The situation of Fabio Grosso enlivens an already very turbulent period for OL, who will end their week with a shock against Marseille.
In the recent era of the French championship, the Olympico has emerged as one of the most spectacular posters in Ligue 1. Often more indecisive than the Classique, the clash between Lyon and Marseille has rarely disappointed observers. But 48 hours before the reunion, the Rhone club is approaching this match as a new pass to overcome.
Red lantern in Ligue 1, OL is plunged into a deep sporting and structural crisis. Owner John Textor is singled out for his speech out of step with reality when coach Fabio Grosso, who succeeded Laurent Blanc a month ago, has never seemed so weakened.
The crisis even reached its climax on Tuesday, when the Italian technician, furious after an intervention by Jérôme Rothen on his relations with his players, interrupted his training session to ask “the mole” to reveal himself. An obviously sterile approach. Under these conditions, can Grosso leave office in the short term?
Aware of the context, the Italian appeared more peaceful this Friday. “The players understood, I understood, everyone understood what to do. We move forward, trying to improve things,” he blurted. I know what the people who work with me think of me. I also know that I work with a lot of passion. People who work with me can tell. I’m happy with that. Of course, we spoke with the players. I wanted to speak with the players. For me, the locker room is something sacred. Things from the locker room shouldn’t come out. I don’t like to do theater, I like to do my job to the maximum of my abilities.”
“The locker room is the place where we build our future, Grosso continued.. It’s difficult to build, so if you put yourself in danger, it’s not good. At the end of the meeting, I thought it was not essential to do a workout on top of that. But the most important thing was to say things to each other, and we moved forward. We leave it behind, we try to forget about it, we go ahead and try to talk about the match. » In other words: Grosso wants to classify the incident to better focus on Sunday’s shock. A way of brushing the problems under the rug before a new test on Sunday, where OL will have no other option than to get back on track to get their heads above water…
