A month after the sexist banner targeting the singer Shakira before PSG- Barça (1-1), the Paname Re-Birth is talking about him again.
This group of supporters of the Boulogne stand deployed a banner on Sunday at the Mont-Valérien memorial (Hauts-de-Seine) with the inscription: "PSG is magic, crush Bayern".
A shocking message for many Internet users, given the location of the display, loaded with a heavy historical context.
The Mont Valérien site is a high place of national memory since 10,008 resistance fighters, Jews, hostages and communists were executed by the German army during the Second World War.
Faced with the emotion aroused by his action, the group of ultras initially removed his tweet with the photo from his account, then decided to put it back online, along with a press release.
their tweet just deleted, Very smart to do that🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/lMpnWu0mDG
- Tholy (@AnthonyLyonnais) April 4, 2021
"We understand that people may have been shocked by the display more than by the message," Jules, one of the spokespersons for Paname Re-Birth, told us.
But we're just talking about athletic resistance.
Our goal has never been to draw a parallel between the players of the PSG and the resistance fighters and we did not wish to mobilize this historical memory heavy with meaning.
But it remains a banner, we do not want to insult anyone.
"
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In its press release, published on Sunday evening, the group explained: “We used this symbol of the Resistance because at first, we are proud of it.
He means a lot to us and trying to turn that around to bring us down is very sad.
Anyway, the Paname Re-Birth does not regret its banner as was already the case for the one targeting Shakira.
"We do not regret because we do not want to be obliged to explain ourselves to each banner, and above all we want to keep this freedom to sometimes be excessive or even make mistakes," explains their spokesperson.
"A place of respect"
“It is not very wise to choose this site to put up banners.
It is a place of memory, a place of ceremony, a place of respect, reacted Claude Guy, general delegate of the memorial association of Souvenir Français in Hauts-de-Seine.
There were probably other ways to express their feelings about a soccer game.
It may be making the buzz but it is not very well found.
"
He continues, “I wouldn't say it's hurtful.
It falls rather in the zone of stupidity or ignorance, a lack of knowledge of what happened at Mont-Valérien.
We must not let this kind of thing happen.
"
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The Paname Re-Birth is one of the three groups of supporters who occupy the Boulogne stand with the Block Parisii and the more confidential Parisian Resistance.
This group of PSG fans created three years ago, has a charter of good conduct and claimed about 70 members at the start of last season.
Even if they discuss with the leaders of the various entities, the leaders of the club of the capital refuse for the moment to officially recognize the groups installed in front of the Auteuil tribune.