly with the Espoirs, disappointed again. Too discreet, he was taken out at half-time! The young winger Ernest Nuamah was more impactful. Corentin Tolisso provoked the csc of Florent Ogier (52nd), but the Lyonnais therefore stumbled on their opponent until the end…
