What if the LFP was a little more understanding? After refusing almost any postponement to L1 clubs having seen many of their players affected by Covid-19 (Strasbourg or Saint-Etienne in particular), the Professional Football League has decided to postpone two Ligue 2 matches of the Sporting club of Bastia (SCB), which has several positive players, she said in a statement on Wednesday.
🚨 QRM and Nancy postponed!
➡️ Faced with the cases of COVID-19 within the pro group, the LFP has decided to postpone the meeting against @QRM. The LFP also decided to postpone the match against @asnlofficiel !
🌐 Explanations: https://t.co/5xdt1jr2NV pic.twitter.com/08YxLk39JN
– SC Bastia (@SCBastia) July 28, 2021
“After the opinion of the National Covid Commission of the French Football Federation (FFF) concerning the number of SC Bastia players tested positive RT-PCR and absent with certainty for the matches against Quevilly-Rouen and AS Nancy Lorraine”, the League has decided to postpone these two matches, she explains in a statement.
Nine cases in the pro workforce
The confrontation counting for the 2nd day of Ligue 2 between SC Bastia and Quevilly-Rouen, scheduled for Saturday in Rouen, has thus been postponed to Wednesday, August 18. The one between SC Bastia and AS Nancy Lorraine, counting for the third day of Ligue 2 and initially scheduled for Monday August 9 at 8:45 p.m., has been postponed to Wednesday August 11, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, the Bastia club, which has just returned to Ligue 2, announced five new cases of Covid-19 among the members of the first team, bringing “to nine the total number of people positive for Covid-19”.
Haute-Corse is one of the departments most affected by the new wave of the epidemic.