the departure without farewell of Edinson Cavani, almost untouchable idol

Edinson Cavani summed up his special relationship with the public at Paris Saint-Germain in an interview with the club’s official website in May. “ The supporters have been happy with my work since my arrival in Paris. I think it’s a love that grows over time, develops the footballer. It’s like any relationship. When you’re friends right away, it’s a little weird. True friendship is created over time, with negative and positive moments. »

But in what category should the departure of the 33-year-old Uruguayan striker be placed? Arrived at the end of the contract at the end of June, after a seven-year term in Paris, the top scorer in the club’s history with 200 goals will be absent on Friday July 24 from the Coupe de France final against Saint-Etienne at the Stade de France. .

Since Leonardo, the club’s sporting director, formalized the news on June 14 in an interview with Sunday newspaper, Parisian supporters got used to the idea of ​​not seeing him one last time when the team returned to (friendly) matches since July 11.

Many are those who have easy forgiveness and excuse him for not having exceptionally extended his contract by two months (as agreed by Thiago Silva, from whom PSG will also separate) to see Lisbon, his “final 8″ and help his club to finally win the Champions League. ” Yes, the end is a little ugly, but the managers and the coach no longer counted on him despite everything he gave to the club », Pleads Nicolas, subscriber in Auteuil tribune.

The “Cavani Ultras Paris”

Hands off the idol! On December 18, 2019, during the knockout stages of the Coupe de France at Le Mans (1-4), Mauro Icardi comes into play when he hears the Parisian ultras singing the “Matador” hymn on a chorus inspired by the group Images and his “midnight demons”.

Arrived from Inter Milan, the Argentine may have chained goals at the time, he embodies despite himself this horizon that a large part of the supporters refuse to imagine: the post-Cavani. Some voices then denounce this excessive love of the main group of supporters, the Collectif Ultras Paris, a CUP brocaded as “Cavani Ultras Paris”.

Subscriber to Auteuil, Jérôme validates this nickname. ” Basically, it is the CUP’s unconditional love for Cavani that annoys me more than the player himself. Breathes the one whose heart beats for Neymar. An almost iconoclastic choice as Cavani is ahead of the Brazilian in the hearts of regulars at the Park, as he also supplanted Zlatan Ibrahimovic during their three-season cohabitation ((2013-2016).

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