Before even starting, the classic between OM and PSG is already talked about. Initially scheduled for Sunday, the match was postponed to this Monday at 8 p.m. Monday because of the strong bad weather that struck Marseille. This decision was discussed at length between the League and the two clubs, PSG wishing to avoid this schedule at all costs due to the Golden Ball ceremony, which could reward Ousmane Dembélé and several Parisian players.
The league also tried to limit this telescoping, but the regulations are clearly in favor of the Marseillais wishing to compete for the classic on Monday evening. Moreover, article 548 of the LFP competition regulation stipulates: “When the weather was unhappy, the match could not start, it is handed over, or when it was definitively interrupted, it resumes from the minute to which it was interrupted, the next day (excluding extreme conditions), at a schedule set by the LFP services. »»
OM threatened the league
The Vélodrome stadium will therefore host the classic this evening at 8 p.m., in finally milder weather conditions. According to the LFP, taken up by The team, OM even threatened to initiate a procedure if the meeting was scheduled for another day. The league preferred not to insist, aware that the regulations played entirely in favor of Marseille and wishing to avoid a conflict with two major events of French football that overlap.
However, this request from PSG is not an isolated case. Recently, OM had asked to shift its meeting against Lens, scheduled for October 25, three days after its trip to Lisbon to face Sporting in the Champions League. The request had been rejected, causing tensions with several club presidents, which shows that the Marseille club does not hesitate to defend its interests.
