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Ligue, always featuring a special density and uncompromising struggle in recent years has lost a fair amount of interest. The point here is not that the fight in the championship has become less persistent, or decreased level of the championship. Rather, the struggle and remained at stubbornly, and even a little class championship is growing, but it is now only a struggle for second place and below.

“Lion” of his brutal and total hegemony kills suspense in the bud. And if his first three championship “Lions” won in a bitter struggle, the last three titles could be given to them before the start of the championship. The current season is a culmination of this, when the team is already in the winter Gerard Houllier has built a nearly 20-point gap, completely killing all the intrigue. Even a serious downturn January, when the “Lion” could not win for nearly a month, not closer to it seriously pursuers.

For any tournament situation hegemony of one of the club – nonsense. Especially when the club won all six years. But, characteristically, the success of “Lyon” completely random and highly honored. Suffice it to say that before the six years winning team any time in its history did not win the championship of France! Moreover, prior to joining the club signed President Jean-Michel Olya “Lion” balanced between the first (in France this is the strongest division) and the second division, at the time of joining the club Olga staying in the second.

His work at the club Olga started very wisely. The president has developed a clear policy for selection of the club and work on the mentors. In the first part of this policy is similar to the one that is now successfully preach the Spanish “Sevilla” is gradually running out in European grants. Olga and her team almost no mistakes in the transfer market, buying is not too expensive, and certainly a very talented young players, which then grow in the “Lyon” in top-class footballers.

After that, they either continue to play for the “lions” for many years, or go to other European top teams, but for big money that allows you to “Lion” for several years now without any options to be the richest club in France. For coaches at Olya policy is even more interesting. He chooses not specialists in the century – it takes them a specific task.

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Raymond Domenech deduced in the first division club, but, having coped with the task, he left the “Lion.” Jacques Santini made then click the first champion of the country, after which he was replaced by Paul Le Guen, whose job was to make the “lions” the strongest competitor on the European club scene. Perhaps care and Le Guen was not included in the plans of Olga, but when the coach decided to finish his work with “Lyon”, replace it quickly found a very experienced Gerard Houllier, who would make the “Lion” won the Champions League.

This task coach Houllier acknowledged cup for two years and could not cope, because of which now left the team. There is no doubt that Olga finds a new mentor, who will continue to storm the bastions of the Champions Cup. While the “Lyon” in this tournament a little short of luck and a victorious experience. But this experience can earn a team wins only myself, but luck will come sooner or later.

But the question now is not whether, when the “Lion” to win the Champions League, and when the domestic championship he will be able to at least someone to compete. Unfortunately, this question is very difficult to give a definite answer. Perspectives added seriously in France has many clubs, but there in no one of them can not see the potential to fight for the league race on equal terms with “Lion” in the next year.

Runner “Marseille” will lose in the off-season passing in the “Bavaria” Franck Ribery, very seriously weaken the team, “Toulouse,” became the third, not exactly a competitor, “Lyon”, and as such are strong, but still not the most strong team, as “Lance”, “Rennes”, “Bordeaux” and “Lille”. All hope next season is likely to be on “Paris Saint-Germain”, who trains just now Le Guen, but too much this team reeling in recent years to categorically state that this is a competitor, “Lyon”. So, apparently, next season will mark the seventh consecutive championship win, “Lions.” If this happens, it is hoped that it will get, “Lyon” at least in a bitter struggle, and not as the last three years, with a distinct advantage.

Alexander Sedov, Down-the-line.com

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