- Edouard Philippe announced this Tuesday: professional sport will not be back anytime soon, and the football season is well over.
- “The economic emergency must not take precedence over the public health imperative. We welcome this responsible decision, ”reacts the co-president of the UNFP players' union.
- The LFP must respond as quickly as possible to the conclusions to be drawn on the rankings and the season to come.
Perhaps the most unfortunate are the fans. They only have their tears to cry and their confinement to meditate. Professional sport will not return until September, said Prime Minister Edouard Philippe before the National Assembly on Tuesday, when presenting the deconfinement plan for May 11. "The government has understood that the economic emergency should not take precedence over the public health imperative, reacts in a press release Sylvain Kastendeuch, co-president of the players' union UNFP. Sport, and football in particular, should be no exception. We welcome this responsible decision. "
Since the agreement between broadcasters and the League on TV rights, the economic urgency to end the season was also less strong. This is explained by Olivier Sadran, the President of Toulouse, to our colleagues in the Team: “What pushed everyone to continue was the economic risk. From my point of view, it has stabilized. For me, football wins by not continuing. It was not, moreover, the will of the supporters. The country is currently suffering from health problems. He will return to economic distress. It would have been very frowned upon to dissociate yourself from this. Politicians have made the right decision. ”
Ruling on the season
The players, themselves, were astonished by the fierce will of the League to hope to resume competition when the sanitary conditions were not met. It remains to be seen what will happen to this 2019-2020 season. Will the classification be ratified as it is, who will go to the Champions League, can we finish the last games in September? So many questions to which the LFP will have to answer as quickly as possible, to allow the clubs to prepare and structure for September.
"We could not move forward before having the firm and final decision of the government, explains Grégory Lorenzi, sports director of Brest, 14th in Ligue 1. Today, the decision to stop the 2019-2020 championship is rather a logical decision in relation to the situation and the health crisis we are going through. From now on, it is necessary to decide this season and especially not to compromise the 2020-2021 season. "
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