From June 22, the French are allowed to resume team sports, always "in compliance with strict health rules" - combat sports, however, are prohibited for now, except for high level athletes. At the same time, schoolchildren and schoolchildren return to school thanks to a simplified health protocol. Also reopen cinemas, holiday centers, casinos and game rooms.
In three weeks, on Saturday July 11, the date which will mark the end of the state of health emergency on the metropolitan territory, the supporters will be able to return to the stadium, and the turfists on the racetracks, up to 5000 spectators.
Professional and high-level
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On the night of Friday to Saturday, the government indeed announced an acceleration of deconfinement for this summer in favor of progress in the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic. As for the 5,000 spectators, the Sports Ministry specifies that the situation will be reassessed before July 11. A further review of the epidemiological situation will be carried out in mid-July "to decide whether a relaxation is possible for the second part of August. "
Good news in perspective for the cover of Ligue 2 (Friday August 22) and Ligue 1 (August 23). But as it stands, this means that the finals of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, scheduled for Friday July 24 and July 31, would be contested in a Stade de France (80,000 seats) sounding largely hollow. However, for the big comeback of football, both the French Federation (FFF) and the Professional League (LFP) want crowds in line with the prestige of the two posters offered. As of last week, the football authorities have separately and jointly anticipated the situation.
"Consider a larger opening soon for spectators"
The LFP thus sent the ministry a protocol which provides for two hypotheses for the return of the public to the stadiums. First hypothesis: a 100% gauge of the public under suitable sanitary conditions. Second hypothesis: a gauge at 30% or 40% of the stadium capacity, respecting the physical distance. 25,000 to 30,000 spectators in the case of the Stade de France.
If the 5,000 spectator gauge is "in principle" supposed to last until September, the cabinet and the sports department of the ministry are already examining very closely the proposals of the LFP and the FFF, even if this Saturday morning, on France Info, the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, said: âThe president of the French Football Federation never asked me to play in front of 80,000 people. "
NoĂŤl Le GraĂŤt, however, never hid that he envisioned a full stadium at the Stade de France. And this Saturday, the boss of the FFF began to raise the stakes, estimating that these announcements made it possible âto envisage an opening next larger reception of the spectators concerning the final of the Cup of France men at the end of July, the final of the League Cup, the semi-finals and the final of the French Women's Cup in early August, as well as the resumption of the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 championships scheduled for the end of August â.
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From a good source, the LFP believes for its part that the two Cup finals and the friendly matches in the off-season are part of the context of a progressive return of supporters in the stadiums. However, the League still plans to reach a full gauge on the first day of the championships. To be continued, therefore ...