2023-08-26 21:40:08
For the past few months, the announcement of the Parisian players by Michel Montana, the historic announcer of the Parc des Princes, has become the most scrutinized moment of the pre-match of the capital club. A sort of suspended moment where observers note the welcome given to players by the Auteuil stand and other parts of the stadium. Whistles, bird names, banners, Neymar, Messi, Christophe Galtier and others have experienced this.
Saturday, for the premiere of Kylian Mbappé at home this season, against Lens, the reaction of the Parisian public was expected. After a letter sent to PSG on June 12, to signify his desire not to extend his contract which runs until 2024 but also his intention not to leave this summer, the captain of the Blues plunged an entire club into a new soap opera. with twists and turns, marked by a sidelining, a break and then a resumption of dialogue just before the first match of L1 against Lorient (1-1, August 12).
“I will remain neutral”
As explained in our Saturday edition, the Collectif ultra Paris had passed the instruction to play appeasement while waiting for the end of the transfer window and this story which will have contaminated the Parisian summer. It therefore remained to be seen whether the directives of the CUP were going to be respected when chanting the name of Mbappé. Shortly before 8:10 p.m., a first glimpse of the evening that awaited Kylian Mbappé, all smiles when arriving at the stadium, was given when the eleven holders appeared on the screens of the Park.
In a Park not yet full, the surname of the 2018 world champion was taken up without one being able to imagine that the situation of the French star could have shaken the backstage of the club so much in recent weeks. “I will remain neutral, confided Sami to us, member of one of the groups on the stand shortly before the meeting. Between what we read and what really happens, I’m waiting to see what happens. Only time will tell the truth and we will especially see what he does on the ground. »
At the very heart of the Auteuil stand, the conversations and the chambers mainly concerned Messi and Neymar, who had left for Inter Miami and Al-Hilal respectively. And to a lesser degree Marco Verratti, absent from the group. At 8:50 p.m., when Michel Montana sang “the number 7 Kylian”, the entire Parisian enclosure took up a verbal “Mbappé!” frank and massive. Without any whistle spoiling the start of the meeting. From the second minute his first ball even gave rise to this very special clamor. He who is said to be so attentive to this situation must have been delighted.
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