{"id":289417,"date":"2023-09-04T07:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T07:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289417"},"modified":"2023-09-04T07:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T07:34:04","slug":"olympique-lyon-ultras-warn-players-against-tarnishing-the-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/olympique-lyon-ultras-warn-players-against-tarnishing-the-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympique Lyon ultras warn players against 'tarnishing' the shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"
Olympique Lyon players were given an extraordinary dressing down by their fans, who warned them against ‘smearing’ the club’s shirt after losing 4-1 at home to Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
Kylian Mbappe scored twice and Achraf Hakimi and new signing Marco Asensio added two more as the Ligue 1 champions took a 4-0 lead at half-time at the Groupama Stadium.<\/p>\n
Corentin Tolisso’s second half penalty provided some scant consolation for Lyon, who are bottom of the table with one point after four games.<\/p>\n
After the final whistle, the players stood in front of the Virage Nord, the end housing the Bad Gones ultras – Lyon’s most prominent ultras group and one of the biggest in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n
Lyon players sheepishly stared towards the stands as one of the ultras leaders addressed them with a megaphone.<\/p>\n
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Olympique Lyon players were given an extraordinary dressing down by their fans on Sunday<\/p>\n
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The players were warned against ‘smearing’ the club’s shirt after losing 4-1 to PSG<\/p>\n
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One of the leaders of the Bad Gones ultras group urged the team’s leaders to step up<\/p>\n
‘To the Olympique Lyonnais 2023-2024 squad, this message is addressed to you,’ he said.<\/p>\n
‘To those who assume the status of dressing-room leaders, the message is clear: If there are leaders in this dressing room, they no longer have the right to remain silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘You’re wearing the Olympique Lyonnais jersey. You’re the ones who wear the Olympique Lyon jersey.<\/p>\n
‘Others before you have worn it, glorified it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘You don’t have the right to tarnish it. Now that the transfer window is over, the squad is here.\u00a0All we ask is to be by your side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘But to do that, you’re going to have to earn it. We love and respect this shirt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘There’s only one other thing we ask: to sing your names. Sing them with love, not like we sang the names of the little *******. who have left our club in the last six months.<\/p>\n
‘We want to sing your names with respect, with love. Because we know you play with love.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘But we expect you guys to respect our jersey […] and if we have to take our losses to do so with our heads held high. Go OL.’<\/p>\n
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Kylian Mbappe scored twice in the first half as PSG ran riot at the Groupama Stadium<\/p>\n
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Laurent Blanc is already under pressure at Lyon after picking up one point in four games<\/p>\n
\u00a0While PSG climbed up to second in the table behind Monaco, the result left Laurent Blanc’s future increasingly in doubt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0former PSG and France manager guided Les Gones to a seventh place finish in his first season in charge, but has overseen a difficult transfer window with Lyon selling\u00a0starlet Bradley Barcola to PSG for \u00a343million shortly before deadline day.<\/p>\n
Lyon have also\u00a0endured a tumultuous summer off the pitch, with\u00a0former owner and president Jean-Michel Aulas suing new owner John Textor for defamation.<\/p>\n
Aulas owned the club from 1987 until December last year, when he sold it to Textor for \u00a3670m.<\/p>\n