The Olympique Lyonnais Chronicle
Squad5 Oct 2026
Corentin Tolisso in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Olympique Lyonnais this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Matthias Da Silva at Olympique Lyonnais
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Matthias Da Silva is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Malick Fofana is the division's best young player this month
At 21 he has spent a month being better than everybody his age in the league, which is a different and harder thing than one good afternoon. Olympique Lyonnais will try very hard not to make too much of it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Abner Vinicius gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match3 Oct 2026
Point won or two lost for Olympique Lyonnais?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Toulouse FC? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Malick Fofana
Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Market The Mohamed Ouédraogo question follows Olympique Lyonnais around
- Player ratings The referee tires of Tanner Tessmann
- Loan watch Rémy Descamps has made Huddersfield Town’s shirt his own
- Loan watch Chamois Niortais cannot leave Noah Nartey out