Big losers from French football's decision to end the Ligue 1 season at the end of the 27th day due to the coronavirus crisis, Lyon, Toulouse and Amiens will play big on Thursday before the Council of State. The three clubs seized the supreme administrative court in France to contest the freezing of the classification which is very unfavorable to them. The Lyonnais club, 7th, is excluded from the race for Europe, while Amiens and Toulouse, respectively 19th and 20th, were relegated to Ligue 2.
The trio shuts down one last card hoping, this time, to turn things around. On May 22, the Paris Administrative Court had formally rejected the first urgent application for interim measures from the three clubs, considering that the decisions of the LFP could only be challenged "before the Council of State" . Let's say it right away, the chances of winning their case are tiny but still exist The representatives of the three clubs are expected at 2:00 p.m. before the judge in emergency proceedings, an emergency measure, a magistrate who has already obtained in writing the not all three requests are identical.
Lyon wants to play the end of the championship or impose a white season
Olympique Lyonnais and Jean-Michel Aulas are apart. The club requests the suspension of the decision of the Professional Football League to formalize the end of the season but also wants it to "review the conditions allowing to consider a resumption of competitions in August, or failing that, to pronounce the 2019-2020 white season ”. This last option, canceling the season and renewing the identical European qualifiers for 2018-2019 (therefore Lyon), had already been brandished in March by Aulas. The powerful leader, who challenges a hasty and "against the current" stop while the other major European championships resume, has moved his pawns in this direction, by seizing the League for it to reassess its position. For him, the recent announcement by the Prime Minister, who authorized training from June 2, is an additional argument that makes it possible to end the season this summer.
Toulouse and Amiens do not plan to compete in the eleven remaining days
The position of Toulouse and Amiens differs since, unlike the Gones, the two clubs do not envisage a resumption of the championship. For them, this file is closed. Amiénois and Toulousains however contested the change of rule during the championship. If we trust the texts that govern French football, relegations take place at the end of the 38th and last day and not before. "We do not declare losing a team which is led at the 66th minute of the match", explained in an effective allegory Me Guillaume Tapie who advises the Picardy formation.
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The CSA and the TFC therefore request that the relegations acted by the LFP be canceled. A request which, if it succeeds, could plunge the elite of French football into chaos with a domino effect at the lower levels. In Ligue 2, Lorient and Lens have been promoted to the elite next season. Breton and northern leaders, who have budgeted for the 2020-2021 season and are already working on the future championship, do not envisage a single second to be the collateral victims of a decision that could collapse the pyramid of French football .
Amateur football also rumbles before the Council of State
The sling does not only incubate in the ranks of professional football since thirty amateur clubs have also brought an action before the Council of State by also challenging the terms of final classification of their championship. The summary hearing at the Council of State is scheduled for Monday, according to the applicants' lawyer.
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