Paris St-Germain's Ligue 1 game at Strasbourg, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.


It is France's first top-flight game to be called off, with 613 people testing positive and nine deaths in the country as of Friday evening.


No details have been given on when the rearranged game will take place.
Other sporting events in the country have been affected including the Paris Marathon and the Paris-Nice cycling.


"Following an order from the Bas-Rhin authorities concerning the spread of the coronavirus, the meeting is postponed,"
PSG said in a statement.


French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that all schools and nurseries in the departments of l'Oise, in the north, and le Haut-Rhin, in the north-east, will be closed for two weeks from Monday.


The local authorities added: "The arrival of 26,000 at the Stade de la Meinau, a quarter of which would come from the Haut-Rhin region, is likely to promote the spread of Covid-19."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51777994

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they should have played in an empty stadium, rather than postpone... but then again, these clubs need attendance/entrance fee.

MrBrownJay1:
they should have played in an empty stadium, rather than postpone... but then again, these clubs need attendance/entrance fee.

Better safe than sorry

EbukaHades10:
Better safe than sorry

i dont understand why, really? what is the aim of postponing matches in Strasbourg (east of France, close to German border) while letting matches in Nice (close to Italian border where there is way more cases of Covid-19)... are they gonna wait until the virus is eradicated or what? is it not gonna be the same football fans going to the rescheduled match?

MrBrownJay1:


i dont understand why, really? what is the aim of postponing matches in Strasbourg (east of France, close to German border) while letting matches in Nice (close to Italian border where there is way more cases of Covid-19)... are they gonna wait until the virus is eradicated or what? is it not gonna be the same football fans going to the rescheduled match?

According to reports, Italy has been the worst hit with the virus in Europe and they probably have contingencies to deal with it so it won't affect the matches.

Even the Juventus Vs Inter Milan game was postponed and I may be wrong but this may be the first game the French have postponed bcus of the virus.

They probably didn't have enough measures to deal with it.

Na lie, them want PSG to rest well b4 their CL match

EbukaHades10:
According to reports, Italy has been the worst hit with the virus in Europe and they probably have contingencies to deal with it so it won't affect the matches.

Even the Juventus Vs Inter Milan game was postponed and I may be wrong but this may be the first game the French have postponed bcus of the virus.

They probably didn't have enough measures to deal with it.

they did the right thing and it was played in an empty stadium, like they should with the PSG match

MrBrownJay1:


they did the right thing and it was played in an empty stadium, like they should with the PSG match

They no get mind

EbukaHades10:
They no get mind

Euro 2020 is right around the corner (90days from now).... will they play in empty stadiums too? what if this madness goes all the way to the WC 2022?!

MrBrownJay1:


Euro 2020 is right around the corner (90days from now).... will they play in empty stadiums too? what if this madness goes all the way to the WC 2022?!

God no go allow Coro enter next year sef. E go just scatter our beautiful game

EbukaHades10:
God no go allow Coro enter next year sef. E go just scatter our beautiful game

imagine a WC played in empty stadiums....and fans banned from going to Qatar?! they might as well cancel the whole thing

MrBrownJay1:


imagine a WC played in empty stadiums....and fans banned from going to Qatar?! they might as well cancel the whole thing

As in eh. Best thing will be to postpone it.


The Juve game I watched yesterday was dry bcus no fans to cheer or make noise

EbukaHades10:
As in eh. Best thing will be to postpone it.

The Juve game I watched yesterday was dry bcus no fans to cheer or make noise

yeah i also saw a bit of the match... it looked like training. i was wondering how would the players celebrate when scoring, lol!