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Why is PSG playing Lyon on the night of the Ballon d'Or?
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The match is in Paris and the Ballon d'Or ceremony is in London. Die Welt reports ten PSG players are among the thirty nominees.
Paris and London
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced as many as 70,000 officers nationwide, stretching the police, who asked for the Sunday match to move.
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In the league's words, The LFP takes note of the police decree prohibiting the staging of the game between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday.
“The LFP takes note of the police decree prohibiting the staging of the game between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday.”
AP called the rioting of 17 October the worst in France in years. Paris police asked for the match to move off Sunday; the league confirmed it on 23 October. The match now kicks off on Monday 26 October at half past eight in the evening, the same evening as the Ballon d'Or gala in London.
- 17 OctoberWorst rioting in years (AP)
- 23 OctoberPolice ask to move Sunday match
- 26 OctoberComing upNew kick-off, Monday evening
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PSG-Lyon moved to Monday, 26 October, at police request amid French protestsRead the article
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- Al Jazeera OnlineDembele to miss Ballon d'Or event as PSG game moved amid protests in France
- DIE WELTFrance: Security situation causes postponements in Ligue 1 - PSG match affected
- Notícias ao MinutoOfficial: PSG-Lyon postponed at police request
- Mediafax.roProtests in France disrupt football calendar. PSG - Lyon moved to the same evening as the Ballon d'Or gala
- SAPOPSG vs Lyon postponed to the day of the Ballon d'Or gala
- AP NEWSPSG's Ligue 1 home game against Lyon is moved to Monday at the police's request amid Paris protests