An important rebound from the bottom of Ligue 1! Lyon wins two games in a row and is at least temporarily out of the relegation zone

Olympique Lyon has long been considered the leading French club. However, with the start of the season, the situation has somehow turned around. The team is now fighting to stay up and with two wins has finally broken out of the bottom.

Olympique Lyon is a traditional French team that has won 7 league titles in its history. It hasn’t dominated the league in recent times, but has played European cups regularly. Indeed, in the autumn of 2021, it played Sparta in the group stage of the Europa League.

However, it was in this season that Lyon stopped doing well. It finished eighth in the league and seventh in the following one. This was quite a big problem for the club’s coffers, which were counting on participation in the Europa League or the Champions League.

Due to less financial income, the club had to sell its mainstays. Unfortunately for him, there were no adequate replacements. Everything came to a head in the summer.

Lyon left Bradley Barcola, Castello Lukeba, Romain Faivre, or Malo Gusto, whose sale cost them around 130 million euros. Houssem Aouar and Moussa Dembélé also left as free agents, who could have been well valued if the club had addressed the situation earlier

And so it came to what could not be averted. Lyon began to struggle, losing game after game. It wasn’t until mid-November at Rennes that they got three points for the first time.

They had been languishing in last place in the league for a long time and now they finally broke out of it. Last Sunday, he managed to beat Toulouse 3-0 at home, with all goals scored by attacking mainstay Alexandre Lacazette.

The success also came on Friday. In the 85th minute, young Brazilian Jeffinho scored on the Monaco pitch and it was another three important points. And thanks to them, Lyon are now out of the relegation zone.

They currently have 13 points after 16 games and are 16th out of 18 participants. They are two points ahead of last-placed Clermont, but both they and Lorient, who have one point less than Lyon, still have a game to play this weekend.

Source: Ligue 1, Livesport