Among the names we put forward, there is Immobile, Rafa Silva, but also the Portuguese Joao Mario, and… a player on loan from PSG, Cher Ndour (admit, you forgot him, right?).
There are little surprises in the 11 concocted by Pierre “Pep” Sage. Things are moving up front especially where we expected Malick Fofana to continue (flute, we will quickly have to change our live photo by the way). And US international Tanner Tessmann starts in midfield.
Obviously, you couldn’t forget this legendary goal during the quarter-final first leg of the Europa League on April 13, 2017. We offer you this long interview with Loustic, now coach in the youth categories at FC Lorient. He of course returns to this goal, but also to all the violence in the stands that evening, the deafening return match in Istanbul, this “Lyonnais gang” in the OL locker room. Well, lots of things, go here for this interview.
Hello Minutos, we’re meeting this Thursday morning for a Europa League match which promises to be extremely special. Because yes, we are talking about the reunion on the European scene between OL and Besiktas, seven and a half years after the serious excesses which took place, all around the OL Park then in the stands of the Décines enclosure, where more than 20,000 supporters of the Turkish club took place everywhere.
The lesson of this terrible evening has since been learned by the management of Olympique Lyonnais, who wisely opted for a capacity limited to 30,000 spectators this Thursday evening, banking exclusively on its subscribers and followers who are members of the MyOL program. At the same time, the Rhône prefecture banned Besiktas supporters from entering the visitor park a few weeks ago, as well as the presence of Turks anywhere else in the stadium.
And football in all this? Everything is going well for OL this fall, with a current series of five victories in a row in all competitions, and a Cherki-Lacazette-Fofana trio which is a delight up front, just like Perri in the goals and Tolisso in the midfield. Stalled in the Europa League after heavy defeats against Ajax and Frankfurt, Besiktas will try to react by banking on sure values like Rafa Silva and Immobile.
>> We’ll meet you at 8 p.m. from Parc OL, before a scheduled kick-off at 9 p.m.
