Bruno Retailleau condemns the call to support Gaza, in the middle of a football match yesterday at the Parc des Princes

“This tifo had no place in this stadium”: the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau condemned Thursday on champions against Atlético Madrid.

“I ask PSG to explain themselves and the clubs to ensure that politics does not damage sport, which must always remain a catalyst for unity,” wrote Bruno Retailleau on his X account. “This tifo n It had no place in this stadium, and such messages are also prohibited by the regulations of the League and UEFA. If this happens again, we will have to consider banning tifos for clubs that do not enforce the rules.”

Before Paris-Atlético, which ended in a 2-1 defeat for the Parisians, the Collectif ultras Paris (CUP) held a tifo with the message “Free Palestine”, around the red and blue colors of PSG, with a flag bloodied Palestinian, the flag of Lebanon, Jerusalem, tanks or even a person wearing a 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 was not aware of the plan to display such a message,” PSG said in a press release sent to AFP on Wednesday evening. “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. »

The president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France, Yonathan Arfi, reacted in the evening on X: “Scandalous banner this evening at the Parc des Princes! A map where the State of Israel no longer exists. A masked Palestinian fighter. It is not a message of peace but a call to hatred.”