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Handball: in the Champions League, PSG-Kiel will be played in front of the public

2021-05-19T14:58:43.273Z


The return match of the quarter-finals of the Champions League between the handball players of PSG in Kiel, this Wednesday, is brought forward to 6.45 p.m. Pou


Initially, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between PSG and Kiel was scheduled for Wednesday at 8.45 p.m. But the club's official website announced on Monday that the kick-off was brought forward to 6:45 p.m. at the Pierre-de-Coubertin stadium (Paris, XVI). A reprogramming not trivial since this Wednesday, May 19, it is the D-day of the second phase of deconfinement, with the postponement of the curfew to 9 p.m. and the possibility, in the closed enclosures, of receiving a few people. Direct consequence: at 6:45 p.m., PSG will be able to welcome the public, which would have been impossible with a match at 8:45 p.m. except to see only the first ten minutes of the meeting and by living just next door. After months of closed doors, Coubertin will finally find a little atmosphere.

While this Wednesday evening, a little later, the final of the Coupe de France football between PSG - Monaco will be played behind closed doors at the Stade de France, Coubertin will be one of the first sports arenas in France to receive the public since l last fall. This atmosphere will not be superfluous to help Luka Karabatic's partners in their most important mission of the season: to qualify for the Final Four of the Champions League which will take place in early June in Cologne. For this, they must go back to the two handicap goals resulting from the defeat in Germany against Kiel (31-29) last week.

No excitement, however: the Porte Saint-Cloud room, which can accommodate 3,200 people, will not be full and no tickets are on sale to attend the meeting. The club's website, specifying the opening of the “General public” door at 5.15 pm, indicates that everything is complete. The enclosure will be able to accommodate 800 spectators chosen from among the club's subscribers and partners. “The health context unfortunately does not allow us to accommodate the full capacity of Coubertin. Also, social distancing will apply between each tribe or subscriber, making it possible to maintain the distance between each supporter. PSG Handball subscribers have priority for this return to the Red and Blue lair, ”specifies the club, which also indicates:“ Spectators will be subject to wearing a mask and using hydroalcoholic gel.But they won't have to show proof of a negative PCR test on entry. "

The majority of the other supporters will therefore have to stay a little longer in front of their TV: “We have not received anything official from our side. We do not yet know who will have the right to access Coubertin ", indicated to us, Monday afternoon, the supporters' club" Assidus of Paris-Saint-Germain Handball ".

Source: leparis

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