LWashington
Well-Known Member
Aren't Lyon the European champions ?
Yes but the Lyon side that won back to back Champions league has pretty much come to the end of it's cycle. I was there at Craven Cottage in 2011 when they could afford to have players like Dickermann and Le Sommer on the bench. That side peaked a year later. The loss of Necib last year was bad , imagine Messi quitting at age 28-29. Camille Abily is now almost 33 , they lost their next best play Amandine Henry recently to PSG. They have Renard, Marozsan, Le Sommer and a misfiring Ada Hegerberg left. Bussaglia from 2012 is now at Barcelona and the rest are much or a muchness. They won't come close to winning their own league next year let alone the Champions league.
There champions league win last season was on penalties despite them been nowhere near the best side in the tournament. Much like Chelsea 2012 with Lampard , Terry etc.
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