French international for a selection, in October 1992, under the orders of Gérard Houllier and with Basile Boli, Didier Deschamps, Eric Cantona and Jean-Pierre Papin as teammates, Jean-Luc Sassus died on May 22, in 2015, at the age of 52 of a heart attack. Although he only played two seasons at PSG, this very fast right-back revealed at Toulouse FC was champion of France in 1994 with the Rouge et Bleu and started in the epic qualification against Real Madrid on a header from Antoine Kombouaré in the 96th minute, in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. He then took charge of OL.
Sassus played for three seasons with Les Gones but his time there remains marked above all by the aggression he suffered from Pascal Olmeta. The goalkeeper was the most fanciful player in French football since his years at OM. Arriving in 1993 in the capital of Gaul, the big-mouthed Corsican became a darling of the Stade de Gerland, sometimes enjoying crazy climbs with the ball on his feet! His Lyon love story came to an abrupt end in January 1997. He was fired for hitting Sassus!
Olmeta’s fiancée shakes up OL
On December 20, 1996, during a defeat against Nantes (0-1), Pascal Olmeta punched Jean-Luc Sassus twice, victim of a broken nose and head trauma. The dispute between the two internationals is quite crazy. At the center of the conflict: Alexandra, Pascal Omleta’s fiancée, with whom he went to Las Vegas for their honeymoon during the end-of-year holidays. Sassus allegedly disrespected the young woman behind the scenes at the stadium. Above all, he would have disrespected his teammate by flirting with the beautiful young lady.
While Bernard Lacombe, successor to Guy Stéphan (now assistant to Didier Deschamps in the French team), is pushing for the ouster of Olmeta, 35, with president Jean-Michel Aulas, Jean-Luc Sassus is exchanged with Grégory Coupet, then at AS Saint-Etienne. The young goalkeeper will then take over at Les Gones and will become one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the Rhone club. The right side will only play 17 D2 matches before retiring.
