OL are furious after the decision of the LFP and the broadcasters to schedule the match of the 13th day against Nice for Sunday December 1 at 5 p.m., three days after a 4,000 kilometer trip in the Europa League.
On Thursday, November 28, Olympique Lyonnais will make their longest trip of the season to challenge Qarabag (Azerbaijan) in the Europa League. Three days later, Pierre Sage's players will host OGC Nice on the 13th day of Ligue 1, a match which has officially been scheduled for Sunday December 1 at 5 p.m. And according to information from the Olympique and Lyonnais website, this programming from the Professional Football League and the broadcasters does not suit John Textor's club at all.
OL-LFP, a relationship more tense than ever
Our colleague Razik Brikh explains that OL tried to postpone this poster until Tuesday December 3, which was simply refused by the LFP, which did not wish to postpone a match beyond the weekend, even for a team entered in the European Cup. OL took note of this decision and did not expect a positive response in any case, but they had more hope when they asked to play on Sunday December 1 at 8:45 p.m. rather than at 5 p.m. in order to offer Alexandre Lacazette's teammates nearly four hours of additional recovery.
This time, the League agreed but it was DAZN which refused, favoring the OM-Monaco poster this day at 8:45 p.m. Surprised by this refusal, Lyon attempted a third postponement, this time to Sunday December 1 at 7 p.m., in a slot where no match is played but after the LFP and DAZN, the Rhone club encountered refusal from BeInSports “who vetoed it, since it would have given an additional broadcast slot to its competitor”. An episode which caused enormous anger at OL, and it would therefore not be surprising to see Pierre Sage carry out a huge squad review between the match against Qarabag and that against Nice in Ligue 1. And we doubts quite easily which match will be prioritized by the Lyon technician.
