The Professional Football League (FLP) announced on Friday that it had lightened the medical protocol in the face of Covid-19 in L1 and L2 "in connection with the public authorities", authorizing matches as long as 20 out of 30 players tested negative.
Until then matches could be postponed from four cases over eight rolling days in the professional group.
The new protocol specifies in particular "that the matches of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 will be maintained as long as 20 players (including a goalkeeper) out of a workforce of 30 will be tested negative".
Applied this Friday
The Board of Directors of the LFP adopted on Wednesday these adjustments to the medical protocol following “requests from the clubs” and “feedback from the first two days”.
"This new protocol applies from" Friday, says the LFP, asking "the clubs of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 their list of 30 players."
This season, Marseille-Saint-Étienne has been postponed because more than four OM players had contracted the new coronavirus.
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“It's out of the question not to play.
If we do not play matches, we are jeopardizing our TV rights, ”a president of L1 told AFP, on condition of anonymity.
"The clubs will not endanger TV rights," he continues, explaining that it is necessary to spare the new broadcaster, Mediapro, which pays 1.25 billion euros per season.
“Mediapro lost a month with these postponements and could not broadcast the flagship matches,” insists this leader.
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