Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu during a meeting with French sports stakeholders regarding the coronavirus epidemic, March 3, 2020. - Philippe LOPEZ / AFP

Will the Champions League 8th final return between PSG and Dortmund, Wednesday March 11, take place? And, subsidiary question, with spectators? Supporters and leaders are waiting, while the coronavirus epidemic threatens the holding of sporting events almost everywhere in France. Tuesday morning, the Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu gathered the French actors to discuss the measures to be taken.

The prefecture will have the last word

As it stands, the holding of the Parisian Champions League match is not threatened. It "will take place at a minimum", but the camera remains "a hypothesis," said the Minister of Sports. Impossible to say more for the moment, the situation can change from hour to hour, she warned.

UEFA, like the ministry, will be able to decide on a recommendation, but it is not up to them to decide whether to ban the spectators or to cancel the match outright. The last word will come back to the prefecture.

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