Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain’s visit to second-placed Lens, scheduled for April 11, has been postponed until May 13 to allow more time to prepare for their Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) said on Thursday.
Strasbourg’s visit to Brest, scheduled for April 12, has also been moved to May 13 to help the country prepare for the Europa Conference League match against Mainz in the last eight, the LFP said in a statement.
“These decisions are in line with the board’s clear strategic objective to enable France to maintain its fifth place in the UEFA coefficient rankings, securing four places in the UEFA Champions League,” the LFP said in a statement fd4oan.
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PSG, the reigning European champions, host Liverpool three days before the match in Lens and travel to Anfield for the second leg on April 14.
PSG and Lens are separated by one point in Ligue 1, with PSG having a game in hand. Lens had previously opposed PSG’s request.
“In fact, it seems to us that a disturbing sentiment is emerging: that a French league is gradually being relegated to the status of an adjustment variable, at the whim of the European imperatives of certain parties,” Lens said in a statement on Monday.
Published on March 26, 2026
