The new protocol, introduced Tuesday by the Professional Football League, makes systematic tests before each match.
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Faced with the explosion of positive cases for covid-19 in metropolitan France, the Professional Football League (LFP) announced on Tuesday, January 4, the entry into force of a new health protocol for professional clubs in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.
In this new procedure, all players, whether vaccinated or not, must be tested 48 hours before each match. This measure changes the game since previously, only non-vaccinated players had the obligation to be tested. However, several clubs had already gotten into the habit of testing their entire squad before matches.
This protocol was also modeled on the new health protocol in force on French territory. Thus, as for each French positive for covid-19, the period of the isolation period goes from 10 to 7 days for a player with a complete vaccination schedule. Nevertheless, if after five days he presents a negative test, he can resume group training.
On the other hand, the rule relating to postponements of matches remains unchanged. In Ligue 1, a club can request the postponement of a match if it no longer has a minimum of 20 players, including a goalkeeper, on its official list of 30 declared, i.e. from 11 players affected at the same time . The L1 meeting between Angers and Saint-Etienne, initially scheduled for next Sunday, has already been postponed after the Angevin club announced the detection of 19 positive cases in its group.
Since Monday and for a period of three weeks, the stadiums have also been subject to gauges set at 5,000 people as part of the measures to curb the Covid-19 epidemic.