“It is the decision of the French league, the French Federation and obviously the French authorities. My personal opinion is that the decision was made early enough,“Ceferin said in a press conference on plans for the resumption of European competitions.
UEFA has announced that the Champions League will be completed in a ‘Final Eight’ in Lisbon in August. Lyon, who have yet to play in the round of 16 draw against Juventus, and Paris Saint-Germain’s quarter-finals are among the 12 surviving teams. With the French Ligue 1 already over, when Lyon try to defend the 1-0 lead on Juventus, Portugal or Turin and probably on the weekend of 7-8 August, the French club will do so I haven’t played a game for nearly five months.
PSG would return to action in the quarterfinals in Lisbon on 12-15 August. They last played when they beat Borussia Dortmund on March 11th. In contrast, the other 10 teams still in the Champions League all play in leagues that are filmed.
Ceferin said he was it is not clear whether the French clubs would have been damaged from their lack of domestic action. “This season is very special, it will end differently, so it’s a lot difficult to understand what exactly is an advantage or disadvantage, “said the Slovenian.
The French League has declared the 2019-2020 season ended on April 30, two days later Prime Minister Edouard Philippe he said in a speech that “the 2019-20 season of professional sports, especially football, will not be able to resume”.
PSG was crowned champion. UEFA repeated on Wednesday that it wanted the names of the clubs that will qualify for next season’s European Cup competitions as early as 3 August. Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas, whose club will lose European football next season if it doesn’t win the Champions League, it is challenging the way the French league ended in court.
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