Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais face each other this Sunday for a highly anticipated Olympico (8:45 p.m.). Here is the expected line-up for the Rhone club.
It is in a gloomy atmosphere that Olympique Lyonnais travels to Marseille to try to unlock their victory counter in Ligue 1 this season… A poster far from ideal in this context. Fabio Grosso tried to defuse the “mole” controversy.
“So, I’ll try to say everything. In any case, what I can say, because there are things that will remain within the group. I know what the people who work with me think of me. I also know that I work with a lot of passion and consistency, but also credibility. I wanted to speak with the players because for me the locker room is sacred. I never liked doing theater. I want to do my job, and do it well, the way I want to. I spoke with them because something came out that I didn’t like. The locker room is very important, it is the place where we build our future. It’s already difficult to build at the moment, so we need to be all together. I think the players have understood this well, and we will move forward. »
A message clear enough to ease tensions before a shock where the Italian’s choices will still be scrutinized. A player crystallizes this tension: Rayan Cherki. Fabio Grosso wields the carrot and the stick with the young attacking midfielder. The Espoir international was not called up to the group for this Olympico, like Croatian defender Duje Caleta-Car.
The expected composition for Lyon : Lopes – Mata, Lovren, O’Brien, Tagliafico – Caqueret, Alvero, Tolisso – Nuamah, Lacazette (c), Jeffinho.
