Due to the heatwave, Paris Saint-Germain had to give up hosting Stade Rennais on this first day of Ligue 1. The intense summer heat made the pitch at the Parc des Princes impassable in recent weeks, which ultimately led the League to relocate the first leg to Rennes this Sunday evening.
The question of the place which will host the return match is already being asked, and opinions differ. For Luis Enrique for example, it is difficult to imagine playing the return leg in Brittany. “I don’t know the regulations but when you start a competition, there is a very important principle, it is equality between all the teams. It is not possible to play away twice against the same team.confided the Parisian coach at a press conference yesterday.
“These are circumstances that exist in football”
Before this evening’s meeting, Luis Campos was also invited to comment on current events. And as his role invited him to do, the sports advisor of Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) defended Parisian interests: “the lawn? Last year, we also had exceptional circumstances when we went to play in Marseille (the first leg, in September). We returned to Paris with the storm (on Sunday), then we returned to Marseille and we lost (1-0, the match was postponed until the next day due to bad weather).”
“It’s like thisadded the Portuguese leader. These are circumstances that exist in football, and in this case, I think that the pitch was not in condition to play the match. It calls into question the physical integrity of the players, it was the best solution for Rennes to host the match“. The facts are there, for everyone to appreciate.
