OL hit rock bottom on Sunday evening by losing at home against Clermont. Barely arrived on the bench, Fabio Grosso is in the hot seat.
One point won in four days of the championship, such is Fabio Grosso’s record since his arrival on the OL bench. Now dead last in the elite six lengths from the waterline, Lyon must also deal with the denial of its leaders – undoubtedly the most worrying signal for Les Gones who did not experience the expected electroshock after the departure of Laurent Blanc.
For JĂ©rĂ´me Rothen, who relays this Monday on RMC noises coming from the Rhone locker room, Fabio Grosso is certainly not the man for the job. “ You put yourself in difficulty because you take a coach who supposedly knew Olympique Lyonnais. I tried to get people from the locker room, and I got them. I’m not going to say the names of course because that could put them in difficulty, but Fabio Grosso is already in the hot seat. There is hardly a player left who can see it. There are experienced and very experienced players who even told me that he was perhaps one of the worst coaches they had. He alienated everyone. »
“A casting error”
The former French international insists: “ If they keep this coach, they are dead. They are dead and they are going to fall. Yes it’s hard but you can also make a casting mistake when you take it. It must be said that most players can no longer see Fabio Grosso. During the break, the players who did not go to the national team did two sessions a day with heavy physical work without the ball and interval training. The guys were rinsed before playing Clermont. »
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And to say more about the preparation for the meeting, which was poorly experienced by the Lyon collective: “ Before the Clermont match on Sunday morning, he called an extended group. At noon, he told three players that he didn’t need them. They were still 20 even though on the match sheet there are not as many. At 6 p.m., he told a world champion like Tagliafico to go home. You say one to Lepenant who didn’t ask anything to go home. Even experienced players didn’t even know what tactical scheme they were playing in this Sunday. Little did they know there were hybrid roles for everyone with guys who don’t even speak French. »
