Lyon is, like Paris Saint-Germain, clearly combined with the modern history of French football. She is the absolute κ omnipotent of Ligue 1 of the 2000s, with 7 consecutive league victories from 2002 to 2008, a performance that has not been achieved even by Paris of Ebape and Neymar.
However, the recent decision to permanently suspend the 2019/20 season due to a corona, has caused great trouble for the "lions". You see, at the time when the action was stopped, they were in 7th place in the standings, ie -1 out of six. Which means it's about to be the most delusional time of the year, as well.
The Champions League places went to Paris, Marseille and Rennes, the Europa League to Lille, Nice and Reims, with teams like Lyon, Monaco and Bordeaux staying out. Fair enough; Certainly not, but since there was a decision to end the championship due to a health issue, nothing else could have been done.
Thus, Lyon will not participate in the European competitions of the next season, something that will happen for the first time after. 1996. At that time, the "Lions" had finished 11th and were not entitled to a place in the Intertoto Cup, however in the 1996 season / 97 came out 8th, as a result of which they secured their participation in this event. Since then, Olympique has played uninterruptedly in either the Champions League or the UEFA / Europa League Cup, reaching 23 consecutive European appearances.
This year, in fact, they remain in the bay for qualifying for the quarterfinals of the top inter-club competition, as they had prevailed 1-0 over Juventus in the first match for the "16". This is the great hope of the "lions" to go to Europe: it's enough to win the Champions League! Otherwise, they have to wait for a miracle, that is, the League Cup final, where they will face Paris Saint-Germain, to be held normally. Such a thing will hardly happen, but even if it did, the cup would have to come and for the exit to Europe to come.
"We continue to believe that it is not too late, we must be exemplified by Germany" were the words of the strong man of the team, Jean-Michel Olas, but it will hardly change anything…
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