The discovery of three new positive cases for Covid-19 within the Marseille workforce logically forced the LFP to postpone the opening match of the season between OM and ASSE.
First blow for Mediapro and its Téléfoot channel. Three days before the start of the season, the new broadcaster of the League 1 sees the programming of its flagship product completely turned upside down. While the historic routes of PSG and OL in the Champions League have already forced the LFP to postpone the Montpellier-Lyon and Paris-Metz matches until September 16, it is now the opening shock of the championship that must be postponed, this time because of the Covid-19.
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Following the discovery of three additional cases within the OM workforce (after Jordan Amavi, Steve Mandanda, Valentin Rongier and Maxime Lopez would have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Provence), the League announced on Tuesday the postponement of the meeting between Marseille and Saint Etienne, on the proposal of the national Covid commission. Scheduled for Friday evening at 7 p.m., this poster will take place on September 16 or 17, “Subject to changes in sanitary conditions” within the Marseille club.
???? Initially scheduled for Friday August 21, the match of the first day of @ Ligue1UberEats between the@OM_Officiel and the@ASSEofficiel is postponed to Wednesday 16 or Thursday 17 September 2020 ???? #OMASSE https://t.co/63nK8teNLO
– Professional Football League (@LFPfr) August 18, 2020
Bordeaux-Nantes in opening
“The final date and time will be determined in agreement with the broadcaster”, specifies the instance in a press release. Mediapro, which has just launched its subscription campaign, therefore finds itself in a complicated situation, with a first Ligue 1 weekend without the three most popular clubs in France. According to The team, the LFP has decided to advance Bordeaux-Nantes, initially scheduled for Saturday at 5 p.m., and to make it the opening match of the 2020-2021 financial year. One of the other meetings scheduled for Sunday could therefore take place on Saturday …
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Edinson Cavani
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Ronald Koeman
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