After the controversy over the tifo deployed on Wednesday, before the Champions League match against Atlético Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain was taken back by the government. Forced to react, the capital club took strong action against the Collectif Ultras Paris.
Paris Saint-Germain could not sit idly by. Faced with the controversy of the “Free Palestine” tifo deployed before the Champions League match against Atlético Madrid on Wednesday, the reigning French champion had to assume the consequences before the government. The Secretary of State in charge of the fight against discrimination Othman Nasrou summoned the general director of the Ile-de-France club Victoriano Melero this Friday.
PSG sanctions the CUP
The leader had to take responsibility for the initiative of the supporters, as well as the homophobic chants recently heard. Suffice it to say that the Ministry of the Interior is awaiting action from Paris Saint-Germain. Which explains the first measure revealed by our colleagues at RMC. Indeed, the capital club will now prohibit the Collectif Ultras Paris from accessing the Parc des Princes outside of match days, for an indefinite period. But that's not all.
The management, which was not aware of the preparation of the controversial tifo, will consider monitoring the works of supporter groups to ensure that no political message will be transmitted before the matches. Paris Saint-Germain could even decide on a period during which the Auteuil stand would be completely deprived of tifo. We can imagine that the supporters concerned will not appreciate it. But the current leader of Ligue 1, under strong pressure from the government, is forced to make strong decisions that are not very popular with his fans. It remains to be seen how the Collectif Ultras Paris will react in the days to come.
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