Month of living dangerously starts for Olympique Lyonnais – Ligue 1 news
Between a complicated calendar and an infirmary that is always full, seven-time Ligue 1 champions http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 prepare for an intense month of November.
Les Gones got up after taking a blow to their heads. After two consecutive defeats, Remi Garde was able to twice dominate bitter rivals AS Saint-Etienne first in the Coupe de la Ligue last 16 game and then in the Ligue 1 game at home.
However, Les Gones suffered another setback when they lost to La Liga giants Real Madrid 2-0 at the Stade Gerland in a UEFA Champions League group game in midweek. However, those defeats of October could pale in comparison to what could happen in the month
of November.
Remi Garde’s squad is besieged with injuries to main players and physios at the club are going to be working overtime.
In the defeat at the hands of Jose Mourinho’s side, key defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dejan-Lovren-c10779 was injured. The young centre back is hopeful of a quick recovery. While talking to the media, the youngster said, “The doctors said that there was no fracture but I will know
more after the examinations. I hope it’s nothing serious. It was not a tackle, my knee has simply given up. A week back, I felt pain in the knee but I wanted to play. I thought it was nothing serious. I was wrong. I had to stay and rest.”
Pending a medical inquiry, the Croatian could be out for atleast a month and would be joining many of his teammates at the infirmary.
Above all, most of the players who are on the road to recovery are still long way away from making a comeback. Key striker Lisandro Lopez’s rehabilitation is taking longer than expected. Meanwhile key playmakers http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-Bastos-c25461 and Clement Grenier are also
out for three and two weeks respectively.
A foot injury means Pied will be out for three to four weeks (apparently, Pied means foot in French). Goalkeeper Vercoutre is out for three months which simply compounds more problems for Remi Garde.
With the rigours of playing in domestic competition and the Champions League catching up to Remi Garde’s side, it seems that a fine start to the new season could come to an end for a side that needs to qualify for the UEFA Champions League by the end of
this campaign at whatever cost.
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