“Even in Marseille, it would be good if we supported Paris”. Signed Roxana Maracineanu. Visiting the French Cycling Championships in Grand-Champ (Morbihan) on Friday, the Minister of Sports has indeed called for great national momentum to support Paris Saint-Germain before their Champions League final against Bayern Munich, Sunday (9 p.m.), in Lisbon. "It is necessary that all the French are behind the PSG Sunday, it is important", she added, in remarks reported by the AFP , taking on his account an opinion undoubtedly widely shared outside the world of soccer. Although, even Bernard Tapie, whose legitimacy cannot be doubted when it comes to football, recently went in this direction. In The Parisian, the former president of OM indeed considered "ridiculous" that Olympian supporters wish to see the club of the capital bow at the Estadio da Luz. “That wouldn't take away our victory,” he argues.
Rivalry does not excuse everything
Except that PSG are doing well without the support of Marseille supporters, thank you for him. His supporters too. In fact, it is perfectly ridiculous to ask lovers of OM to push THE great Parisian rival, a betrayal. You still have to understand what loving YOUR club can mean. And that goes in particular by the detestation of the other, the rival, the OM for Paris, and Paris for the OM. Obviously, the rivalry does not excuse everything, as when two people, one of whom wore the Parisian tunic, were attacked in the center of Marseille last Tuesday, after the victory of Neymar and company in the semi-finals.
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But let the Marseille supporters hope for a setback from the hated rival. Why not ? It is in the logic of things. It's normal. It's actually pretty healthy. It is these rivalries that give our championship salt, as is also the case abroad. Barcelona are never as happy as when Real Madrid are in the rough, and Madrid are happy when Barca are in pain. The same in Italy. The same in England. Imagine that the Manchester United fans did not celebrate with their colleagues from Liverpool after the coronation of the Reds in the Premier League, the first in… 30 years. Moreover, we imagine that the most fervent Parisian fans did not shy away from their pleasure when the Olympians took the broth in the Europa League final, against Atlético (3-0), two years ago. The Lyonnais either, especially since the meeting took place at Parc OL. Is it childish, is it small, even petty? A thousand times yes. So what ?
Torture session at the coffee machine in sight
The fact that we do not celebrate a possible coronation on the Canebière will not detract from the joy of the Parisians and their fans. We still have to bring down Munich… Last but not least, the aforementioned Parisians will be even more delighted to have their friends, colleagues or Marseille neighbors kissed at the coffee machine on Monday. Because yes, rivalry does not prevent being friends. It is undoubtedly more important than supporting the rival in the European Cup ...
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