PSG will travel to Lens for a top-of-the-table clash on Saturday, April 11, sandwiched between the first and second legs of their Champions League quarterfinal against Liverpool.
Arne Slot’s side will play at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday, April 8, with the return leg at Anfield on Tuesday, April 14. Liverpool will also play Fulham in the Premier League on April 11 at Anfield.
In response to PSG’s request, Lens – who are chasing a first league title since 1998 – issued a statement saying they are strongly against the “troubling sentiment” if the fixture was moved to a later date, adding their domestic league risks being “gradually relegated to the status of an adjustment variable at the whim of the European imperatives of some”.
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“Beyond this specific case, the question raised is a more fundamental one: that of the respect due to the competition itself,” the club’s statement said. For one is justified to ask when, on its own turf, the league appears to be reduced to second place behind other goals, no matter how valid they are.”
Lens presently trail PSG by one point in Ligue 1, and head coach Pierre Sage stated following his team’s 5-1 victory over Angers on Sunday that they would not agree to a postponement, According To BBC News.
In PSG’s previous Champions League encounter against Chelsea, Luis Enrique’s team got the weekend off between the two legs since their game against Nantes was postponed due to a similar request. PSG won 8-2 on aggregate.
Finally, the LFP makes the ultimate decision, and their position is that they will seek to benefit French clubs competing in Europe.
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