Paris (AFP)
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said Thursday that it was "premature" to end the Ligue 1 season, which was approved by French football in late April after the government's decision.
"For me, the decision was premature," said Ceferin in an interview with BeIn Sport.
"My personal opinion is that you canceled the season so early ... It is not ideal, because things can improve a lot and everyone can play except a few championships." "But again, it's a government decision, and what can clubs do?" if not "respect them", also declared the president of the Uefa.
French football acted on April 30 the final cessation of the Ligue 1 season, after the announcement by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe that the 2019/2020 professional sports season could not resume.
"We have two French clubs playing the Champions League (Paris SG and Marseille, editor's note), and now they're not going to play until August. I don't know if that's a good thing for these teams, do not play and (resume) on hard and important matches like that, "said Ceferin.
"I have heard of some, let's say problems on this subject (that of clubs qualified for European competitions), but I leave it to the French league and the French authorities to take care of it", he said. also declared, while Olympique Lyonnais launched legal proceedings against this decision to stop the Championship, which deprives it of a European qualification.
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