It will therefore have been the week of all innovations. Four days after inventing the (dirty) time machine on the lawn of Real Madrid, PSG discovered a new concept: the match away but at home. At a time when families usually gather to strengthen ties around Sunday lunch, the capital club has seen its family relax with a large part of the public at the Parc des Princes. Despite the wide success (3-0) won against Bordeaux, very pale red lantern, it is in indifference, contempt, sometimes even hostility and defiance that the leader of the championship won his twentieth success of the Ligue 1 season.
It is “with sadness” that Mauricio Pochettino has also experienced this curious day. “Not everyone who loves PSG lives well with the frustration born of this elimination,” he continued. With sadness, yes, because you can’t experience it any other way. I am saddened by what I experienced today at the Park. »
“Mbappé in Paris, Leonardo in the pillory”
Through a press release posted on social networks on Saturday noon, the Collectif Ultra Paris had warned its flock that they should expect a long Sunday of reunion. There was no revolution, no earthquake in the stands. But many cries, sometimes offensive songs and a few banners inviting the management to resign in particular punctuated the first part of the meeting. The whistles that had accompanied the entry of the goalkeepers, then the rest of the group during the warm-up had just given the trend.
The boos at the presentation of the teams have confirmed the extent of the anger. Sunday, especially, resentment had a face. Or rather three. Those of Neymar, Leo Messi and Mauricio Pochettino, much more guilty than the others, in the eyes of the fans, of not having assumed their status or their responsibilities. In the first period the two South American stars walked under the whistles, their loss of balls or attempts being even greeted with some cheers and other mockery.
The Brazilian was even treated several times to chants tinged with insults which, despite his goal scored with a flat foot after returning from the locker room (52nd), undoubtedly contributed to his nervousness on the lawn.
The only ones in reality to have been completely spared from the bends are Keylor Navas and Kylian Mbappé. On the bench during the Madrid debacle, the Costa Rican goalkeeper was all the more exempt from the rout as his impeccable performance confirmed his flawless involvement. Kylian Mbappé didn’t have to wait to score his 26th goal of the season, the 158th of his career at PSG to feel all the love from the stands. This Sunday, he was the only one to receive a standing ovation.
“Mbappé in Paris, Leonardo in the pillory” even intimated the CUP through a banner deployed during the match. The “resignation leaders” and other “go fuck yourself all…” who fell from the stands probably did not amuse President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, sports director Leonardo, nor the parents of all the children who lined the bend glued to Auteuil. But they confirmed that without Europe, the end of the season was going to be long, very long for the PSG players.