Official: Olympique Lyonnais sack Grosso after seven league matches

Fabio Grosso has formally been dismissed from his place as head coach of Ligue 1 facet Olympique Lyonnais after simply seven league matches accountable for the membership. 

The French membership issued a press launch on Thursday afternoon informing supporters that Pierre Sage will take cost of Lyon on a brief foundation, assisted by Jeremie Brechet, Jean-Francois Vuillez and goalkeeping coach Remy Vercoutre. 

Which means that Grosso’s backroom workers of Raffaele Longo, Francesco Vaccariello, Vittorio Carello and Mauro Carretta have additionally been given their marching orders. 

Grosso and his workforce had solely taken over at Lyon on September 16, having changed Laurent Blanc after a disastrous begin to the season, which left the workforce within the relegation zone after selecting up only one level from the opening 4 video games of the season. 

The 2006 World Cup winner did information Lyon to their first league win of the season in opposition to Rennes previous to the current worldwide break, however that was his solely win accountable for his former membership. 

Throughout his spell in France, Grosso had a document of 1 win, two attracts and 4 losses from seven matches. 

Maybe essentially the most newsworthy occasion of his return to Lyon was his unlucky harm previous to a scheduled league fixture in opposition to Marseille. 

Because the Lyon squad made their approach to Marseille’s Stade Velodrome, house supporters attacked the workforce bus, which left Grosso with critical facial accidents, requiring many stitches upon arrival on the stadium. 

At current, Lyon sit on the backside of the Ligue 1 desk with seven factors from 12 matches, however are nonetheless inside 5 factors of security with 22 league matches remaining in 2023-24.