More flexibility for professional football.
The Professional Football League (LFP) announced on Friday that it had lightened the medical protocol in the face of Covid-19 in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 "in connection with the public authorities", allowing matches as long as 20 players out of 30, including a goalkeeper , are tested negative.
A new principle discussed for several days, as we revealed on Saturday.
Until then, the meetings could be postponed from four cases over eight rolling days in the professional group.
This principle had already led to postponing what was to be the first match of the 2020-2021 season between OM and Saint-Etienne.
PSG can play in Lens as is
With this new protocol, PSG can as it stands play its Ligue 1 meeting in Lens on Thursday.
The Parisian club currently has six positive cases for Covid-19 in its workforce, including its star Neymar.
Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs must now send their list of 30 players to the LFP.
This new protocol is similar to what UEFA has put in place for its Final 8 of the Champions League in Lisbon and for its qualifying phase and the C1 and Europa League play-offs.
The European body has set at 13 the number of negative players to be able to play a match.