What a remarkable season for Olympique Lyon. Dead last in early December after 14 games played with a 1-4-9 record: 19 games later, they are tied with Lens at 50 points (going 14-1-4 in that stretch) for the final European spot with one match to go. (But Lens win the GD tiebreaker.) And they play PSG on 25th May in the Coupe de France finale. Who’d have predicted this in early December? Amazing.
I can comment on this now that I've secured tickets for the final. Lyon had a couple of very bad managers but went for a local guy who worked a while for Red Star. Pierre Sage was well thought of all around and fit the bill on staying as manager in the long run and it proved to be a right decision. We are still massive favorites to win this final but kudos for Sage for turning things around: 16 pts halfway through the season, 34 pts in the 2nd half of the season!
