The sanction fell. After the incidents that marred the meeting between Paris Saint-Germain and Paris FC on January 4 in the championship, won 2-1 by Luis Enrique’s men, the Professional Football League (LFP) decided to partially close the Auteuil stand for a match.
The turn at the Parc des Princes will therefore not be complete for the Lille reception on Friday evening. The body notably chose to sanction the capital club after the use of pyrotechnic devices, although the meeting was not stopped.
“We strongly condemn this sanction, which empties the stands and gradually kills the passion for French football,” explains the Collectif Ultras Paris (CUP) in a long press release published this Thursday evening. Seasons come and go and nothing changes: the authorities continue to make decisions that keep supporters away from the stadiums without engaging in the slightest dialogue with those mainly concerned…”
The song “The rats” also sanctioned
The press release from the disciplinary committee, published Wednesday, also mentions “oral expressions observed” at the end of the match against the PFC to justify its sanction. The LFP refers to the chant insulting the Marseillais of “rats”, regularly targeted for the racist interpretation that can be made of its words. This time, the match was stopped by Benoît Bastien, the referee of the match, so that the announcer could send a message over the stadium speakers.
Enough to enrage Luis Enrique at a press conference. “In all the stadiums, they call us all the names, but they only stop our matches at the Parc,” denounced the PSG coach. In all the stadiums there are chants against our players, our club, against our president and against everything and they never stop the matches. They only stop him in Paris and that’s what I criticize. »
“The songs here described as homophobic or racist are not. As we have already explained, they are classic expressions from French stands: crude provocations, certainly sometimes crude, to destabilize the opponent. There is no intention to target or discriminate against people. It’s just the raw way in which supporters have always experienced rivalries,” continues the CUP.
The stands at the Parc des Princes are therefore likely to be a little less lively, especially as Lille supporters also plan to boycott the match following violence suffered last year on the sidelines of their trip to the capital.
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