A new defeat in Ligue 1, a qualification for the Champions League which is moving away, and a DNCG still in ambush … The Lyon club lives a critical period. An economic crisis while ASSE is going through a sporting crisis.
Nothing is going to Olympique Lyonnais anymore. Beaten in Lens (2-1) this Sunday, a week after a defeat in the derby against ASSE (2-1)the men of Paulo Fonseca sink into a sporting and economic crisis. With 54 points, OL now points to 7ᵉ Place de Ligue 1, three lengths from the podium, and sees its dreams of the Champions League evaporating.
“Since the chain of events of the last two weeks and defeat against Lens (1-2), yesterday, we no longer wonder, it’s ahead of us: seen from above, it will end like that,” writes Vincent Duluc in his editorial published Monday in The team. The journalist does not mince his words: “OL has doubled his debt since the arrival of John Textor, because he will be unable to reimburse her without the Champions League, because the ARES fund (…) will eventually whistle the end of the recess. »»
An administrative relegation still pending for OL
On November 15, the DNCG pronounced a threat of administrative demotion against the Rhone club. A sword of Damocles still present despite some financial re -entries this winter. If OL does not finish in the first four – which seems more and more likely – the sanction could fall.
According to The teamno Lyon leader spoke after the defeat in Lens, while the sports crisis is now acted. John Textor, whose promise to enter the stock market or the sale of shares in Crystal Palace has not yet paid off, is now under pressure. The American will have to meet the requirements of the DNCG and those of creditors.
And if there is a relegation, it is not without consequences for the bottom of the ranking: the barragist of Ligue 1 would then be drafted, as provided for in the regulations.
Saint-Etienne at the front lodges?
For AS Saint-Etienne, which fights for the maintenance, the administrative fate of OL could have indirect repercussions. In the event of 16ᵉ place and defeat in dams, the Greens could be drafted if Lyon was relegated by administrative decision. According to article 520 of the LFP, it is the club loser of the accession dam in Ligue 1 which has primarily recovered “. A scenario still very distant. All the more after the results of the J32 of Ligue 1.
Anyway, the situation seems critical for a club that Vincent Duluc describes as “former big club, which would not go anywhere if it was not going in the wall”. With an uncertain sporting future and growing economic instability, OL is going through the most serious crisis in its history since the arrival of Jean-Michel Aulas in 1987.
OL will soon play matches where he will no longer be able to say that it is the fault of the players. An ice warning signed The team.
