{"id":288976,"date":"2023-09-17T10:35:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T10:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288976"},"modified":"2023-09-17T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T10:35:55","slug":"lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager after former Chelsea bosses Graham Potter and Frank Lampard were linked with the role at the Ligue 1 club\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lyon have appointed Fabio Grosso as manager after sacking Laurent Blanc\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Frank Lampard and Graham Potter had both been linked with the role\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lyon have appointed former Inter Milan and Juventus fullback Fabio Grosso as manager after sacking Laurent Blanc earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Blanc departed the French side bottom of Ligue 1 after one point from their opening four games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked before his sacking what the club should do to improve results, Blanc suggested they should &#8216;change the manager&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Graham Potter was linked with the role but\u00a0chose not to return to management yet after a chastening experience as Chelsea manager.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow former Blues boss Frank Lampard had also been named on Lyon&#8217;s shortlist, but has been beaten to the role by Grosso.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/10\/75524329-12528121-image-a-2_1694943450197.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fabio Grosso has been appointed as the new manager of Lyon, who are bottom of Ligue 1<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/10\/75524339-12528121-image-a-11_1694943656013.jpg\" height=\"351\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/10\/75524335-12528121-image-m-10_1694943646876.jpg\" height=\"351\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Chelsea bosses Graham Potter (left) and Frank Lampard (right) had previously been linked with the role<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old, who is best remembered for scoring the winning penalty for Italy in the 2006 World Cup final, retired as a player in 2012 after an illustrious playing career that saw him win Serie A titles with Inter and Juve.<\/p>\n<p>He spent two years at Lyon and was a key cog in the side that won the domestic double in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Grosso began his managerial career in the Juventus youth set-up in 2013 and has since enjoyed mixed success\u00a0 as a senior boss in Serie B and Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>He led Frosinone to the Italian second tier title last season but left at the end of his contract over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The former left back now faces a real challenge at Lyon as he takes over a club in freefall.<\/p>\n<p>Despite finishing seventh last season and reaching the Coupe de France semi finals, Les Gones have already conceded 10 goals in just four games and lost 4-1 twice.<\/p>\n<p>Grosso&#8217;s reign will begin with a home game against Le Havre, who sit 11th after a steady start to the season, on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/10\/75524331-12528121-image-a-1_1694943447839.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Grosso will be best remembered for an international career that saw him score the winning penalty in the 2006 World Cup final<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/10\/75524803-12528121-image-a-7_1694943509407.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>His appointment comes after Laurent Blanc was sacked as manager following a poor start to the season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/10\/75524805-12528121-image-a-6_1694943502552.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lyon have taken one point from their opening four games and have been beaten 4-1 twice already<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12528121\/Lyon-World-Cup-Fabio-Grosso-Chelsea-Graham-Potter-Frank-Lampard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager after former Chelsea bosses Graham Potter and Frank Lampard were linked with the role at <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/\" title=\"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager after former Chelsea bosses Graham Potter and Frank Lampard were linked with the role at [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-17T10:35:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lyon-appoint-2006-World-Cup-winner-Fabio-Grosso-as-manager.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/\",\"name\":\"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager - Sportstoft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-17T10:35:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-17T10:35:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstoft\",\"description\":\"sportstoft.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Jeanette\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeanette\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager - Sportstoft","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager - Sportstoft","og_description":"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager after former Chelsea bosses Graham Potter and Frank Lampard were linked with the role at [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/","og_site_name":"Sportstoft","article_published_time":"2023-09-17T10:35:55+00:00","author":"Jeanette","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lyon-appoint-2006-World-Cup-winner-Fabio-Grosso-as-manager.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeanette","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/","name":"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager - Sportstoft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-17T10:35:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-17T10:35:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/lyon-appoint-2006-world-cup-winner-fabio-grosso-as-manager\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lyon appoint 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Grosso as manager"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/","name":"Sportstoft","description":"sportstoft.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Jeanette","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeanette"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}