PSG Awarded The Championship Even Though Ligue 1 Was Canceled
According to L'Equipe newspaper, the championship of the
French League (Ligue 1) in the 2019-2020 season will be given to PSG Club
despite the decision to cancel the tournament because of Covid-19.
A few days ago, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe
announced that football and sports competitions in general would not return,
including football matches in the country that will only take place after
September 2020. Immediately after that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 simultaneously
announced cancellation.
However, recently L'Equipe newspaper published
information about the French Football Association and the BTC Ligue 1 side has
decided to give the championship season 2019/2020 to PSG Club.
The French capital team has played 27 matches this season,
leading the Ligue 1 rankings with 68 points, 12 points more than the second
team Marseille but playing less than 1 match. If they were awarded the
title, this would be the third consecutive Ligue 1 championship and the 9th in
club history.
Marseille, Rennes and Lille ranked second, third and fourth,
respectively, but have yet to decide whether they will represent France for the
European Cup next season.
At the bottom of the rankings, Nimes, Amiens and Toulouse
are the three teams in the "red light" group. However, the Ligue
1 BTC has not officially announced the relegation team. Most likely, the
French Football Federation and the Ligue 1 BTC side will wait for instructions
from the European Football Federation in the near future.
In Europe now, the Bundesliga is scheduled to play again on
May 9 without an audience; La Liga and Serie A are expected to take place
by the end of May 28; while the English Premier League is expected to
continue in mid-June. Meanwhile the Dutch League is also canceled and there is
no champion. Before that, Belgium was the first country in Europe to
announce an "end" of the season early but still awaiting the results
of the next referendum.
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