Due to the resurgence of positive Covid-19 cases in the south-eastern region, the meeting between Nice and Lens on August 23 at the Allianz Riviera, counting for the 1st day of the new Ligue 1 season, will take place totally behind closed doors. Information formalized by the president of Gym Jean-Pierre Rivère this Wednesday. “We had a gauge of 5,000 spectators, but we made the decision to play this game behind closed doors. There are two reasons for this. First, we are in a region where the Covid is accelerating. Then we are a tourist region, a region where there is a coefficient which has increased a lot, which increases day after day. We are therefore going to deprive ourselves of our audience for this first match. "
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