The Olympique Lyonnais Chronicle
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Ernest Nuamah beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 33. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Loïs Openda 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Steeve Kango
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Noah Nartey signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Noah Nartey commits to Olympique Lyonnais for another 5 years.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Loïs Openda was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.25. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A quiet fortnight at Olympique Lyonnais
With 6 players away on international duty the sessions are small and the manager can actually hear himself. It is the one break in the season, and it never quite feels like one.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
Lassine Diarra counts the days
“I watch every Olympique Lyonnais game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Famalicao runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match10 Oct 2026
Olympique Lyonnais share the spoils with Angers SCO
A 1‑1 draw with Angers SCO leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Nicolás Tagliafico dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Néhémie Lurika is still paying for one afternoon at Olympique Lyonnais
- Looking ahead Loïs Openda goes back to face RC Lens