Lyon coach Pierre Sage will pass his professional football coaching certificate this summer. Sage was appointed on November 30 as head of the Lyon team, then 18th and last in Ligue 1, in place of the Italian Fabio Grosso.

The 44-year-old took this position on July 1, returning to the Rhone club from Red Star (National) He was initially not part of the list of ten candidates selected by the French Football Federation (FFF) to take the entrance exam, due to lack of necessary prerequisites.