FC Lorient announced Monday that a new player had tested positive for Covid-19, which further threatens the holding of the next Ligue 1 match scheduled for Sunday in Nîmes, after the one against Dijon was postponed. Since January 8, 13 professional players, including 12 of the 30 officially registered with the Professional Football League (LFP), have been placed in solitary confinement after testing positive for Covid-19, as have two members of the ‘framing. According to the medical protocol of the LFP, the postponement of a match may be considered if one of the two teams cannot present at least 20 players tested negative on this list of 30. However, unless there is a derogation, only the two first infected are likely to return to the group before Sunday. New tests are scheduled for Thursday morning. For Lorient, now Ligue 1 red lantern, the matches against Dijon (19th) and Nîmes (18th) are crucial in view of maintaining Ligue 1. At the same time, Lorient also had to close its training center for at least ten days after the discovery of four cases of Covid-19 among young people and management, as Brest, Le Havre, Marseille or Nice had to do this fall.
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