Football matches allowed from June 22? Perhaps. This is a possibility mentioned on Thursday by Edouard Philippe, during the presentation of phase 2 of the deconfinement. Information that has not gone unnoticed in the offices of the Professional Football League (LFP), where we are counting more than ever on the start of the 2020-21 season in August. "The LFP Bureau recalled that the 2020-21 season will be able to restart as agreed next August with friendly preparation matches in July," it said in a statement on Thursday, in the margins of the announcement of a agreement with beIN SPORTS regarding the payment of Ligue 1 international TV rights for the 2019-20 season.
INFO M6 @JM_Aulas requests the convening of an extraordinary general meeting of the football league @ Ligue1Conforama to discuss the resumption of the championship to avoid "an economic disaster" Interview ds # LE19H45 @ m6info @ OL @ NathalieRenoux
- HERVE Eric (@Yannoro) May 29, 2020"The LFP is now concentrating on a resumption of the season allowing the reception of all or part of the public under the sanitary conditions which will be defined with the public authorities," adds one. Recall that the League reaffirmed Thursday that there is "no question of considering" a resumption of the 2019-20 season, contrary to what some claim, Jean-Michel Aulas in mind. The boss of the OL also requests no later than this Friday, in an interview on RTL , the convening of an extraordinary general assembly of the LFP in order to raise this question.
A tournament with Lyon, Paris, Saint-Etienne and Lille?
We imagine that the answer should be negative ... In the meantime, the 2019-20 season is more than ever scheduled to start on August 23 for Ligue 1, and 22 in Ligue 2. Regarding friendly matches, various sources report that OL, PSG, Saint-Etienne and Lille have agreed to compete in a preparation tournament in July. RTL specifies that this small jump should take place at Groupama Stadium. This will allow Lyon and PSG to accumulate minutes of play for the (likely) resumption of the Champions League in August. No luxury knowing that Juventus and all potential opponents of PSG will have resumed their championship for several weeks. There are also the finals of the national cups which could be played in early August, PSG-ASSE in the Coupe de France and PSG-OL, in the Coupe de la Ligue.
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