An unforeseen defeat that will hurt the heads of Niort: the Chamois, rather well engaged since the start of the season, were inflicted with a defeat on the green carpet by the Professional Football League on Wednesday, due to a Covid protocol. 19 not respected by the Deux-Sèvres club.
The Chamois will file a complaint
On December 22, for the last day of 2020 before the truce, the Niortais were to receive Valenciennes. But the match had been deprogrammed just a few hours before kick-off, the premises not having been able to provide the documents necessary to respect the health protocol in due time, while Niort justified this postponement by “the presence of positive cases within the workforce and suspicions for other players “.
Following this decision, the file was transmitted to the competitions commission, which explained on Wednesday that the match would be lost on the green carpet by the Niortais, thus offering a 3-0 victory to Valenciennes.
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The leaders, however, have expressed their willingness to appeal this decision, and should therefore seize the CNOSF to challenge it. As a result of this decision, Valenciennes goes back to 11th place, while the Niortais remain in 9th place in Ligue 2.
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