France, April 2 -- Lyon boss Pierre Sage urged his players to look back at their catastrophic start to the Ligue 1 season in order to seize their chance for glory when they take on Valenciennes in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France.

Sage's side go into the clash on Tuesday night at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon as favourites against a team propping up Ligue 2.

Lyon appeared to be heading to that division earlier in the 2023/24 season.

Former France international Laurent Blanc was dismissed as coach in September with the team showing one point from the first four games.

His replacement, Fabio Grosso, managed to garner six more points during his eight games in charge.

Sage, who was coach of the Lyon academy team, took over as interi...