PSG-Atlético, huge controversy around the banner of support for Palestine

The leaders of PSG will have to explain themselves about the tifo which was deployed a few minutes before the match lost by PSG against Altlético de Madrid.

Wednesday evening, on the sidelines of the Champions League match between PSG and Atlético de Madrid, a monumental tifo was deployed in the bays of the

Princes Park. “Free Palestine. War on the ground but peace in the world »could we read on it.

UEFA regulations prohibit any political message in sports venues. “ The club was not aware of the plan to display such a message. Paris Saint-Germain recalls that the Parc des Princes is – and must remain – a place of communion around a common passion for football and firmly opposes any message of a political nature in its stadium.PSG justified itself in a press release.

The Minister of the Interior calls PSG to account

The president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif) quickly reacted to the controversy. “Scandalous banner this evening at the Parc des Princes! A map where the State of Israel no longer exists. A masked Palestinian fighter. This is not a message of peace but a call to hatred. The authors of this banner must be punished! Intolerable! »lamented Yonathan Arfi on the same social network.

The Minister of the Interior, for his part, asked PSG to be held accountable. “This tifo had no place in this stadium, and such messages are also prohibited by the regulations of the League and UEFA. If this were to repeat itself, we will have to consider banning tifos for clubs that do not enforce the rules. warned Bruno Retailleau.