The 2019-2020 Ligue 1 season is unlikely to resume, but in all likelihood, football fans will see soccer in France before the end of the summer.
And for good reason, the Professional Football League and the French Football Federation still have the firm intention of organizing the finals of the Coupe de la Ligue and the Coupe de France (PSG-OL and PSG-ASSE). Two decisive matches in view of possible qualifying for the Europa League for Lyon and for Saint-Etienne. But Sunday, information very worrying for ASSE was disclosed since the final of the Coupe de France was expected to be scheduled around August 8, a date too late in the eyes of UEFA to define a qualified in the cup Europe. There was then great fear for Saint-Etienne to be deprived of qualification in C3, even in the event of a victory against PSG in the final of the Coupe de France.
Fortunately for the green people, this catastrophic scenario should never see the light of day. Indeed, Le Parisien tells us that anticipating such a scenario, the League, during its last board of directors, proposed two new dates by advancing each final by one week. Unless the situation turns around, we are now heading towards a PSG-Lyon final on July 26 and the PSG-Saint-Etienne poster on August 1, which would allow France to communicate to the UEFA Cup qualifiers Europe before the August 3 deadline. “This formula would allow Lyon to have time to prepare for its eighth-final Champions League return against Juventus Turin if it were to be fixed in early August” also recalls the national daily. With such a reprogramming, everyone would therefore be a winner…