Faced with the decision to play the Champions Trophy at the Parc des Princes, TFC supporters decided to boycott this meeting.
Winner of the Coupe de France for the first time in its history in 2023, Toulouse will have the opportunity to add a second major title to his list of achievements during the Champions Trophy against Paris Saint Germainwho won the 2022-2023 French Ligue 1 championship.
This meeting, which will take place on January 3, 2024, was initially scheduled to be played in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. But the state of health of the daughter of King Rama X forced the organizers to find another city and another stadium to host this match. And it is finally the Princes Park who was designated.
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Obviously, this choice caused a lot of discussion since it is the PSG stadium, which therefore gives them a certain advantage. So much so that TFC supporters decided to boycott the match. This Monday, the NVDRS published a press release in which they deplored the regular holding of the Champions Trophy abroad, the price of tickets and finally the choice to play Paris “at home”. “If the messed up organization of this match in Thailand reshuffled the cards by leaving us with the hope that this trophy could be played in France, on neutral ground, with the presence of supporters from both camps, it was without counting on the LFP. This match was finally scheduled at the last moment on our opponent’s home ground. How is it possible to claim to respect sporting fairness by choosing the PSG stadium to host the match and this with knowledge of the two teams having to compete for the trophy? »we can read in particular in this press release.
