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French Cup and League Cup: towards a return of supporters for the finals

2020-06-09T21:23:53.828Z


Public authorities and football authorities open the door to the presence of part of the supporters for the Fra Cup finals


“I hope that the return to competition will be with the public. The supporters are the soul of the stadiums. Roxana Maracineanu, the Minister of Sports, is pushing for the finals of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, which should take place on the weekends of July 25 and August 1 at the Stade de France, to accommodate spectators.

So far, it is planned that the stadiums will be purely and simply closed "at least until June 22", according to announcements by Edouard Philippe as part of the deconfinement. And gatherings of more than 5,000 people are banned throughout the territory, in theory until September. However, according to RMC, Noël Le Graët, the president of the FFF, would like the final of the Coupe de France between PSG and Saint-Etienne (the weekend of August 1 likely, that of August 8 at the latest) to be disputed in front of 20,000 people.

The LFP works to secure the reception of the public

This aspiration corresponds to rumors of relaxation of the deconfinement measures, in the face of the good news on the front of the epidemic. The LFP is on the same line: “Our objective is to have the public for the final of the Coupe de la Ligue. Regarding the gauge, we are working on several hypotheses that we will present to the Ministry of Sports. After the Prime Minister's next announcement, we will adjust our system according to the possibilities offered by the public authorities. "

Press conference by @roxamaracineanu at the end of the 6th plenary session of the National Authority for Supportism https://t.co/pZtzek39JN

- Ministry of Sports 🏠🧘‍♀️ (@Sports_gouv) June 8, 2020

"Today, the gauge which is authorized is that given by the Prime Minister, 5000 people, confines himself to recalling Roxana Maracineanu, at the exit of the National Supportism Authority where the question was raised. We are going to work so that if the sanitary situation allows it, the gauge in all the demonstrations can increase, but there are other considerations than the sporting spectacle. Other sectors would not understand that we take measures in one sector and not in the other. "

If all the actors seem to be on the same line, the conditions for this return remain to be specified. Before the National Supportism Authority, the Minister of Sports asked leagues, federations and supporters to "propose protocols for users of their homes at the stadium", in particular to prevent supporters from crowding together in transport.

For ultras, no question of wearing a mask

“We will strictly apply what is indicated, says Pierre Barthelemy, the lawyer for the National Association of Supporters (ANS). The two red lines are that there is no discrimination and that we stop replacing supporters with artificial presence mechanisms. »A reference to fake spectators or soundtracks used in other countries during retransmissions.

The ultras - here, PSG supporters during the 2019 French Cup final - believe that "social distancing is incompatible with the way to support their team". LP / Frédéric Dugit  

The question of the choice of authorized spectators is indeed central, but it could be facilitated by the position of the ultras, in particular, detailed by the lawyer of the ANS: “Nobody knows the modalities of choice. The supporters want to be consulted. If we are told that there will be priority opening of presidential boxes and stands, the teeth will cringe. The most active supporters are clear that the wearing of a mask or respect for social distancing is incompatible with the way of supporting their team at the stadium. Therefore, today, they are not asking for a hypocritical return where they would commit to respecting these measures. These will return to the stadium when they can live their supportism in the most normal way possible. "

As a bonus, they may then be able to use smoke bombs, since the INS and the Minister of Sports have paved the way for the multiplication of experiments for cracking pyrotechnic devices in dedicated and supervised spaces.

Source: leparis

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