On November 6, PSG not only lost a very important match in the Champions League against Atlético de Madrid (1-2), but it also alienated some of its supporters. The reason? The deployment before kick-off of a huge tifo in the Auteuil stand “Free Palestine”, accompanied by a banner “War on the ground, but peace in the world”. Such paraphernalia is not possible to bring discreetly into the stadium. There was probably complicity.
It remains to be seen at what level, and some of the Parisian fans couldn’t stand that. If for the security agents present this evening, there was a slight moment of panic, the Collectif Ultras Paris (CUP), at the origin of this creation, had well prepared its attack. According to PSG, there were around fifty involved. The club sanctioned them with a tifos ban for three matches, until the end of 2024, but that is not enough for disgruntled supporters, some of whom are celebrities, who suspect the influence of the owner country behind that, Qatar.
PSG responded to dissatisfied supporters
According to The Teamthe club received a number of emails from subscribers expressing their disapproval of this tifo. They evoke the political neutrality promised by the club in its texts, in particular article 7.2. general conditions of sale indicating as “ prohibited items “, ” any document, leaflet, badge, insignia, flag (…) tarpaulin, banner of any size or any support of a nature or used for political, ideological, religious purposes (…) or delivering an insulting or vexatious message that can be seen by spectators and viewers, particularly minors. »
PSG takes this matter very seriously and has taken the time to call all those unhappy individually, in addition to writing to them by email. The feedback is rather positive, but management does not rule out seeing a certain number of its supporters not resubscribing next season. That evening, Victoriano Melero, the new general director, would have immediately understood the scale of the problem he was going to have to face. It must be said that the stakes are high. This controversy is not good for the club since it hits it directly in the wallet. Match day revenue was €160 million over the whole of last season.
