Scheduled at 5 p.m. this Saturday, the league match between OM and Stade Brestois could be postponed by two hours.
This is the will of the mayor of the 11th and 12th arrondissement of Marseille, Sylvain Souvestre, who asked the first deputy of the city, Michèle Rubirola, to support this request with the competent authorities.
” I saw that schedules had been postponed elsewhere in France and I wish, for eminently legitimate reasons of public health with regard to families, that the schedule be delayed at least around 7 p.m. in order to avoid any problem.writes the chosen one. Given the temperatures and the sun so strong on these stands, we would not understand that it was done elsewhere like last weekend and not here in Marseille. »
Last weekend, the Lyon-Montpellier and Monaco-Strasbourg meetings, initially scheduled for 5 p.m. on Saturday and 5.05 p.m. on Sunday respectively, were rescheduled for 7 p.m. due to the hot weather. An initiative taken by the Professional Football League itself.