Professional football clubs in France will have to do without their supporters until April 15. The French Professional Football League (LFP) has decreed behind closed doors on all L1 and L2 championship matches, in order to stem the epidemic of coronavirus.

The LFP said in a statement that the modalities of the matches behind closed doors will be defined at the meeting of its office Wednesday. Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu said on Tuesday that all football matches between now and April 15 should be limited to the maximum gauge of 1,000 people.

🚨 The @LFPfr spoke today on the holding of the matches of @ Ligue1Conforama and @ DominosLigue2 in private until April 15, 2020.

📰➡️ https://t.co/48YtppFmbU pic.twitter.com/JGeQHtFifB

- Professional Football League (@LFPfr) March 10, 2020

Italy and Spain have adopted similar measures. In the Iberian Peninsula, the 28th and 29th days of the Spanish football championship, scheduled from March 13 to 22, will be held behind closed doors. Among the Italians, Rome ordered the suspension of the championship.

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