The calendar of the first day of the Champions League League phase could have a direct impact on the first “classic” of the season.
On Sunday September 21, the fifth day of Ligue 1 will end with the shock between Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, at the Orange Vélodrome.
A few days earlier, during the same week, the two major rival clubs in French football will have played their first match of the season in
Champions League. Indeed, the first day of the league phase of this competition will spread from Tuesday 16 to Thursday September 18.
Except that OM and PSG cannot be scheduled the same day in C1 during this week in question. Thus, one of the two teams could have up to two additional days of recovery compared to the other before approaching
Dominical “classic”.
OM-PSG, one club will have less recovery time than the other
“The programming of a club meetings must respect a two calendar period between two consecutive matches”provides for article 126 of the regulation of competitions in the Professional Football League.
In the meantime, the Marseille club hopes to hang the European champion. “I think we did a superb championship last season. Unfortunately, we have never managed to compete with PSG, but in Europe no one managed to do so. We want to compete with Paris better than what we did last season ”said Roberto de Zerbi before the 2025-2026 fiscal year started.
