The series continues. Still engaged in his fight for the resumption of Ligue 1, OL President Jean-Michel Aulas sent a letter to UEFA to postpone the date of August 3, recommended by the European Confederation so that the different 2019-2020 Championships are coming to an end. But L'Equipe reveals that Aleksander Ceferin, the president of UEFA, replied to the Lyon manager: "The suggested deadline of 3 August 2020 (...) has been communicated to the 55 member associations of UEFA. We cannot therefore modify it at this stage and we hope that it will be officially confirmed at the June 17th Executive Committee meeting. In fact, in order to guarantee equal treatment between the 55 national UEFA associations, we are unable to take into account the specific situation of each country and the decisions of the competent bodies concerned. Therefore, we ask all national associations to respect the above-mentioned deadline, "he explained. A letter to which JMA replied directly to his Twitter account.
Judgment of Ligue 1: Ceferin disavows Aulas - Foot - L1 @OL @ the team in fact it is possible like Spain and by playing a play off on July to finish on August 3 as for the cups, the UCCs are scheduled for late August early September https://t.co/Y5vCUQMfhn
- Jean-Michel AULAS (@JM_Aulas) June 5, 2020»READ ALSO - Stop football in France: behind the scenes of unprecedented chaos
The Rhone president responded by putting on the carpet again his idea of the play-offs to conclude the Ligue 1 season. A request that has almost no chance of succeeding in light of the recent decisions made by the LFP. Lyon, 7th in the ranking, will not participate in a European Cup for the first time since 1997, unless it wins the Champions League or the League Cup final against Paris SG. Two competitions which could resume in August. OL and Jean-Michel Aulas will be definitively fixed on their situation with the rendering of the decision of the Council of State, expected Monday or Tuesday.
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