That’s it ! The Girondins have sent their request to postpone the match against OM, scheduled for Friday (9 p.m.). The file left after the last tests carried out on Tuesday. The good news of the day is still that the club has not detected a new positive case in its workforce.
So why is he now officially asking for the postponement? Because he still has to deal with a very large number of players who are unavailable due to Covid-19. The last ten positives will not be able to play against OM and especially at least two other players on the return after their infection are still suffering from symptoms. So that makes 12 players unavailable. As a reminder, if the club has more than ten players unavailable out of the 30 in its squad or it cannot line up a goalkeeper on the scoresheet, it can request the postponement of the match. This is therefore the case today for the Girondins, they are their right.
The club even speaks of 17 absent players because we must add the injured and the internationals selected for the African Cup of Nations. If the match is maintained, the Girondins should therefore do without more than half of their workforce. For once, sports fairness would not be respected at all. But beware, the club is not with a bad surprise since last week in a situation perhaps even more complicated, the federation forced them to play in the Coupe de France in Brest. For Ligue 1, it is up to the Professional Football League to decide. She should do so today or tomorrow on this postponement request.