Anonymous
9/12/2025, 4:27:09 PM
No.150739181
9/12/2025, 4:27:09 PM
No.150739181
>Lyon
Another proper historical club. THE club of the 2000s when they had an unmatched dynastic run : seven consecutive league titles, four cups. They've trained a ton of top players.
For a while, the club's owner and president Michel Aulas was a pretty vocal figure in french and european football and he kept defending his club and his league no matter what.
The last few years have been pretty shaky though. Aulas stepped down in 2023 and the club was purchased by notorious cowboy John Textor and OH BOY has it been a mess.
See, the club was financially in the red after overextending its activities so Textor had to find ways to keep things afloat without putting his own money in the hole and it did not fly. From the moment he bought his stake, the club was threatened with administrative relegation and was EXTREMELY close this summer, only escaping after being bailed by owner of the extremely successfull women's branch of the club, Michele Kang. But not before Textor sold or shuffled a bunch of the club's assets. I will never EVER forgive Kang for stealing a OL-ASSE derby played in Ligue 2 from us. It would have been the funniest shit.
Lyon is involved in two of the biggest derbies in french football. On one side, with Saint-Etienne, which won't happen this year because lol, lmao, ASSE in Ligue 2. On the other side with OM. The rivalry between the cities of Marseille and Lyon is historical and not just a question of sport, and things have gotten bad betwen the two clubs. Last season, during an away day at Marseille, the team bus was ambushed and thrown rocks and bottles at, resulting of then coach Fabio Grosso being hit in the face requiring several stitches... Away supporters are routinely banned for these games.
Another proper historical club. THE club of the 2000s when they had an unmatched dynastic run : seven consecutive league titles, four cups. They've trained a ton of top players.
For a while, the club's owner and president Michel Aulas was a pretty vocal figure in french and european football and he kept defending his club and his league no matter what.
The last few years have been pretty shaky though. Aulas stepped down in 2023 and the club was purchased by notorious cowboy John Textor and OH BOY has it been a mess.
See, the club was financially in the red after overextending its activities so Textor had to find ways to keep things afloat without putting his own money in the hole and it did not fly. From the moment he bought his stake, the club was threatened with administrative relegation and was EXTREMELY close this summer, only escaping after being bailed by owner of the extremely successfull women's branch of the club, Michele Kang. But not before Textor sold or shuffled a bunch of the club's assets. I will never EVER forgive Kang for stealing a OL-ASSE derby played in Ligue 2 from us. It would have been the funniest shit.
Lyon is involved in two of the biggest derbies in french football. On one side, with Saint-Etienne, which won't happen this year because lol, lmao, ASSE in Ligue 2. On the other side with OM. The rivalry between the cities of Marseille and Lyon is historical and not just a question of sport, and things have gotten bad betwen the two clubs. Last season, during an away day at Marseille, the team bus was ambushed and thrown rocks and bottles at, resulting of then coach Fabio Grosso being hit in the face requiring several stitches... Away supporters are routinely banned for these games.