The kick-off of the match of the 2nd day of Ligue 1 between Monaco and Strasbourg, scheduled for Sunday at 5:05 p.m., has been postponed to 7 p.m. “due to the heat wave”, announced Friday the Professional Football League.
“Due to the heat wave in the Principality of Monaco and in anticipation of high temperatures at the Stade Louis-II in the afternoon, the kick-off of the match AS Monaco – RC Strasbourg, initially scheduled for Sunday August 20 at 5:00 p.m. (in reality, 5:05 p.m., editor’s note), is shifted the same day to 7:00 p.m., “said the LFP in a press release.
The League had taken the same decision on Thursday concerning the Lyon-Montpellier match which will start at 7 p.m. on Saturday instead of 5 p.m. France is facing a summer heatstroke of exceptional intensity and 19 departments were placed on Friday in heat wave orange vigilance by Météo-France with temperatures that could exceed 40°C in the south-east from Sunday.
