The Ligue de Soccer Professionel (LFP) have confirmed they’ve obtained a request from Paris Saint-Germain to postpone their Ligue 1 recreation in opposition to RC Lens.
PSG are scheduled to go to Lens in a top-of-the-table encounter on Saturday 11 April, with the fixture coming in between each legs of their Champions League quarter-final in opposition to Liverpool.
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Arne Slot’s aspect go to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday, 8 April, with the return leg set for Anfield on Tuesday ,14 April. Liverpool even have a Premier League match scheduled for 11 April in opposition to Fulham at Anfield.
In response to PSG’s request, Lens – who’re chasing a primary league title since 1998 – issued a press release saying they’re strongly in opposition to the “troubling sentiment” if the fixture was moved to a later date, including their home league dangers being “progressively relegated to the standing of an adjustment variable on the whim of the European imperatives of some”.
“Past this particular case, the query raised is a extra elementary one: that of the respect as a result of competitors itself,” the membership’s assertion continued.
“For one is entitled to marvel when, by itself soil, the league generally appears to be relegated to second place behind different ambitions, nonetheless reliable they could be.”
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Lens presently path PSG by one level in Ligue 1, and head coach Pierre Sage mentioned after their 5-1 victory over Angers on Sunday that his aspect didn’t agree with a postponement.
In PSG’s earlier Champions League tie in opposition to Chelsea, Luis Enrique’s aspect had the weekend off in between the 2 legs as their recreation in opposition to Nantes was postponed after the same request. PSG gained 8-2 on combination.
Finally, the ultimate name is with the LFP, and their stance is they’ll look to learn French golf equipment which are enjoying in Europe.
The LFP additionally confirmed Strasbourg have requested to have their league recreation at Brest on that very same weekend postponed because it is available in between their Convention League video games in opposition to Mainz.
PSG have been approached for remark.