French League Postpones Lens Match To Allow Psg Weekend Off Between Liverpool Games

Paris Saint-Germain’s sojourn to Lens, perchance a important brushwood successful nan Ligue 1 title race, has been postponed to springiness PSG much clip to hole for their Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool.

The lucifer betwixt nan apical 2 teams successful France’s apical section – PSG lead Lens by a constituent – was scheduled for 11 April but will now return spot connected 13 May, 3 days earlier nan last information of fixtures.

Lens had pushed backmost against PSG’s petition for nan crippled to beryllium moved. The Ligue de Football Professionnel said: “These decisions are successful statement pinch nan committee of directors’ clear strategical purpose of enabling France to clasp its 5th spot successful nan Uefa coefficient rankings, which secures 4 places successful nan Champions League.”

On Monday, Lens said: “It seems to us, successful fact, that a worrying sentiment is taking hold: that of a French convention gradually being relegated to nan position of an accommodation adaptable astatine nan whim of definite parties’ European imperatives.”

PSG look Liverpool successful nan first limb of their Champions League quarter-final astatine nan Parc de Princes connected 8 April. The 2nd limb takes spot astatine Anfield six days later.

Strasbourg’s sojourn to Brest, scheduled for 12 April, has besides been moved to 13 May to thief them hole for their Europa Conference League last-eight games pinch Mainz.