The postponement of Premier League matches following the death of Queen Elizabeth II has sparked a lot of discussion. There are those who have protested, pointing out that if it was played perhaps with the audience present and emotionally affected, as happened in West Ham’s Conference League match, it would have been the best way to honor the memory of the monarch. Meanwhile, the postponement of week 7 creates problems with the calendar, which is now very busy due to the World Cup in November, as it will be difficult to recover the lost matches at the weekend and the problems risk increasing, as there are also questions meetings next week.
Among the motives that led Premier League clubs to decree the postponement of matches was safety in the plants. A good number of the forces of order were engaged in the various ceremonies connected with the death of Elizabeth and the accession of Charles the Third, and it was difficult to imagine that there would be sufficient agents even for the matches which would be required to play. Taking into consideration that the incidents inside the stadiums have increased in recent months, the clubs decided not to create problems. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail insists that the same situation will be present for the coming weekend, as there will be many police officers who will be sent to an overcrowded London in the days leading up to the Queen’s funeral on Monday, September 19. .
Even if it will be possible to play in other cities, the British media write that it is difficult to imagine that the London teams who have the next matches at home can go down to the field. The meetings that are at risk are: Tottenham – Leicester, Arsenal – Brenford, and above all Chelsea – Liverpool. The only possibility is an Albanian solution, changing the field, with the clubs that would have to play in the transfer, host the Londoners. But it is still unlikely that the teams will accept such a solution. For this reason there is a real risk that some matches will be postponed, thus adding to the chaos with the calendar. This is a problem with a World Cup on the doorstep, which everyone wants to win and dedicate to… the Queen!
