Montpellier will receive OM Saturday behind closed doors. – Sylvain THOMAS / AFP
The announcements fall by the dropper but we are heading straight for a 29th day of Ligue 1 entirely behind closed doors because of the epidemic of
coronavirus that strikes the country. For the moment, only two games will officially take place without spectators. These are Lyon-Reims (Friday, 8.45 p.m.) and Montpellier-Marseille (Saturday at 5.30 p.m.).
According to an info from Noon Free, the Montpellier club would have been notified by the prefecture of Hérault in the morning. For its part, the TFC has announced that it has suspended its ticketing for the next two games at the Stadium (against Metz and Saint-Etienne), which amounts to saying that the Toulouse also will play behind closed doors at the Stadium.
The OL / Stade de Reims match will be played behind closed doors#OLSDR https://t.co/FH6WArPnO5
– Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) March 9, 2020
In addition, the closing meeting of the 28th day of Ligue 2 between RC Lens and Orléans will also be played behind closed doors Monday evening. It is only a matter of time before the other matches of the first and second division championships take the same path since the government announced on Sunday evening the ban on gatherings of more than 1,000 people throughout the territory. The final decisions will be taken on a case-by-case basis by the various prefects who have the final say.
In the Youth League, the Champions League for U19 teams, Inter has announced outright that it has given up playing its round of 16 against Stade Rennais in order to “protect its players, members and employees”. The Milanese club accepts the consequences of such a decision, namely a 3-0 loss on the green carpet and elimination without playing.
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