2023-12-05 12:05:40
OL is doing badly. Very bad, even. Last in Ligue 1 with only one victory in 13 matches, the Lyon club seems to be heading straight towards relegation if the curve does not reverse. But the Rhône players can still cling to the prospect of saving their skin in the elite by finishing sixteenth, which would allow them to play in a play-off against a team from the lower division.
Problem: if there is a play-off, Alexandre Lacazette and his partners will not be able to play it in their usual Groupama Stadium in Décines-Charpieu. The reason ? The return meeting between the Ligue 2 team and the 16th in Ligue 1 must take place on Sunday June 2, 2024. Day when the venue is occupied by a concert by the American singer Taylor Swift, who performs twice in the Rhône as part of its international tour, recalls Progress.
Gerland occupied by rugby players on this date
Two sold-out meetings, which it is impossible to postpone, according to information from RMC Sport, even if OL owns its stadium. Another problem: no fallback plan seems possible as it stands, since Gerland, former home of Lyon footballers, will be occupied by a Top 14 match between the rugby players of Lou and Toulouse.
But OL are not there yet, and will perhaps either already be relegated, by finishing 17th or 18th, or saved by finishing above 16th place. The Lyonnais are playing a late match on Wednesday in Marseille, a match postponed after the OL players’ bus was stoned at the end of October. The players of Pierre Sage, appointed to the bench after the ousting of Fabio Grosso, are six points behind fifteenth place.
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