The French Football Association (LFL) launched the final whistle for its competitions by announcing following government orders and activating the final suspension of the first-class season due to the new Corona virus, adopting an arrangement through which Paris Saint-Germain was crowned the title and depriving Lyon of qualification to the continental competitions, and the decline of Toulouse to the second degree.
The League revealed in a video conference on the "final arrangement" in which Marseille and Reine secured their qualification for the Champions League competition next season, while Lyon VII was the most prominent loser as he came out of the qualifying places for the two continental competitions for the first time in more than 20 years.
Toulouse and Amiens will fall to the second degree, while Lorient and Lens ascend to the first degree, which will lead to a wave of disputes before sports and administrative courts, especially for clubs that consider themselves affected by these decisions, the first of which was Lyon, whose president, Jean-Michel Olas, announced that he intended to take «measures Numerous ”to protest against the“ loss of opportunity ”and to demand compensation if necessary.
"It is always difficult to give details of the measures that will be multiple. It is a very important opportunity loss ... We will demand compensation of tens of millions of euros," Olas said, adding that at present he will resort to the administrative court "to suspend the decision in an urgent manner."
Olas considered that determining the final arrangement after the twenty-eighth stage was unfair, especially since his team used in recent years to achieve a strong return in the final stages and book a place in the European centers, a scenario that was deprived of this season by stopping the league prematurely.
For his part, the head of Amiens said that he would "fight" against this decision, which he considered "unfair."
"My first feeling is injustice, because Amiens could not defend until the end on the field, for his survival in the first degree," he added. Sports justice has not been respected ... This decision is unfair and my turn is to defend Amiens. ”
"I will fight with all my team to assert our rights because I think this decision is not fair. We reserve the right to move forward until justice is done. ”
By deciding the final suspension of the championship before its end, which occurs for the first time since the Second World War, the League put an end to the anxiety of some about the resumption of play and the hopes of others for the return of the championship wheel to spin, after two days of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's statements that «the 2019-2020 sports season cannot be resumed The Professional. ”
And before the association's CEO Didier Kyu revealed the final arrangement, the association's president, Natalie Puy de la Tour, said: "This decision is unambiguous. We had to make a firm and final decision on this season. We have decided the end of the 2019-2020 season. ”
"These decisions are firm and solid. The board of directors made the decision », at a time when some actors in French football touched on the need to vote on the decision in the association's general assembly on May 20.
The results of the abolition of the French League
Paris Saint-Germain title winner.
Toulouse and Amiens fell to the second degree.
The rise of Lorient Lens to the first degree.
Lyon is deprived of qualification for continental competitions.
Lyon Head:
We will demand compensation in the amount of tens of millions of euros.