La Classique will be played in the middle of Ballon d’Or ceremony
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The game has been postponed due to severe weather conditions
The Ligue 1 match between Marseille and reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday evening was postponed by almost 24 hours due to storms forecast in southern France, regional authorities said.
"The match is postponed because there could be heavy rainfall with significant risks of runoff in urban areas" around Marseille's 65,000-capacity Stade Velodrome, Georges-Francois Leclerc, the prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhone department, told AFP, adding there "would be a risk" for spectators and players. The prefect of this region has not only postponed the famous ‘La Classique’ but also the school year for one day in early September in the face of forecasts of heavy rain. All schools and daycare centers remained closed on September 1 and this is the second time he has been forced to do so.
LFP relied on its own competition regulations when they decided to postpone the match for Monday at 21h Nairobi time.
"When a match cannot start due to bad weather, it is postponed, or when it has been definitively interrupted, it resumes from the minute it was interrupted, the following day (except in extreme conditions), at a time set by the LFP services," states Article 548. But that means that the game will we played at the same time as the Ballon d’Or ceremony, in which Ousmane Dembele is the big favorite to win the award. The player is injured and wouldn’t play in the derby match regardless, but this game would prevent his teammates and coach to attend the ceremony and celebrate with him, in case he wins the award.
LIGUE 1 - MATCHDAY 5
Friday
Olympique Lyon - Angers 1-0 (0-0)
/Tessmann 65/
Saturday
Nantes - Rennes 2-2 (0-2)
/Mwanga 64, El Arabi 90+6 - Blas 29 pen, Lepaul 35/
Brest - Nice 4-1 (2-1)
/Ajorque 6, Del Castillo 9, Chotard 70, Labeau Lascary 76 - Moffi 30/
Lens - Lille 3-0 (2-0)
/Said 28, Thauvin 43, Fofana 52/
Sunday
16.00: (2.45) Paris (3.50) Strasbourg (3.00)
18.15: (2.80) Auxerre (3.15) Toulouse (2.65)
18.15: (2.35) Le Havre (3.35) Lorient (3.05)
18.15: (1.28) Monaco (5.90) Metz (9.50)
Olympique Marseille - PSG - postponed
*** odds are subject to change***
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