Around ten days after the homophobic chants heard during the Strasbourg reception (2-1), Paris Saint-Germain knows its sanction. The LFP disciplinary committee decided this Wednesday to partially close the Auteuil corner of the Parc des Princes following “ of oral expressions observed », according to the wording of the body to designate the excesses of the supporters. These are the locations reserved for the Collectif Ultras Paris (CUP) which will be closed for the match of the 12e Ligue 1 day against Toulouse on November 22. « We individualized as far as possible by not closing the entire Auteuil bend, but only the CUP part, since that is where the songs came from.explains Sébastien Deneux, the president of the disciplinary commission. But from the moment there was no arrest or precise identification of the authors of the first songs, sanctions had to be taken. »
The capital club gets away with a lenient sanction. During the reception of Marseille last season (4-0), similar events in the stands caused the club to close the entire Auteuil corner. The commission took PSG's action into account: the speaker pointed out twice during the meeting that these chants had no place in a stadium. These incidents led to the opening of an investigation “for public incitement to hatred or violence because of sexual orientation or gender identity, and public insult because of sexual orientation or gender identity”, entrusted to the personal crime suppression brigade (BRDP).
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