Faced with the coronavirus epidemic, the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu had advocated Monday on a case-by-case basis, while recommending the use of camera as a new doctrine for holding competitions with the famous "gauge" of the thousand people present in a sports arena, actors included.
Represented at the Ministry of Sports at a new meeting this Tuesday morning, the Professional Football League (LFP) heard the minister by retaining the closed session for professional matches in France in the coming month.
🚨 The @LFPfr spoke today on the holding of the matches of @ Ligue1Conforama and @ DominosLigue2 in private until April 15, 2020.
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In a statement released this Tuesday at midday, the League has thus acted in camera for the matches of League 1 and League 2 scheduled by April 15.
“The LFP ruled today on the holding of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches in private until April 15, 2020. This decision comes in strict application of the ministerial decree published on March 10, 2020. The modalities of these matches behind closed doors will be defined Wednesday at the Office of the Board of Directors of the LFP ”, it is written in the press release published by the League.
For Ligue 1 as for Ligue 2, four days are concerned over the period, the 29th, 30th, 31st and 32nd, for a total of 80 games. Among them, we find in particular the clasico between Olympique de Marseille and PSG, on March 22.