22 minutes agoFrance's Sports Minister challenges Lyon: Go to court if you want
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(6 years ago)Roxana Maracineanu, Minister of Youth and Sports, has given her opinion on the decision for the 2019/20 season. The LFP has decided to end the 2019/20 season, including the annulment of League 1, where the PSG was declared champion, while Lyon remained out of European races for the first time in the last 23 years. After [...]
Roxana Maracineanu, Minister of Youth and Sports, has given her opinion on the decision for the 2019/20 season.
The LFP has decided to end the 2019/20 season, including the annulment of League 1, where the PSG was declared champion, while Lyon remained out of European races for the first time in the last 23 years.
After the decision, Lyon came out with a communiqué, where he warned he would submit the verdict to the court. That attitude has been reacted to by the minister of sports in France.
If they want to go to court, let them go”, Maracineanu said, broadcast the news.net.
We can't avoid them, either by law. Sports movements are autonomous”, the minister added.
The LFP has already made the decision on the new season. The LFP communiqué says that the 2020/21 season will begin on August 22nd-23rd, 2020.
