The Ligue 1 season opener on Friday has been postponed after
three more positive COVID-19 tests Marseille, who were due to face
Saint-Etienne.
Four people at the Marseille
have now shown up positive for coronavirus.
Marseille said on Tuesday that
all details had been relayed to the LFP, the body that runs professional
football in France.
The LFP later confirmed that
Friday’s match was postponed, to be played on either September 16 or 17 “subject
to changes in sanitary conditions within the Olympique de Marseille club”.
Andre Villas-Boas’ side
cancelled a friendly on August 14 against Stuttgart of Germany as a precaution.
Fellow Ligue 1 side Nimes
announced two new suspected cases in its squad and all employees have been put
in isolation pending test results.
Nimes had hosted Marseille on
August 9 in a friendly.
At least 37 Ligue 1 players
from 11 clubs have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks.
The vast majority contracted
the virus after resuming training in June, leading to quarantine and a flurry
of cancelled pre-season matches.
Two matches slated for this
weekend – Paris Saint-Germain against Metz and Montpellier against Lyon –
had already been cancelled because PSG and Lyon are playing Champions League
semifinals in Portugal.
