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alexbkrieger13 · 2 years ago

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I know this story might upset some powerful people in the football world. You’re not supposed to talk about this side of the game. But I have to tell the truth.

Everybody knows the image of my former club, Lyon.

Eight Champions Leagues.

The best players from every country.

It’s one of the most successful clubs in football. Jean-Michel Aulas, the president, has invested a lot in the team, making fair pay and good conditions for players just as big a priority as winning.

Being from Iceland, I always dreamed of playing in the biggest leagues in Europe. When I turned pro, I literally told my agent, Dietmar, “Wolfsburg and Lyon. I want these.”

I played four great years at Wolfsburg, then in the summer of 2020, I moved to Lyon. And while I was there, I did live out my dream. I’ll never forget the feeling of winning the Champions League. Scoring in the final and winning the title with Lyon was one of my proudest moments in my career.

And then I got pregnant.

It was March 2, 2021, when I realised. I told my boyfriend, Árni, that I was running a bit late, but I thought I’d be starting my period soon. He asked if I wanted to take a test, but I was like, “No, no, no, I feel it.” Another day went by, and we were like, OK, that’s weird. So that evening when I came home from training I took a test. You’re supposed to wait two minutes, but in one the results were there — two blue lines. I was definitely pregnant.

At first, the only thing I felt was happiness, but then reality hit me.

Shit. How is the team going to react to this?

In Europe, for a long time it just hasn’t really been a normal thing for a player to get pregnant. There’s been progress, but the culture is still the culture. So when I saw the pregnancy test, it’s like of course I’m so happy. This wasn’t planned, but I knew I was with the person I wanted to start a family with, and I didn’t think for a second that I wouldn’t have my baby. But in the back of your mind, you still feel like you’re guilty of something. Like you’re letting people down.

It was all really nerve-wracking. So when I told the team doctor, we decided together to keep it secret. The doctor told the physios at that time in Lyon, and they were instructed to monitor me and help as needed — which they did — but to keep it a secret as well. I was only about five weeks pregnant, so it was still really early, and we had important games coming up. I felt a lot of pressure to find the right moment to tell the girls, so they wouldn’t be affected by it. So a month goes by, and I keep training normally.

Then the PSG game comes around. Jean-Luc, the coach at the time, came up to me in the warmup and asked how I was doing because the day before the game, we were training on that pitch in Paris, and I threw up three times. I felt horrible. So on game day, when Jean-Luc asked if I could sub-in at halftime, I had to say no. And that’s not me — I would never. But it was just too much.

I knew I had to tell my teammates the truth. I felt that in this club, at this level, if I couldn’t train 100% then I shouldn’t be training.

So about a week later, I told everyone. We were sitting in the locker room, the whole team. The director, staff members, physios, they were all there. And I just said I’d been feeling sick the past few weeks because, “Yeah…. I’m pregnant.” It was funny to see their reactions because some of them were so shocked. I think there were a lot of mixed emotions — when a player says she’s pregnant, it’s a special moment, but it also comes with quite a few unknowns.

I think once it really sank in, everybody was so happy for me and super excited. But they naturally had a lot of questions because I was the first person in the history of Lyon to get pregnant and with the full intention to come back and play.

Dietmar told me the director was surprised but happy for me, and arranged a meeting with us, where we discussed the next steps. The doctor said I should stop playing at this point. Also, several people on the team had gotten COVID, and it was continuing to go around. I was worried about what could happen if I got it. I didn’t know how that would affect the baby. I just wanted to carry out the rest of my pregnancy at home in Iceland, where I could understand the doctors in my native language and be around my mom and my partner and my family. So we asked the director, and he said yes.

But I wanted to return to Lyon after giving birth. I was very clear about that. I believed that being the first player ever for Lyon to return from pregnancy would be something we could all celebrate together.

So the team signed off on my plan, helped me with the paperwork for the insurance, and I flew to Iceland on the first of April.

As soon as I’m up in the air, it’s almost like a weight has been lifted. I had been carrying so much stress and tension in my body trying to figure out how to break the news. When I landed in Iceland, it all just melted away. It was like, OK, I can breathe now.

For a while I just had so much else going on, I didn’t have time to think or be concerned about my salaries from the club. I didn’t have any reason to think anything would go wrong.

Until I didn’t get my first paycheck. All that was deposited was just a small percentage from social security.

To be fair, there was a lot of logistical stuff to deal with, so I didn’t think too much of it. Probably a clerical error. But, I checked with the other players just to be sure.

They were paid, right on time.

Then I missed another. So I’m like, Hold on. I called Dietmar, and he wrote to Vincent, the club director. There was no response, so my agency reached out again. Then, we sent formal letters.

When Vincent finally responded, he apologised for two of the months I was missing, and said I would get paid for those. But for the third month, he says something about how they’re going by French law — meaning, they don’t owe me anything else.

I said to Dietmar, “No that’s not right, they should be going by the FIFA rules.”

These rules were pretty new, but I vaguely knew about them because of a random conversation I had with some players one day. This was before I got pregnant. I remember we were all talking about kids, and everybody was like, “Yeah, there’s no security for us.” And I specifically remember Jodie Taylor was sitting on this table, and she said FIFPRO was working on pregnancy and maternity leave for professional footballers. I thought that was cool, but I really didn’t dig deeper at the time.

Now, I’m thinking, What even are my rights???

It’s not a position you expect to be in, especially with a team like this.

Dietmar kept pushing the issue, telling them, “Hey, still lacking salaries.” But we’d get no response. The players’ union in France became involved, and then FIFPRO. Weeks turned to months. Still no full paycheck.

Lyon refused to give a clear answer on what the criterion was that was being applied. Finally, Dietmar told Vincent that FIFPRO was going to fight this at the FIFA level.

Vincent said: “If Sara goes to FIFA with this, she has no future in Lyon at all.”

She has no future in Lyon

I couldn’t wrap my head around that. I was just shocked. And I’ll be honest, I was hurt. The whole situation made me feel crazy. How could any team get away with this?

There wasn’t going to be a discussion or negotiation. Vincent completely shut it down.

So, I’m in Iceland. Pregnant. And now I’m thinking, Wait, did I just lose my job?? I was seriously angry.

This should have been the happiest moment of my life.

All I wanted was to enjoy my pregnancy, and work my ass off to come back to help the team and the club.

But instead I felt confused, stressed, and betrayed.

I don’t know, maybe they thought, She’s just going to Iceland to go on vacation. But I was training like a maniac during my pregnancy. Once I got over the nausea, I felt really fresh. I hated not being able to play football, but I could still run, and I could swim. I was working with a strength coach every day, which I paid for myself…. I had to pay for everything out of my savings. I took a lot out, and I wasn’t sure I was going to ever get it back. That’s not a good feeling, especially when you’re starting a family.

And all this time, I still had a bunch of regular questions going through my head about being a mom, like how will I manage doing both, being a professional and being a mom on this level??? Training while breastfeeding? How’s it going to be when I’m back in Lyon with my family?

I was trying to focus on the things I could control, trying to listen to my body. Trying to feel good and trying to just, in a way, enjoy the pregnancy. There were positive moments too, that I’ll never forget. I looked forward to every check-up to see the little hands on the ultrasound and listen to the baby’s heartbeat. In those moments I’d tell myself, I’m forgetting everything. I’m completely letting go and living in this moment.

But I could never completely forget. Because it’s hard enough coming back after pregnancy at this level, and moving abroad where there is no family around to ask for help.

In the back of my head, I can’t stop thinking, I have no future at the club.

Does that mean that I’m not going to play the next six months, that I’ll just be kept in the freezer for the rest of my contract??

The worries just kept piling up. I felt like shit. One night I said to Árni, “Maybe I just have to quit.”

When I’d first told the club about my pregnancy, they seemed very happy for me and said they’d do everything to support me, and I believed that. But now, I wasn’t so sure.

From the first of April, when I came to Iceland, until August, I didn’t hear from anyone in the front office or the coaching staff. I was still in close touch with some teammates, as well as the doctor and the physios, just personally. They were all good friends of mine. But the club never formally reached out. No one checked to see how my training was going, how my pregnancy was progressing.

Then one day, amidst all the craziness … I went into labor.

It was the most amazing, indescribable feeling, becoming a mom. You feel like a superhero after a birth like that.

I flew back to Lyon in January of this year with Árni and our son, Ragnar.

And I have to be completely honest, a part of me wanted to come into the club and just tell everybody how angry I was for what they had done and leave.

But I told myself I would go back and do everything at 110%. I was like, I will show you guys how fit I will be. I was ready to just play.

But that didn’t work out how I planned.

Training was different when I got back. I was treated differently.

The coaches, including Sonia, had reassured me that they would help me and fight for me to get everything that I would need.

But I was being asked — no, told — all sorts of things, like not to bring my baby with me on away trips. They said it was because it could really disturb the players on the bus or plane, if he cried the whole way. I shook my head and told them I’m not signing anything like that. This was while I was still breastfeeding, and he was so small and so dependent on me. If they wouldn’t budge on this, I couldn’t attend the away games.

In the end, it was decided that they would give me and Ragnar two away trips to test it and see how it would go. I shook my head again! I wasn’t comfortable with him being “tested.” I wasn’t going to put myself and Ragnar in that situation. The understanding between us just was not there, and I felt that. They always made me feel like it was a negative thing that I had a baby.

Meanwhile, FIFPRO was still trying to get me my full wages from the period when I was pregnant, via the FIFA tribunal. I couldn’t help but think the case was having an effect on my relationship with the club.

Vincent said in a meeting with me, after I got back, that he still didn’t understand it, but that I had every right to do what I needed to do, and they had every right to defend themselves.

The president also walked into the room while I was there. It was the first time he had seen me since I had returned with my baby. He didn’t even greet me, didn’t look at or acknowledge Ragnar. But Vincent had just reassured me, five minutes before, regarding the case, that “it wasn’t personal.” After that moment, with the president, it was clear that it was.

I told Vincent, “Yeah, I have every right to defend myself because there’s a contract telling me that I have the right, and there’s a law telling me that I have the right.”

He just shook his head and said that they were going by the French Law, and they were sticking by that.

He said that it wasn’t personal, only business.

I asked him about what he said to Dietmar, how if I went to FIFA then I wouldn’t have any future in Lyon.

He said he didn’t say that, and it was the coach, Sonia, who decided she couldn’t see me as a future player in her team.

I was so exhausted from all the fighting. It was clear that, regardless of what was said, the essence was true: As a new mother, I didn’t have a future with this club.

They were going to make it impossible.

We got the decision from the FIFPRO lawsuit in May.

The club was ordered to pay me the unpaid salaries — the whole amount I requested and exactly what I was owed.

Lyon requested the grounds of the decision, which one normally does if one is intending to appeal. And once we got that, we could really read how FIFA analysed the case and arrived at the conclusions.

They talked about the “duty of care” of the club, that there was no contact with me during my pregnancy. No one was really checking on me, following up, seeing how I was doing mentally and physically, both as an employee, but also as a human being. Basically, they had a responsibility to look after me, and they didn’t. After Lyon received the grounds, they decided not to appeal.

I was entitled to my full salary during my pregnancy and until the start of my maternity leave, according to the mandatory regulations from FIFA. These are part of my rights, and this can’t be disputed — even by a club as big as Lyon.

That’s why I’m writing this. The victory felt bigger than me. It felt like a guarantee of financial security for all players who want to have a child during their career. That it’s not a “maybe,” or an unknown.

Ragnar is almost a year old, and we’re in a great place as a family. I’m at Juventus now, and I’m very happy.

But I want to make sure no one has to go through what I went through ever again. And I want Lyon to know this is not O.K.

This is not “just business.”

This is about my rights as a worker, as a woman and as a human being.

I’m very hopeful about the women’s game. There’s a lot to celebrate. The facilities? The investment? The level? The fans filling up the stadium? We’ve come so far. That’s undeniable.

But the reality is, when it comes to the overall culture? There’s a lot more work to do.

We deserve better.

#sara björk gunnarsdóttir #woso #woso article #olympique lyonnais

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olplus · 1 year ago

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L'OL et Jean-Michel Aulas rendent hommage à Gérard Collomb, décédé ce samedi Lyon Foot

#Olympique Lyonnais #Aulas #Collomb #OL

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crazy-so-na-sega · 1 year ago

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Davanti alla porta della mia aula -avevo in programma di parlare di Jean Lorrain - tre tipi sulla ventina, due arabi e un nero, bloccavano l'accesso, quel giorno non erano armati e avevano l'aria piuttosto dovevo intervenire. Mi fermai davanti a loro: sicuramente avevano l'ordine di evitare provocazioni, di trattare con rispetto gli insegnanti della facoltà, o almeno lo speravo. "Io insegno in questa università, devo tenere la mia lezione," dissi in tono fermo rivolgendomi al gruppo in generale. A rispondermi fu il nero, con un gran sorriso: "Nessun problema, signore, siamo solo venuti a salutare le nostre sorelle..." disse indicando con gesto rassicurante l'anfiteatro dell'aula. Come possibili sorelle c'erano solo due ragazze di origine maghrebina, sedute una accanto all'altra, in alto a sinistra dell'anfiteatro, vestite con un burqa nero, gli occhi protetti da una mascherina traforata, erano decisamente irreprensibili, o almeno così mi sembrava. "Bene, ora le avete viste..." conclusi con bonomia. "Potete andare", insistetti. "Nessun problema, signore", rispose lui sorridendo ancor di più, poi girò i tacchi, seguito dagli altri due, che non avevano aperto bocca. Dopo tre passi, si voltò verso di me. "La pace sia con lei, signore..." disse con un leggero inchino. "E' andata bene..." mi dissi richiudendo la porta dell'aula, "stavolta è andata bene. Non so cosa mi aspettassi di preciso, c'erano state voci di aggressioni a insegnanti a Mulhouse, a Strasburgo, ad Aix-Marsiglia e a Saint-Denis, ma io non avevo mai incontrato nessun collega che si fosse trovato nei guai..[...]

-Michel Houellebecq - Sottomissione

#letteratura

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calciopics · 2 years ago

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What Happened When I Got Pregnant

I know this story might upset some powerful people in the football world. You’re not supposed to talk about this side of the game. But I have to tell the truth.

Everybody knows the image of my former club, Lyon. Eight Champions Leagues.

The best players from every country.

Being from Iceland, I always dreamed of playing in the biggest leagues in Europe. When I turned pro, I literally told my agent, Dietmar, “Wolfsburg and Lyon. I want these.”

And then I got pregnant.

It was March 2, 2021, when I realised. I told my boyfriend, Árni, that I was running a bit late, but I thought I’d be starting my period soon. He asked if I wanted to take a test, but I was like, “No, no, no, I feel it.” Another day went by, and we were like, O.K., that’s weird. So that evening when I came home from training I took a test. You’re supposed to wait two minutes, but in one the results were there — two blue lines. I was definitely pregnant.

At first, the only thing I felt was happiness, but then reality hit me.

Shit. How is the team going to react to this?

I knew I had to tell my teammates the truth. I felt that in this club, at this level, if I couldn’t train 100% then I shouldn’t be training.

So the team signed off on my plan, helped me with the paperwork for the insurance, and I flew to Iceland on the first of April.

For a while I just had so much else going on, I didn’t have time to think or be concerned about my salaries from the club. I didn’t have any reason to think anything would go wrong.

Until I didn’t get my first paycheck. All that was deposited was just a small percentage from social security.

To be fair, there was a lot of logistical stuff to deal with, so I didn’t think too much of it. Probably a clerical error. But, I checked with the other players just to be sure.

They were paid, right on time.

Then I missed another. So I’m like, Hold on. I called Dietmar, and he wrote to Vincent, the club director. There was no response, so my agency reached out again. Then, we sent formal letters.

I said to Dietmar, “No that’s not right, they should be going by the FIFA rules.”

Now, I’m thinking, What even are my rights???

It’s not a position you expect to be in, especially with a team like this.

Lyon refused to give a clear answer on what the criterion was that was being applied. Finally, Dietmar told Vincent that FIFPRO was going to fight this at the FIFA level.

Vincent said: “If Sara goes to FIFA with this, she has no future in Lyon at all.”

She has no future in Lyon.

I couldn’t wrap my head around that. I was just shocked. And I’ll be honest, I was hurt. The whole situation made me feel crazy. How could any team get away with this?

There wasn’t going to be a discussion or negotiation. Vincent completely shut it down.

So, I’m in Iceland. Pregnant. And now I’m thinking, Wait, did I just lose my job?? I was seriously angry.

This should have been the happiest moment of my life. All I wanted was to enjoy my pregnancy, and work my ass off to come back to help the team and the club.

But instead I felt confused, stressed, and betrayed.

But I could never completely forget. Because it’s hard enough coming back after pregnancy at this level, and moving abroad where there is no family around to ask for help.

In the back of my head, I can’t stop thinking, I have no future at the club.

Does that mean that I’m not going to play the next six months, that I’ll just be kept in the freezer for the rest of my contract??

The worries just kept piling up. I felt like shit. One night I said to Árni, “Maybe I just have to quit.”

When I’d first told the club about my pregnancy, they seemed very happy for me and said they’d do everything to support me, and I believed that. But now, I wasn’t so sure. From the first of April, when I came to Iceland, until August, I didn’t hear from anyone in the front office or the coaching staff. I was still in close touch with some teammates, as well as the doctor and the physios, just personally. They were all good friends of mine. But the club never formally reached out. No one checked to see how my training was going, how my pregnancy was progressing.

Then one day, amidst all the craziness … I went into labor. It was the most amazing, indescribable feeling, becoming a mom. You feel like a superhero after a birth like that.

I flew back to Lyon in January of last year with Árni and our son, Ragnar.

And I have to be completely honest, a part of me wanted to come into the club and just tell everybody how angry I was for what they had done and leave.

But I told myself I would go back and do everything at 110%. I was like, I will show you guys how fit I will be. I was ready to just play.

But that didn’t work out how I planned.

Training was different when I got back. I was treated differently.

The coaches, including Sonia, had reassured me that they would help me and fight for me to get everything that I would need.

Vincent said in a meeting with me, after I got back, that he still didn’t understand it, but that I had every right to do what I needed to do, and they had every right to defend themselves.

I told Vincent, “Yeah, I have every right to defend myself because there’s a contract telling me that I have the right, and there’s a law telling me that I have the right.”

He just shook his head and said that they were going by the French Law, and they were sticking by that.

He said that it wasn’t personal, only business.

I asked him about what he said to Dietmar, how if I went to FIFA then I wouldn’t have any future in Lyon.

He said he didn’t say that, and it was the coach, Sonia, who decided she couldn’t see me as a future player in her team. I was so exhausted from all the fighting. It was clear that, regardless of what was said, the essence was true: As a new mother, I didn’t have a future with this club.

They were going to make it impossible.

We got the decision from the FIFPRO lawsuit in May.

The club was ordered to pay me the unpaid salaries — the whole amount I requested and exactly what I was owed. Lyon requested the grounds of the decision, which one normally does if one is intending to appeal. And once we got that, we could really read how FIFA analysed the case and arrived at the conclusions.

Ragnar is almost a year old, and we’re in a great place as a family. I’m at Juventus now, and I’m very happy.

But I want to make sure no one has to go through what I went through ever again. And I want Lyon to know this is not O.K.

This is not “just business.”

This is about my rights as a worker, as a woman and as a human being.

I’m very hopeful about the women’s game. There’s a lot to celebrate. The facilities? The investment? The level? The fans filling up the stadium? We’ve come so far. That’s undeniable.

But the reality is, when it comes to the overall culture? There’s a lot more work to do.

We deserve better.

#The Players Tribune #Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir #sara bjork gunnarsdottir #Iceland WNT #Juventus F.C. Women #lawsuit #Olympique Lyonnais feminin #football maternity pay ruling #football #fussball #fußball #foot #fodbod #futbol #futebol #soccer #calcio

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redwineconversation · 2 years ago

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The Alcott

There will be those who will argue that what was Arsene Wenger was to Arsenal, Jean-Michel Aulas was to Lyon.

That argument is wrong.

I'm not denying Wenger's impact at Arsenal. He is part of the reason I became an Arsenal (men's) fan, after all. I didn't know Arsenal before Wenger. They became mine under him, a team of misfits, awkward in their own right, but special, different. They were awkward and gangly and they won things and you looked at them play and thought "huh, weird" but also "I'll see you next week." Arsene Wenger changed Arsenal. Let's not get that wrong.

But Jean-Michel Aulas created Lyon. I think there's a difference.

I talk a lot about the importance of understanding Lyon's history and I stand by that. To know Lyon is to understand them. To understand why they are the way they are today, you have to understand how they got to that point. You have to understand how we got to where we are, is what I am trying to say. History matters. it has always mattered.

OL Groupe released a statement overnight that Jean-Michel Aulas is no longer president of Olympique Lyonnais and that John Textor will be taking over the role.

I cannot help but be extremely concerned for what this means for Olympique Lyonnais Feminin.

Now, I know what NWSL fans are going to argue. Michele Kang cares about WoSo, they will say. Washington Spirit players love Michele Kang. She's rich, they insist, she'll put money in the team, this is a good thing.

Those arguments are superficial at best.

You can't equate Michele Kang to Jean-Michel Aulas, you just can't. Michele Kang saved Washington Spirit, sure, I'll give you as much. I'll even grant you that she cares about WoSo. I think she believes in the cause.

But that's not enough for a team like Olympique Lyonnais Feminin. There is too much at stake. This isn't a spat about an owner that doesn't care at all, this is about taking over from a president who literally, and I do mean that in the proper sense of the term, built the team in his own image. Olympique Lyonnais Feminin exists because Aulas wanted to build the best women's team in the world. He didn't want to buy it, he wanted to create it.

Aulas and Kang are both business(wo)men, I'm not denying that at all. But they don't hold the same level of influence. I sincerely doubt Kang will get Lyon players to listen the way that Aulas did. And why should they listen to Kang? What has she done for Lyon, exactly?

Lyon is such an emotional team, they really are. They crave loyalty about all else, and John Textor took that away from them. He broke their trust, and we're supposed to believe that Lyon is going to transfer their trust to a total stranger in Michele Kang?

As I said, to believe that demonstrates a total misunderstanding of Olympique Lyonnais operates.

UEFA will not pick up the phone if Michele Kang calls. FIFA will not pick up the phone if Michele Kang calls. FIFPro won't pick up, the national federations won't pick up, I'm not even sure if the league representatives will pick up.

It's nothing personal, it's just that Michele Kang hasn't ... well, done anything. She saved Washington Spirit, sure, but are we really going to sit here and argue that Washington Spirit holds the same name brand as Olympique Lyonnais? Are we going to pretend the results are the same, the players are the same, the consequences are the same?

Who cares, really, if Washington Spirit lose every game of the season? There are no real consequences thanks to how the NWSL is structured. You're going to argue I am being too harsh. Okay, I'll lower the bar. Are there really any consequences if Washington Spirit does not make the playoffs? Of course not. Now imagine the repercussions if Olympique Lyonnais fails to qualify for the Champions League.

Are we going to sit here and pretend that's the same thing?

Are we going to sit here, and be honest, you and I. Are we going to sit here and pretend that Michele Kang has demonstrated the ability to manage a team like Olympique Lyonnais? What happens when there's a clash between a Lyon player and a national federation? What is Michele Kang going to do about it? No one cares about how Michele Kang feels about the situation because Michele Kang hasn't dealt with that situation.

it frustrates me enormously that certain OL (men) fans are celebrating Aulas being out, as though he is the problem for Lyon (men)'s lackluster performances. They say you don't always appreciate what you have until it's gone, and I am genuinely, genuinely afraid that we are going to experience this live.

I'm angry at John Textor, too. I think the way he has handled this club since his takeover is insulting. It shows a blatant lack of understanding of the club's history and how it actually operates.

But more than that I am concerned. As I keep saying, Michele Kang doesn't have the understanding of Olympique Lyonnais Feminin to get the players on her side. They won't trust her, which means they won't go to her, which means they won't obey her. Those are all important elements.

I know I keep hammering on about this, but you don't run an NWSL club the way you run a Champions League club, and especially not a club like Olympique Lyonnais. You don't buy that team's loyalty, you earn it.

John Textor bought the most successful women's club in football history. He managed to turn it into Umea.

If we're not going to talk about how that will damage women's football, then we have a serious problem.

#all good love stories start in the rain #jean-michel aulas #Michele kang #olympique lyonnais #John textor

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omagazineparis · 9 months ago

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Les meilleures sportives (1/3) : les clubs et équipes nationales

Le sport féminin possède une grande histoire. Une occasion de glorifier les meilleures sportives. Donc, la série d’articles sur "les meilleures sportives” présente un double objectif. D’abord, mettre en valeur de grandes stars et ensuite parler de leur discipline (souvent méconnue du grand public). Dans cette sélection complètement subjective, on relatera aussi les performances des athlètes du passé et présent. Dans le cadre du premier épisode, on se concentre sur les clubs et équipes nationales qui ont marqué les esprits. L'Olympique Lyonnais (Football) La section féminine de l'Olympique Lyonnais est la référence du football féminin. C'est logique que les meilleures sportives viennent de ce club. (Source Photo : Getty Images) L’un des plus grands noms du football féminin avec un palmarès long comme le bras : l’Olympique Lyonnais. Déjà président de la section masculine depuis 1989, Jean-Michel Aulas dirige l'équipe féminine depuis 2004. Cet investissement autour de la section féminine s’avère une véritable mine d’or en termes de visibilité sur et en dehors des terrains. Longtemps mis en retrait, le football féminin reçoit un sacré coup de projecteur grâce à des performances notables. On peut mentionner la demi-finale de l’équipe de France au mondial en Allemagne mais surtout la première victoire en Ligue des Champions de l'OL, en 2011. Aujourd’hui, l’OL est un mastodonte en France avec 14 titres et 9 coupe de France, en Europe, elles écrasent tout sur leur passage. Dernièrement, Les Lyonnaises rentrent dans le patrimoine du football français avec une 7e Ligues des Champions contre Wolfsbourg (3-1). Historique ! Sans une équipe, pas de victoires. L’hégémonie lyonnaise dure à l’aide de joueuses d’exception qui ont traversé le temps. Par exemple, on doit citer la grande gardienne Sarah Bouhaddi qui joue sous le maillot rhodanien depuis plus d’une décennie. La capitaine et l’une meilleure défenseuse du monde Wendie Renard est la plus captée du club (336). Par ailleurs, dans l’ADN du club, on peut ajouter Louisa Necib, Eugénie Le Sommer, Camille Abily, Élodie Thomis ou encore Lotta Schelin. Aujourd’hui, la relève emmenée notamment par Ada Hergerberg continue de gagner comme leurs aînées. Qui ne saute pas n’est pas Lyonnaise ! RC Cannes (Volley-ball) Les Cannoises ont une stature indélébile dans le volley féminin. Pour cause, c’est le seul club français à avoir gagné deux coupes européennes (2002 et 2003). Représentant au niveau continental, le RC Cannes impose sa domination sur la scène nationale. Sur les 21 championnats remportés dans son histoire, Cannes enregistre 18 titres d’affilée entre 1997 et 2015. En 2018, l’équipe de Riccardo Marchesi s’offre une coupe de France, la 20e pour le club, contre Béziers (3-1). L’identité et l’empreinte du club sont glorifiés par une joueuse emblématique qui a passé presque toute sa carrière professionnelle à Cannes : Victoria Ravva. Dans cette sélection des meilleures sportives en club, le RC Cannes a laissé une véritable empreinte dans le volley féminin en Europe et en France. (Source Photo : Pierre Vieuille) De 1996 à 2015, Ravva est devenue une pièce maîtresse pour amasser des titres. Au poste central avec le brassard de capitaine, la droitière mène son équipe à de nombreuses victoires en faisant partie des meilleures joueuses du monde de l’époque. En conséquence, son engagement sportif lui permet d’être une personnalité très aimée dans la ville cannoise. Désormais, la Géorgienne s’est reconvertie comme dirigeante dans le club de son cœur. À l’instar de Ravva, le RC Cannes a vu passer des joueuses de renom pour garnir l’armoire à trophées. On peut notamment mentionner Karine Salinas, Ju-Lan Mao, Andrea Negru ou encore Michaela Jelínková. Néanmoins, il ne faut surtout pas oublier l’implication de l’entraîneur chinois, Yan Fang, qui est aussi un acteur important de cette longue dynastie. Tango Bourges Basket (Basket) Le Tango Bourges à l'œuvre pour obtenir une nouvelle Coupe de France contre Charleville Mézières (67-58) en mai dernier. (Source Photo : Maxppp - Pierrick Delobelle) Bien que l’US Valenciennes (aujourd’hui Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket) ait fait les beaux jours du basket français, le Tango Bourges sera mis à l’honneur. Née dans les années 70 au sein du Cercle de Jean-Macé, l’équipe féminine de basket s’est construite en un temps record pour devenir une référence historique dans l’histoire du sport féminin. De la National 4 en 1987, les Berruyers gravissent les échelons pour finalement jouer et perdurer en première division (Nationale féminine 1A) à partir de 1990. Afin de permettre au club de rivaliser avec les meilleures équipes, le président Pierre Fosset recrute l’entraîneur russe Vadim Kapranov. Un évènement marquant qui amènera Bourges au sommet de l'Olympe. L’histoire glorieuse des Tango débute de manière sensationnelle par un titre de championne de France et une victoire européenne dans la Coupe Rochetti en 1995. La formation composée d’internationales, comme Yannick Souvré ou Odile Santaniello, commence à dominer son championnat domestique et rentre dans le cercle fermé de l’élite. Jusqu’en 2001, l’équipe du Cher devient consécutivement 5 fois championne de France. Demi-finaliste en 96, Bourges soulève, l’année suivante, la prestigieuse Euroligue en battant largement Wuppertal Wings (71-52) grâce notamment aux 24 points d’Isabelle Fijalkowski. Sous l’influence de Kapronov, les Françaises gagnent un second sacre européen lors de l’édition jouée à domicile contre Getafe (76-64). La domination a été triomphante et a perduré avec Céline Dumerc et Valérie Garnier. Le palmarès en dit long : 14 championnats de France, 11 Coupes de France, 3 Euroligues et 1 EuroCoupe. Canada (Hockey sur Glace) Sur la patinoire, les femmes ont toujours eu l'occasion de jouer au hockey depuis la fin du 19e siècle. Cependant, cette pratique très physique et rugueuse s'oriente plus vers les capacités de jeu masculines comme on le voit encore aujourd'hui. En conséquence, elles sont peu nombreuses à s'exercer avec une crosse pour frapper le palet. Fort heureusement, la discipline se popularise dans les années 90 en faveur de la gente féminine. On crée plusieurs équipes dans diverses ligues professionnelles notamment dans les pays nord-américains. D'ailleurs, l'équipe nationale canadienne fait office d'épouvantail sur les patinoires du monde entier. En concurrence ardue avec les États-Unis, le Canada marque la discipline avec une équipe féminine comme masculine. Pour cause, les Canadiennes alignent les victoires sans interruption. Avec 10 titres mondiaux et 4 victoires olympiques, elles domptent les autres nations sans la moindre adversité, à l'exception des Étasuniennes qui se classent premières du classement IIHF. Depuis la création, le Canada tutoie les étoiles en s'aidant de joueuses emblématiques hors du commun. Telles des anomalies, certaines hockeyeuses ont joué dans des ligues masculines. Hayley Wickenheiser, la plus captée (276) et meilleure buteur de la sélection (379 buts), a eu l’honneur de jouer dans cet environnement. À l’instar de l’attaquante, les gardiennes Manon Rhéaume, Charline Labonté ont pu prouver leur talent contre les hommes. Les meilleures sportives en équipe nationale sont aussi canadiennes quand elles jouent au hockey. (Source Photo : Hockey Canada) Norvège (Handball) Dans ce sport germanique, les Norvègiennes font partie des meilleures sportives au monde. Malgré leur défaite lors du match de la 3e place contre la Russie (33-28) au mondial 2019, la Norvège écrit leur histoire à différentes époques. De la victoire au championnat du monde 1986 au sacre européen de 2016, l’équipe nationale de la Norges Håndballforbund fait l’étalage de sa longévité au haut niveau. Avec les compétences des sélectionneurs tels que Sven Tore Jacobsen, Marit Breivik ou encore Thorir Hergeirsson, elles amassent 2 or olympiques, 3 sacres mondiaux et 7 victoires continentales. En handball, la grandeur de la Norvège a perduré grâce aux influences de Kjersti Grini, Cecilie Leganger, Gro Hammerseng-Edin ou même Heidi Løke. Finalement, c'est en toute légitime qu’on trouve cette nation dans la cour des grandes du handball féminin. Les handballeuses norvégiennes ont montré leur appartenance à l'élite lors du Mondial au Japon. (Source Photo : Média365) Égypte (Squash) Joué dans un terrain de jeu entouré entre quatre murs, le squash se démarque en raison de la possibilité d’avoir des contacts entre deux adversaires durant un échange. D’ailleurs, cette discipline est exigeante puisque l’on dépense beaucoup d’énergie et sollicite tout le corps. Promis à la classe aisée ou même à l'aristocrate, le cousin du tennis, s’est démocratisé au fur et à mesure. Cette mondialisation de la discipline a permis de mettre en lumière la surpuissance des femmes pharaons. Après la domination néo-zélandaise et australienne, l’hégémonie actuelle est entretenue par l’armada égyptienne. Les Égyptiennes font la loi au squash féminin à l'image de Raneem El Welily (premier plan) et de Nour El Sherbini. (Source Photo : PSA World Tour) L’Égypte, avec ses meilleures sportives, fait régner sa loi au squash féminin au détriment des autres nations. En effet, le pays a remporté 3 titres mondiaux par équipe sur les 4 dernières éditions. Sur la terre des pharaons, les prodiges du squash tombent à foison et campent au sommet du classement mondial. Nour El Sherbini, 24 ans, est la reine de la discipline avec un palmarès édifiant : 20 titres majeurs dont 4 sacres mondiaux. D'ailleurs, elle se bat pour garder son leadership face à ses compatriotes telles que Noran Goran, Raneem El Welily (retraitée) ou encore Nour El Tayeb. Néanmoins, leur domination s’est effritée suite à l’exploit de Camille Serme lors du Tournoi des champions 2020 à New York. C’est la fin de cette première partie de cette série consacrée aux meilleures sportives. La Nouvelle Zélande au rugby, le Brésil au volley ou encore le Lynx de Minnesota au basket ? Dites-nous en commentaire quelles autres nations ou clubs féminins qui ont marqué l’histoire de leur discipline. En même temps, vous pouvez découvrir et lire la pluralité d’articles de la section sport féminin d’Ô Magazine. L'histoire des meilleures sportives continue dans un autre volet ! 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Triomphe Démocratique : Jean-Michel Aulas Élu Vice-Président de la Fédération Française de Football !

C’est officiel ! Jean-Michel Aulas, l’emblématique ancien président de l’Olympique Lyonnais, a remporté une victoire écrasante en étant élu Vice-Président de la Fédération Française de Football (FFF). Les résultats sont sans équivoque, avec une impressionnante récolte de 78,58% des voix. Ce triomphe démocratique marque une nouvelle ère pour la FFF, avec Aulas apportant son expérience inestimable…

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OL : Une enveloppe de 50M € prévue par Textor pour le Mercato !

L'OL, actuellement en position de relégable, se tourne vers le mercato hivernal comme une bouée de sauvetage. John Textor, a fait des promesses aux supporters quant à des renforts indispensables pour atteindre l'objectif primordial : le maintien en Ligue 1. Des besoins criants dans toutes les lignes Pour l'Olympique Lyonnais, des renforts s'imposent à tous les niveaux, en particulier au poste de gardien de but. Les pistes de recrutement s'étendent jusqu'au Brésil, où John Textor possède le club de Botafogo. Un regard attentif est porté sur Baptiste Santamaria pour le milieu de terrain, malgré son refus par Rennes l'été dernier. Lire aussi : - Un serial buteur de Ligue 2, priorité absolue de l'OL pour son attaque ! Lacazette, un possible départ vers la MLS Si aucune information n'a filtré sur des arrivées potentielles en attaque, une nouvelle fracassante pourrait secouer le club. Alexandre Lacazette, buteur emblématique de l'OL, suscite l'intérêt du Los Angeles Galaxy en tant que renfort pour janvier. Le départ de Lacazette pourrait rapporter plusieurs millions d'euros et soulager la masse salariale du club. Les coulisses du mercato de l'OL : Textor et Louis-Jean en mission Le processus de recrutement sera supervisé par John Textor, avec le soutien de Matthieu Louis-Jean, critiqué récemment par Jean-Michel Aulas pour des choix jugés trop axés sur la Ligue 2 et surpayés. Un défi de taille pour l'équipe dirigeante, appelée à opérer des choix judicieux pour renforcer l'effectif. Objectif 50 millions € : Les plans de Textor dévoilées Investir intelligemment, mais de manière significative, telle est la stratégie de John Textor pour le prochain mercato. Le club envisage d'injecter 50 millions d'euros sur le marché des transferts, une somme conséquente qui pourrait changer la donne pour l'OL en difficulté en Ligue 1. Les cibles potentielles de l'OL sur le mercato Baptiste Santamaria, évoqué comme une possible recrue au milieu de terrain, pourrait renforcer le milieu lyonnais. Une autre piste mène à Noah Makembo, un jeune talent belge de 16 ans, considéré comme une pépite du centre de formation du Standard de Liège. Lyon devra rivaliser avec d'autres clubs européens, dont le Bayern Munich, pour convaincre Makembo de rejoindre les rangs de l'OL. Voir ensuite : - Le Mercato d'hiver est déjà lancé à l'OL : 2 arrivées bouclées ! Les prochains rendez-vous en Ligue 1 L'avenir de ces potentiels renforts, ainsi que celui de l'entraîneur Fabio Grosso, dépendra en partie des prochains matchs contre Lens et Marseille. Des performances convaincantes pourraient être décisives pour attirer ces talents et redonner une dynamique positive à l'Olympique Lyonnais. Le mercato s'annonce comme une étape clé dans la course vers le maintien et les supporters attendent avec impatience les annonces de John Textor pour le renforcement de leur équipe. ________ Pour retrouver toute l'actu foot, rendez-vous sur notre page Facebook ou sur notre page Twitter ! Read the full article

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