Paris Saint Germain (PSG) experienced a dark day on Wednesday for a double reason: their defeat at home against Atlético de Madrid and the controversy unleashed by a gigantic pro-Palestinian banner in the ultras stands.
Luis Enrique did not hide his frustration with the team’s progress in this Champions League, especially because of its scoring drought. The Asturian coach was direct, almost sarcastic. “It was very funny, in quotes, to see how we conceded the goal,” he told the press, making a gesture with his fingers. He was referring to Correa’s goal that marked the final 1-2. “It was a joke,” he added. We need twenty clear chances to score a goal and the opponent sneezes and scores a goal for us.” According to the coach, PSG was infinitely superior to its rivals in the three games played at the Parc des Princes, but the scoreboard did not reflect it.
To the sporting setback, which places the team in 25th place in the classification and jeopardizes its continuity in the tournament that it so much ambitions to win, is added the clash with the Government over the banner with the slogan, in English, “Free Palestine”, The drawing of a mosque, a masked militant raising his fist and a child with the Lebanese flag. The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, reacted indignantly at what he considered a violation of the sporting spirit. Although UEFA will not sanction the club, considering that there was no provocation or insult, the Ministry of the Interior did summon the president of the French federation and the general director of PSG. In France, which is home to the largest Jewish community in Europe, the issue is very delicate. It also doesn’t help that the owner of PSG is Qatar, since it is well known that the emirate financed the rulers of Gaza for years – although with the complicity of Israel.
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