As France is looking to gradually end its lockdown starting May 11, sports leagues will have to wait until after the summer - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe attends the presentation and debate on the French government's plan to exit from the lockdown situation at the French National Assembly in Paris on April 28, 2020.
The move makes the completion of the 2019-2020 Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 football seasons and Top 14 rugby union campaign appear increasingly unlikely. "I would like to be precise here, no large sports gathering or any gathering of 5,000 people or more, needing the permission of the local police and long prior arrangements, will be allowed before September," Philippe added.
"We informed the executive board, what it already knew, that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 will not start, that the National will not start or the Women's D1 either," Le Graet told Brittanny-based newspaper Le Telegramme.If the season is abandoned, it begs the question of which teams would qualify for next season's Champions League and Europa League and whether teams would be relegated.
The French champions reached the quarter-finals with a last-16 victory over Borussia Dortmund behind closed doors shortly before the lockdown. PSG are scheduled to face Lyon in the League Cup final and are then due to play Saint-Etienne in the French Cup final."I thought football would be allowed to restart behind closed doors, but I'm not surprised," Laporte said."It's clear now anyway, nothing until September."
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