After the postponement of OM-ASSE due to four positive cases of Covid-19 in the Marseille group, Saint-Étienne coach Claude Puel said he was worried about Ligue 1. “I am very pessimistic about the holding of the Championship”, explained the Stéphanois coach to France Info.
He does not see “Under these conditions the Championship will proceed normally” because “There will be no dates to systematically postpone the matches and very quickly, we will find ourselves in the wall”.
“If it’s a question of caution, we must stop everything”
“There are leagues that only detect the symptomatic and don’t test the rest. One could very well have thought that all negative Marseille players could be available and quarantine those who tested positive, he continued. We can make all the recommendations and health measures we want, the virus is circulating in all populations. The solution is not there. […]It is a draconian protocol. If it’s a matter of caution, we must stop everything. Every day, automatically there will be cases. “