the mayors of Ajaccio, Troyes, Clermont write to Le Graët to play the dams

Deprived of access to Ligue 1 after the decision of the Professional Football League (LFP) to definitively stop the championships on April 30, Ajaccio (3rd), Troyes (4th) and Clermont (5th) do not count in stay here. All three in the bosom of Lorient (1st) and Lens (2nd), finally promoted to the upper floor, the clubs received the support of their municipalities in this fight.

Thus, the mayors of Clermont Olivier Bianchi, Trojans François Baroin and Ajaccio Laurent Marcangeli each wrote in this regard to the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noël Le Graët, informs The Parisian. “On behalf of our three clubs who have won their places on the Ligue 2 playing field without any dispute and who could have even gone higher if the season had gone to the end, we ask you to support and take the decision in agreement with the LFP, to play the playoffs of Ligue 2 and the dam L 1-L2 “, it is written.

In the letter dated May 11 and that the newspaper obtained, elected officials also recall that the boss of French amateur football himself proposed to play the finals of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue “in a secure environment for the actors and according to a strict medical protocol “:” You proposed that in the middle of the summer, between the end of the state of health emergency envisaged on July 10 and the beginning of August, the finals of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue can take place in a secure environment for the actors and according to a strict medical protocol “.

Without round trip

And to the three elected to propose: “The organization of these matches – only three matches because the L 1 – L 2 jump-off would be done without a round trip – could be done on the same basis as the two finals (a single stadium, protocol medical of the FFF, retransmission with undoubtedly a lot of interest, protected transport and accommodation, etc …) and would allow to respect sports ethics and the regulations of the LFP on the format of professional competitions. ” Before insisting: “These five games, two finals and three playoffs and barrage, would not allow us to turn the page which will remain painful forever, but to look to the future”.

In conclusion, Olivier Bianchi, François Baroin and Laurent Marcangeli once again ask Noël Le Graët to review his position. “We ask you to support our collective approach and to commit to the playoffs and the jump-off, it being understood that our clubs are of course ready to adapt to the terms that you decide”, politely end the three mayors, very cordial in their writing, reports Le Parisien.

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