One more line to their record! Like 120 other medal athletes during Paris Olympic Games 2024Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette received their decoration from a knight of the National Order of Merit in Lyon on Tuesday.
The two players are rewarded following their silver medal obtained this summer in the capital under the orders of Thierry Henry. The French had gone to the final of the male football tournament, before bow In overtime against Spain at the Parc des Princes (3-5 AP).
“Pride of a city, pride of a whole people,” commented their club, Olympique Lyonnais, on its social networks with a photo of its two stars to their medal award, to the city’s police prefecture.
The two strong men of the Rhone attack could well live their last hours in the colors of their training club. Defeated against Monaco last weekend, OL almost said goodbye to a qualification in the Champions League which was coming vitale For John Textor’s stable, stuck in a financial chasm.
There will remain a last match, against Angers on Saturday evening, to try to hang the European Cup, before a decisive passage in front of the DNCG which could send Lyon in hell with a administrative relegation in Ligue 2.