2023-05-04 05:32:36
In Boulogne-Billancourt,
The insolent patience of Collectif Ultras Paris therefore had its limits. On autopilot since the elimination of Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, the ultras have so far observed with disturbing indifference the announced sinking of the club. So much so that the soundtrack of the Auteuil turn had ended up merging with a vulgar sound system independent of the course of matches that were already sufficiently soporific. We win ? We sing. We lose ? We sing the same way. The 3-1 defeat against Lorient will have been the last straw, because it threatens the little that remains in this foul vintage 2022-23, the 11th title of champion of France.
As it is fashionable to demonstrate on May 1, Parisian supporters showed up in front of the Camp des Loges on Monday with their anger, fumis and a banner. The slogan is rather clear: “fed up before the tidal wave”, with, in addition, a more traditional “direction, resignation”. The next day, in the shadow of the “bombazo” on the end of Lionel Messi’s contract, the CUP called for a gathering of “all sincere lovers of PSG” in front of the Factory, in Boulogne-Billancourt. The appointment is marked for Wednesday, 6 p.m.
At the Factory, leaflets, fumis and demands
On the spot, hundreds of Parisian supporters answered the call of the CUP. The dress code set for the occasion are the colors of the club, traditional if possible: the RTL, Commodore and Opel era jerseys so dear to the most nostalgic are well represented in the crowd. There are many reckless people to veil their jerseys with Real and Barça jackets, but some of them will quickly be recarded before our eyes by a big guy, the 85 meter, 110-120 kg easy. “One of them has put his jacket back on… I’m not kidding with them. We’re going to do a commando operation, that’s all they understand. »
A small burst of pressure without follow-up which borders on coherence. The identity of the club is indeed one of the many demands set out by the CUP in a leaflet distributed to the four corners of the square, Avenue Émile Zola. Amongst others :
- The overall management of the club: “we wonder if there is still a pilot on the plane. “Nasser Al-Khelaïfi did not escape a few “Nasser, resignation”.
- The freedom of supporters: “it must be the same for everyone, regardless of the platform. »
- PSG at the Parc des Princes: “We deplore the club’s candidacy for the takeover of a Stade de France in Saint-Denis which has neither soul nor history in connection with our club. »
- Ambitious and coherent recruitment: “the athlete is in total drift and this is due in particular to recruitment at a discount and without a global vision. »
- Get rid of parasitic players: “Respecting PSG also means knowing how to leave it. We will not hesitate to let them know. »
Threat immediately carried out. Lionel Messi, whose non-extension was hailed by Romain Mabille, opened the ball for insulted players. Will follow Neymar – some supporters will even end up gathering in front of his home to urge him to leave Paris – and, great novelty, Marco Verratti. The Italian’s level of play joined his lifestyle in the pantheon of the infamous and his popularity rating did not survive it. A song to the glory of Christophe Galtier, described as a “bitch” by the mutineers, will end the flow of rather pathetic insults, the party quickly turning into a contest of profanity by interposed megaphone. A bit of a shame given the good atmosphere also to be highlighted on the side of Boulogne – not the slightest overflow – and the overall relevance of the claims stated above.
A fed up to sanction the disaster
Given the virulence of the action, there is no doubt that it will be a milestone. It was the goal. The CUP intends to “put the pressure [sur l’équipe] until the end of the season, because sportingly, it’s shit. “Whether we agree or not on the form, popular vindictiveness comes to sanction a catastrophic 2022-2023 season. The end of the sequins decreed by Luis Campos last summer will have been for the wrong reasons.
What’s the point of playing sobriety if it’s to strengthen yourself with Etkitke and Soler and never confiscate the privileges of the stars? How can Marco Verratti, now in his thirties, come back from a World Cup in which he did not even participate with four extra kilos on the scale, when a little further north, in Manchester, Erling Haaland, also exempted from Qatar, ate quinoa and cryotherapy while waiting for the moment to traumatize Europe again?
Sanctions have clearly been lost along the way, and the Messi episode will remain, until proven otherwise, an exception. It will take more to buy the fable of a PSG suddenly become brave and respectable. The institution above all, is, it seems, the new credo of the management. To subscribe to this naive theory would be to forget that Paris has attached full powers to Mbappé’s new contract.
The French international may deny it, this project is indeed that of Kylian Saint-Germain, who gives free rein to his talent and his infinite ego. The golazos, it’s him. The pivot gang is also him. His case is also part of the problem. And that, the CUP seems – for the moment – to have hidden it a little. In any case, here are the Parisian leaders in a nice quagmire, stuck between the need to take a real turn in the management of the club and their allegiance to Mbappé.
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