The Executive Committee of the French Football Federation (FFF) has yet to validate the transition from Ligue 2 to 22 clubs voted on Wednesday by the general assembly of the LFP. But it would not be without consequence ...
Arguments for Amiens and Toulouse and… Lyon
Relegated to L2, Amiens (19th) filed an appeal before the administrative court. The club hopes that its application for interim measures will be examined next week. He will use the passage at 22 in his arguments. "It is impossible for the LFP to create a tiebreaker without biting the dust in the context of the Amiens appeal," explains a lawyer who defends several clubs. “If the comex validates, there is a form of non-equity that is confirmed. The L2 did this to avoid two descents. If we do it for L2, why not for L1? A judge can wonder about that, "supports a relative of the case.
Jean-Michel Aulas also wants to rush into this breach: "It's an ubiquitous situation to want to play at 22," said the president of Lyon to AFP. I will obviously support the position of Noël Le Graët, not because it is Noël Le Graët, but because it is against all the rules. The LFP, in the interpretation of the regulations, said that the two relegated clubs of L1 descended, but not those of L2. This completely calls into question the terms of stopping the championship, for relegation as well as for the top of the ranking. This gives a lot of arguments to the appeals that we have filed. "
A door has opened for amateurs
Hope has returned to amateurs. A L2 at 22 would allow Puy and Béziers to be drafted in National. "We remain cautious but I now strongly believe in it, it is an additional step in the application of a regulation," estimates Christophe Gauthier, the president of Puy. I do not speak only for us. Reason is in the hands of Mr Le Graët who knows that reason must exist. "
At the head of a movement which brings together nearly 4,000 clubs, Patrick Gonzalez, president of Saint-Priest (N2), hopes that a "door has just opened". "Will the president of the FFF allow himself to go against the pro clubs that have made a democratic vote," he wonders. It is not up to him to decide everything on his own and to veto. We are no longer in 1789 ... It is not too late for him to recognize that he was wrong. I am first in the repechage order. But I do not expect the misfortune of others. I defend the best interests of football. We will go to the end, Council of State, European Court and we will convene an extraordinary Assembly of the FFF. "
The Federation in embarrassment
Drancy has been relegated to N3. "If the last two of L2 are drafted, it would be unacceptable not to have the same rule among amateurs, scolds its president Alain Melaye. If the federation accepts an L2 to 22 clubs, I will appeal, it is obvious. And I will not be alone. Everyone will jump at the chance! The pros do not want to descend, the regional leagues have cut the pear in half with a single relegation, we are the stuffing turkeys with 3 descents per group. There cannot be double standards. "
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At the beginning of next week, Monday or Tuesday, the FFF will also meet for an executive crisis committee. "As the federation had already announced the color by affirming that if there was a vote of Ligue 2 at 22 clubs, it will revoke the decision of the LFP, certain clubs undoubtedly voted by solidarity by saying that we would return to a situation with 20 clubs after the comex of the FFF, declares close to the file. In addition it also puts the mismatch on the direction of the league. Basically, we could add 4 more days but it would be a bad signal for the remedies of Amiens and Toulouse and then for the amateur world. This derogation for the L2 would inevitably make all amateur clubs jump. ”
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Noël Le Graët knows that the vote of the comex will not be without consequence and risks snowballing on all floors. The FFF therefore consults in all directions to arm itself legally. If in a "normal" world, it should align the competitions on 20 clubs, the current period does not really tend to normalcy ... Everything will therefore depend on the legal consequences vis-à-vis the current remedies. It is therefore too early for her to take a firm decision.