Julien Laurens

And some people have taken issue with him on that.

if by going there now does he need to go there to commit 75 million dollars no um are there are there fifa programs already in place that could have spent 75 million dollars yes um but you know he's playing a long game he likes the people running the board of peace

And he's staging a major competition in the U.S.

So all these things for him, in his mind, make sense.

After 13 consecutive victories, Paolo Fonseca's Lyon stumble at Strasbourg, losing 3-1.

The very handsome Paolo Fonseca, my man.

Jules, they're still third, which is quite a turnaround from where they were.

And by the way, isn't it funny how Lyon start playing better when Fonseca's actually there on the bench working as opposed to being suspended?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, assuming Lens and Paris Saint-Germain are in, is your money on... On Lyon right now.

And it's five points, I think.

Because I think he's having people rethink things.

He's got guys in there who are either young.

I mean, he had Ghilardi at the back.

Pizzilli came in unscored.

And he just goes and he takes the game to the opposition.

They're genuinely fun to watch.

Cremonese went there, just lined up purely to defend.

0.06 xg which is objectively difficult to do and roma kept creating chances kept creating chances they were patient there's no matthias sula there's no polity about guess what i don't need those guys i got other people brian zaragoza as well looking pretty sharp i want him to do well then so i think it's almost an underreported story that's about the third

Jos Dick Advocat, the coach of Curaçao, played such a seminal role in getting them to qualify for the 2026 World Cup this summer.