Paris 2024 Olympics: the anger of the goalkeeper of the Blues and PSG after the relocation of handball to Lille

They have been waiting for this moment since they play handball: to play the Olympic Games in Paris.

A childhood dream when you wear the blue jersey.

They were even promised an exceptional site.

At one point there was talk of the Roland-Garros center court welcoming them for unforgettable gala matches.

But ultimately, the handball players of the France team will play the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in… Lille within the walls of the Pierre-Mauroy stadium.

The decision confirmed this week is part of the logic of reducing the costs of the expected big party.

But it goes badly with the main stakeholders who have the impression of being sent far from the eyes and far from the heart: "Ashamed to be French sometimes ... to see the place of sport among the governors ... to see the place of handball ( after so many titles) in French sport (Paris 2024).

Sad and revolting.

Handball in Lille in 2024: NO: »wrote in a tweet the coach of Aix Thierry Anti.

Shame to be French sometimes .....

to see the place of sport among the rulers ......

to see the place of handball (after so many titles) in French sport, (Paris 2024)

Sad and revolting .

handball in Lille in 2024;

NO.

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- Anti (@Antithierry) November 27, 2020

So certainly, the site is grandiose and capable of accommodating 27,000 spectators at once.

There would not have been so many people for a handball match in the capital.

The usual venue of Losc received Davis Cup finals, Euro 2015 basketball and even already handball matches during the 2017 World Cup organized in France and which the Blues of Nikola Karabatic had won.

"What makes the salt, the charm of the Olympics, we are taking it away"

It is a perfect place for even indoor sports.

But this is not quite Paris 2024. In three and a half years, handball players will not taste the scent of the Olympic village.

They will be accommodated at the hotel as for any other competition.

They will not meet other champions, will not be able to go to other competitions.

Olympic champions in 2008 and 2012, silver medalists in 2016, the Blues have the impression that they are being made fun of: “Being a little apart like that, it has no interest, sighs Vincent Gérard. the goalkeeper of the Blues and PSG in the Voix du Nord.

What makes the salt, the charm of the Olympics, we are taken away.

"Remounted, the one who is also the president of the players' union said again among our colleagues in the North:" the French hand has brought international influence.

And, in the end, we get thrown away like old socks.

I experienced the Games in Rio in the Olympic Village and it is something to experience.

I was delighted to be in the Olympic Village in Paris, at home.

It's a real disappointment.

It pisses me off ... "