Yesterday it was live football once more. A visit to Gerland to witness a much-needed home win, which ended a sequence of four successive defeats and just keeps OL afloat at the top. Amazingly, it was only les gones second home league win in more than four months.

The match was notable for a fans' tribute to Juninho at the start, and for the coach trying out a novel formation - 2 central midfielders in the middle of defence, and a wide midfielder as centre forward. Up to a point it worked in the first half, but once Sochaux started having a go in the second, the defence was all over the place and had keeper Lloris to thank for a series of stunning saves.