French Cup: Castaldi shocked with a contemptuous outing on Reims

This Thursday, on the set of the Greg's team, Giovanni Castaldi created the controversy by dropping a sentence to say the least: “Reims, in the final of the Coupe de France, it fucks my hatred!” A brutal statement, hot loose, which immediately made his colleagues react and aroused the indignation of many viewers. For an experienced sports journalist, recently promoted with a program with his name on Saturday evening, the tone and the background surprised their virulence.

An immediate reaction … and attempts to justify

The discomfort was palpable on the set. Greg Ascher, visibly embarrassed, tried to catch up with the sequence: “Oula … Are you sure what you are saying?”. In the process, Karim Bennani reframed his colleague, recalling thate “the supposed favorites were not forced to be eliminated” and that Reims “It's not the herbaria anyway.” Castaldi tried to retropedalize by evoking “The whole competition”, But the evil was done.

A lack of respect for a historic club

What shocks, beyond tone, is the implicit contempt towards a club with a rich past. The Reims stadium will play its fourth final of the Coupe de France, with two victories to its credit. First French club to have played a European final, the host land of legends like Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine, Reims is not a

“accident” of course. His victory Wednesday against Cannes (2-1) allowed him to find a scene that he had not known for 48 years.

A PSG-Reims finish far from harmless

While PSG will face Reims in the final, we can wonder about the reaction of Giovanni Castaldi if the Rémois came to win. The Coupe de France has always reserved surprises, this is what makes its magic. Exclude an impeccable sporting merit, simply because it is not “Quite big”, It is flouting the very essence of competition.

Castaldi, an error that leaves traces

No one is immune to a verbal skid, but coming from an experienced journalist, this kind of statement leaves a bitter taste. Hopefully Giovanni Castaldi will take a step back on his words. Because the French Cup belongs to all clubs, young and old. Even to those whom some people look at high, wrongly.