Overview
- The LFP board, which voted unanimously Thursday, moved Lens–PSG and Brest–Strasbourg to May 13.
- Paris requested the shift to rest between its Liverpool quarter-finals, and the league said the aim is to safeguard France’s UEFA points that determine Champions League places.
- Lens opposed the decision as a blow to sporting equity, said it would act with responsibility, and can seek conciliation before the CNOSF.
- The new date gives Lens a 13‑day gap after April 4 before a rush of three matches in eight days in May, with a league offer to bring Lens–Nantes forward to May 8.
- LFP president Vincent Labrune defended the move as serving the broader interests of French football, regional leader Xavier Bertrand criticized it as unfair, and PSG executives did not take part in the vote.