Roxana Maracineanu takes hope from the public in the stadiums "from the end of July"

Empty stadiums when Ligue 1 resumed in August? Maybe not ... "I find that the prospects announced by the Prime Minister are encouraging, so we hope to have an audience why not this summer. The gauge is always 5000 maximum, so we will not be able to exceed it ”, declared Roxana Maracineanu, in an interview with  L'Alsace. We are talking about an experiment with which the Minister of Sports intends to associate the supporters. "And 5000 people in a stadium with 80,000 seats like the Stade de France, it's obviously easier to manage", she slips, not failing to specify that "this figure remains calibrated on the evolution of the epidemic". In fact, the former swimmer is even more ambitious than that and announces targeting the public ... from July: "My desire is to give us chances to have a popular sport, with supporters in the stadiums , even in limited numbers, why not from the end of July if possible. When I see the matches behind closed doors currently, I much prefer to involve at least the groups of supporters so that they can enjoy the sporting spectacle ... "Chiche?

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