There will therefore be no resumption of Ligue 1. The Council of State suspended, Tuesday, June 9, relegation to Ligue 2 of Amiens and Toulouse, and rejected the appeal brought by Lyon which demanded to revive the 2019-2020 season stopped due to the health crisis linked to Covid-19.

Ligue 1 football: the summary judge of the Council of State validates the end of the season and the classification but suspends relegation >> https://t.co/pXhs9v2OnG pic.twitter.com/bNMTFzxZqQ

- Council of State (@Conseil_Etat) June 9, 2020

The judge of summary measures "validates the end of the season and the classification but suspends the relegations", it is written in a press release summarizing this much awaited ordinance. The magistrate enjoins the Professional Football League (LFP), in conjunction with the French Federation (FFF), to re-examine, by June 30, 2020, the question of the format of Ligue 1 for the next financial year, which could be played to 22 teams instead of 20 currently.

With AFP

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