Liverpool vs PSG Champions League row explodes as French club release furious statement
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RC Lens have issued a statement following the decision to postpone their Ligue 1 fixture with Paris Saint-Germain. Learn more RC Lens have released a statement in response to the controversial decision to reschedule their Ligue 1 match against Paris Saint-Germain.
The Parisians requested the fixture be moved as it falls between their two Champions League quarter-final matches against Liverpool, with the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) granting their request.Following that decision, Lens, who were strongly opposed to moving the fixture, have issued an official club statement. It stated: "While expressing its disagreement with the unanimous decision of the LFP Board of Directors to postpone the match against Paris Saint-Germain, RC Lens acknowledges it responsibly, reaffirms its determination to pursue its sporting objectives, and specifies that ticketing arrangements will be communicated individually by email to each supporter."Lens' frustration largely arises from the fact they sit just one point behind PSG in the Ligue 1 title race, with Luis Enrique likely to rotate his squad for the clash given it is sandwiched between their European knockout games.The scheduling of matches is another cause for their anger, with Lens facing another two-week break after playing Lille next weekend.
They currently sit fifth but Chelsea, Brentford, Everton, Fulham, Brighton and Sunderland are all no less than six points behind.Lens argued their case earlier this week with a statement that read: "On March 6, the scheduling of the match pitting Racing Club de Lens against Paris Saint-Germain was finalised, formalising a framework to which everyone was then invited to adhere."In a spirit of responsibility and restraint, Racing Club de Lens, from the very first requests, made it known to Paris Saint-Germain its intention not to see this date changed. It does indeed appear to us that a troubling sentiment is taking hold: that of a French championship gradually relegated to the status of an adjustment variable at the whim of the European imperatives of some."However, the recent proliferation of statements, interventions, and various suggestions now leads us to break from this reserve.