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Amiens: President Joannin denounces "injustice" and promises to "fight"

2020-04-30T22:41:31.674Z


Officially relegated to Ligue 2, the Picard club considers itself wronged and does not intend to stop there.


Bernard Joannin, the president of Amiens, relegated to Ligue 2 after the early stoppage of the Ligue 1 season on Thursday, intends to "fight" against this decision which he considers "unfair". "My first feeling is injustice because Amiens SC could not defend until the end, on the ground, its maintenance in Ligue 1. Sports equity is not respected (...) I find this decision unfair and my role is to defend Amiens SC ”, said this Thursday evening the Picard leader during an interview posted on the Facebook page of the CSA.

"We reserve the right to go further so that justice can pass"

Bernard Joannin

"I will fight with all my teams to assert our rights because I think this decision is not fair. We will wait for the minutes of this Administrative Council (of the LFP) then the passage before the General Assembly (May 20) and we reserve the right to go further so that justice can pass ”, added Mr. Joannin, who joins in this the president of Olympique Lyonnais, Jean-Michel Aulas.

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The ASC, which was playing its third season in its elite, was in 19th place in the Ligue 1 standings at the time of the interruption of the championship due to the coronavirus pandemic, four points from Nîmes, who occupied the place of barrage. And keeps this 19th place after applying the ratio.

Lack of humanity and injustice

“I find this decision very, very unjustified. There are 19 first leg matches, there must be 19 second leg matches. There were 30 points left to distribute, said Joannin. I cannot contest the decision of the President of the Republic who first thought of the health of his fellow citizens. I respect her. Where I do not agree is in the lack of humanity and the injustice of the decision of the Professional Football League (...) Basketball, hand or rugby did not pronounce downhill, "he said. Note that with regard to basketball, the Jeep Elite is not (yet?) Definitively stopped, but suspended.

The fact remains that the Amiens president was in favor of no Ligue 1 club being relegated and that the first two of Ligue 2, in this case Lorient and Lens, be promoted in order to have a next season at 22 clubs with four descents (excluding the L1 / L2 jump-off) at the end of the year.

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Source: lefigaro

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