Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has revealed that a date has been fixed for the restart of Champions League.
This is for the second leg of the Champions League fixture that Olympique Lyon has with Juventus. Initially, the second leg was to be played on 17 March. However, the coronavirus pandemic pushed all fixtures ahead. The first match was won by Lyon (1-0) and now Aulas has released a date for their second match.
“The match against Juventus is confirmed on August 7, in Turin and behind closed doors,” Aulas told RTLFoot on Saturday.
Ligue 1 was cancelled, and the winners were declared (Paris Saint-Germain). However, Aulas isn’t supportive of this decision and wants to see if he can ask to restart the league.
“We first asked to investigate a possible resumption of activity,” Aulas told the L’Equipe TV channel.
“The decision of the Minister of Sports (Roxana Maracineanu) is based on a date of August 3 which does not exist at UEFA. We can examine in detail with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health the health protocol validated by all European countries and see if there is a possibility of recovery.
“The second (appeal) is on the modalities for stopping the Championship and the method of calculating the classification (deciding the league after 28 games).”
“If the appeals do not succeed, we are sending Lyon and Paris to be massacred by teams who will have a preparation that we do not have,” he said.
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