Olympique Lyonnais is experiencing another major upheaval this Monday. Exit Pierre Sage, inducted a little over a year ago when the club was in agony, bottom of the table, and in comes Paulo Fonseca, fired a few weeks ago after 5 difficult months in Milan.
John Textor follows his intuition. More than statistics or results. While Pierre Sage had a fairly brilliant record, within the American version of the Lyon whirlwind, he has just been dismissed from his duties as coach of the professional team. Three draws in one week got the better of him… Let's wait for the explanations from the Lyon leaders to find out more. There could always be a previously unknown reason.
Held at home by OL on Thursday in the Europa League (0-0), the legendary Fenerbahce coach José Mourinho had sensed the blow coming and sent strong support to Pierre Sage: " There are presidents and owners who understand NOTHING about football. OL is a good team. And a good team always comes with a great coach. There are no more presidents who stay 20 years like Mr. Aulas (OL), like Mr. Pinto Da Costa (Porto). People who understand what football is. »
Before concluding : " This team is a good team! And a team is a good team if it has a good coach."Not good enough according to John Textor... Lyon is 6th, 4 points from the podium after 19 days.
