His first speech post “land yacht gate” was expected. After PSG’s victory over Juventus in the Champions League, PSG coach Christophe Galtier returned to the microphone of Canal + on the controversy he sparked on Monday after ironically answering a question about travel by plane from his team.
“It was not the moment, I regret it. It was a shoddy joke, not well timed, but believe me I’m concerned about the planet’s climate issues. I know the responsibility we have. I heard a lot during the day that we were above ground, it’s not true. We are not above ground. We are very lucid. This joke comes at the wrong time, it’s in bad taste, I’m sorry. But from there to make a polemic of it, to make us pass for what we are not. I have players who are very careful about the climate, seriously. They are blamed for a lot of things. »
Traveling by train? “We can do it and we will do it” replies Marquinhos
Christophe Galtier thus recalled having recently traveled by bus for the victory (7-1) in Lille. “We are a careful club. We traveled to Lille, we took 2h45 by bus during the day, one way, 2h45 on the way back. (…) I regret it, of course, but still… In France, it is no longer possible to be humorous even if my joke was not great, and I knew it quickly when I got home . »
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A few minutes later, at a press conference, Christophe Galtier spoke on the subject even before the journalists launched it. And made similar comments. “Obviously I’m going to talk about my bad taste joke… It was a bad taste joke on a very sensitive subject…”
Captain of PSG, Marquinhos did not dodge the question in the mixed zone either. “They are discussing (ndr: with the SNCF), we have no problem if it is for the good of ecology. If we have to go by train, we have already done it a few times. Even in Japan we have been by train, in selection we have already traveled by train too. We have to let the competent people manage that. If it’s better for the world, we can do it the right way and we’ll do it. »