the Girondins officially request the postponement of their match against OM

Massively affected by the Covid-19, the Girondins de Bordeaux asked, Wednesday January 5, the postponement of their meeting scheduled for Friday evening against Marseille. An outbreak of Covid-19 disrupts the Marines and Whites, which have 17 infected players. Already reduced during the reception of Lille at the end of December (2-3), they had not obtained the postponement of their trip to Brest in the Coupe de France (3-0), Sunday. Many players from the reserve team started the match in Finistère.

FCGB-OM: Club press release

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The health protocol of Ligue 1 being different from that of the Cup, the Girondins can hope for a favorable decision in this case. As it stands, a club must have a minimum of 20 players (including a goalkeeper) on its official list of 30 declared. A request for postponement can be issued from 11 positive cases. Angers, affected by 19 cases of Covid, has thus obtained the postponement of its match against Saint-Etienne scheduled for Sunday. The LFP will have the last word on whether or not the meeting will be held.

At the same time, the Aquitaine club announced that if the match was maintained, it would be played behind closed doors. “NOTWe do not want to keep you in the dark and in the impossibility of organizing yourself a few days from such an expected deadline “, said the club at the Scapular in a press release. If the match is held, a gauge of 5,000 spectators should normally have been applied at Matmut Atlantique.

For the Girondins, it is a question of playing this important meeting under optimal conditions. Sportingly first, since Bordeaux is 17th in Ligue 1 and has no margin over its rivals for maintenance. Symbolically then, since the reception of Marseille is an event for the club: OM has not won in Gironde since October 1, 1977.