This Thursday, the board of directors of the LFP (Professional Football League) voted and recorded the end of the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 season. Consequence: AS Saint-Etienne is officially retained among the elite.
To establish the classification, the authority retained the criterion of the quotient “number of points / matches played” at the end of the 28th cut day of the meeting between PSG and Strasbourg. ASSE, with an average of 1.07 pt / match, is therefore ranked 17th, ahead of Dijon on goal difference.
The final of the Coupe de France in early August?
But Claude Puel’s men may not have finished with the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Indeed, the final of the Coupe de France between the Loire club and the PSG, initially scheduled for April 25 and postponed because of the coronavirus epidemic, could be held behind closed doors in early August, if the situation sanitary permits. The LFP will hold a general meeting on May 20 to make a final decision.
The FFF hopes that this meeting can take place. While waiting to know if Denis Bouanga’s partners will be able to win a place in the Europa League if they are successful at the Stade de France, the Stéphanois leaders, like those of all French football, have a crucial mission: to find financial resources to avoid the worst…