Overview
- The LFP board, which approved the change Thursday under its statutes, moved PSG’s April 11 trip to Lens to May 13.
- Lens protested the move and called it a distortion of the domestic competition in a public statement.
- The league said it wants to give the remaining European teams optimal conditions and protect France’s UEFA ranking that determines Champions League places.
- Strasbourg’s league game at Brest was also shifted to May to clear a weekend between its Conference League quarter-finals against Mainz.
- The switch creates a reported 15-day break for Lens before a tighter run of games, with the title race currently a one-point gap to PSG.