The first day of Ligue 1 was to start with a clash between Olympique de Marseille and AS Saint-Etienne on Friday night, but that will not be the case.
Indeed, since last week, the Marseille club has been heavily affected by the Covid-19. Because in addition to Jordan Amavi, tested positive a few days ago, Steve Mandanda, Valentin Rongier and Maxime Lopez have also been affected by the coronavirus for a few hours. If they are “Asymptomatic”, OM executives have been placed in fourteen and André Villas-Boas’s squad is now sluggish. Therefore, and knowing that a club can postpone a game with four proven positive cases in a week, Marseille have asserted their right to the LFP. Which therefore means that the Covid commission has officially decided to postpone the match between OM and ASSE.
“In view of the medical results transmitted by Olympique de Marseille this Tuesday, August 18, the national COVID commission indicates to the LFP Competitions Commission that the virus is circulating within the Marseille club and proposes the postponement of the Olympique de Marseille match / AS Saint-Etienne, initially scheduled for Friday August 21, 2020 at 7 p.m. and counting for the first day of Ligue 1 Uber Eats. According to the match organization protocol, the LFP Competitions Commission therefore decides to postpone the Olympique de Marseille / AS Saint-Etienne match to Wednesday 16 or Thursday 17 September 2020 subject to changes in health conditions within the club of the Olympique de Marseille. The final date and time will be determined in agreement with the broadcaster “, launched the LFP in a press release.
“We are really kings”
News that has the gift of annoying Pierre Ménès. “Now we have to explain it to me. There were two positive players at Atlético de Madrid and they played in the Champions League. Not in France ? We have not resumed the championship and there are more cases in France than in other championships. We are really the kings ”, swung, on Twitter, the journalist from Canal +, who therefore believes that French football continues to pass for the turkey of the farce in the eyes of other European countries …