France’s Prime Minister Shut Down Soccer. That Surprised Teams Restarting.
Only time will tell, Caiazzo said, whether the French prime minister made the right call.
“There are two hypotheses,” he said. “The first one, that the Germans, the Spanish, Italians and English start and they play and finish their championships, get money for TV — and everyone will say, ‘The French, they are completely stupid.’
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/sports/soccer/coronavirus-france-soccer-shutdown.html