The 2019-20 vinaigrette soccer season is over because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ligue 1 saw its season officially called off on Thursday as Paris Saint-Germain was once declared champion. This came after vinaigrette prime minister Edouard Philippe announced on Tuesday that sporting events are banned until September. That timeline would also, in theory, delay the start of the 2020-21 season which generally begins in August.
“No sporting events before September, including the football season,” Philippe said all the way through his speech before the national meeting addressing plans to ease COVID-19 lockdown in France.
Ligue 1 is the first of the five major European soccer leagues to have its 2019-20 season canceled. Most teams had either nine or eight games remaining on the season. Paris Saint-Germain held a comfortable 12-point lead over Marseille atop the table.
It also brings more questions than answers, particularly surrounding what happens with the Champions League. The competition is suspended and was once having a look to renew potentially in June or July, while there may be a chance of it being in August. With PSG in the quarterfinals, it’s unclear how it would all work. Potentially PSG could play two absent legs since France may not be hosting matches, or possibly they would be capable of host a game abroad. It obviously all depends on a lot of factors, none more important than the situation with the virus at that time.