Xinhua News Agency, Paris, April 28 (Reporter Xiao Yazhuo) Under the impact of the new crown epidemic, another European mainstream football league will end early after the Dutch League! French Prime Minister Edward Philip announced on the 28th that all sports events prior to September will be cancelled, which also means that restarting the Ligue 1 has become impossible.
"All professional sports events this season, including football, will not resume." Philip said in a televised speech that day.
Last week, the French Professional Football League had a discussion about restarting the Ligue 1 in mid-June, but the French football community has also realized that the final decision on whether the game can be restarted is not in the hands of the Football Association or the Professional League. It needs to be decided by the government department. Today, Prime Minister Philip's speech has closed the door to restart Ligue 1.
According to local French media reports, the French Professional Football League will hold a meeting in May to discuss the follow-up issues such as the attribution of the league champion, European war qualifications and promotion and demotion.
In the current standings, the Paris Saint-Germain team took the first place with 68 points in the round of the under-match, leading the second-placed Marseille team by 12 points. Rennes and Lille ranked third and fourth with 50 and 49 points respectively. According to league rules, the top two in Ligue 1 will directly qualify for the Champions League, the third place will participate in the Champions League play-offs, and the fourth place will qualify for the Europa League.
In the relegation zone, the Toulouse team currently ranks first in the bottom line with only 13 points, and the Amiens team ranks second in the bottom line with 23 points. According to tradition, the last two teams in the league will be lowered to the second division.
Earlier, the Dutch Football Association announced on the 24th that the Dutch League ended earlier this season, but Ajax, who ranked first in the standings due to the advantage of the goal difference, was not awarded the championship title, and also canceled the tradition of promotion practice. This decision has caused dissatisfaction among many teams. For example, the Udler detachment, currently ranked sixth in the Dutch league table and one game less but only 3 points away from the European theater, said it would appeal the Dutch Football Association to the court.