In reaction to the “Free Palestine” tifo deployed on Wednesday during PSG-Atlético at the Parc des Princes, the president of the FFF Philippe Diallo, and the general director of PSG Victoriano Melero, were summoned to the Ministry of the Interior on Friday.
The president of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo, and the general director of PSG, Victoriano Melero, will be summoned to the Ministry of the Interior on Friday, RMC Sport learned, two days after the deployment at the Parc des Princes of a banner in support of Gaza by supporters of the Parisian club.
“They will be received at 10 a.m. by Othman Nasrou”, Secretary of State for Citizenship and the Fight against Discrimination, his office announced. “UEFA disciplinary regulations prohibit the broadcasting of political messages of a provocative nature in stadiums,” writes Othman Nasrou in a letter addressed to the FFF and PSG.
No sanction from UEFA
Furthermore, UEFA does not intend to initiate any proceedings against PSG for the pro-Palestinian message deployed Wednesday evening by its supporters before the Champions League match against Atletico Madrid. “There will be no disciplinary case since the banner displayed cannot be considered provocative or insulting in this specific case,” said his spokesperson.
The ultras of the Auteuil stand had rolled out an imposing tifo with the message “Free Palestine”, around the red and blue colors of PSG, with a bloody Palestinian flag, the flag of Lebanon, Jerusalem, tanks or even a person wearing the keffiyeh . The immense canvas bearing drawings and covering the entire Auteuil stand topped a banner “War on the ground but peace in the world”.
The club assured in a press release that it had no “awareness of the plan to display such a message”, and said it was “firmly opposed to any message of a political nature in its stadium”.
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