Tradition requires, each clasico between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille induces its share of greetings from the hosts of the evening.
At the Stade Vélodrome, this Sunday, in addition to the banners, is also planned the dissemination in Marseille of counterfeit tickets bearing the effigy of Lionel Messi, prepared by a group of supporters of OM, the Massilia Socios Club.
The crying face of the Argentine star appears in the center of the banknotes entitled "Qatari Petrodollar", in reference to the owners of PSG who did not hesitate to pay a total of 110 million euros to secure the services of the former Barcelona for the next three seasons.
OM / psg: Let's welcome Messi as he should !!!
Here is a sheet of tickets to print, cut and bring to the stadium on match night and toss around the pitch.
Print, mass share. # TousOMsocios #TeamOM #OM pic.twitter.com/v21IjLNqiv
- Massilia Socios Club (@om_socios) October 17, 2021
Pablo Longoria warns Marseille supporters
At the bottom of the note, the inscription “Menos que un club, mercenarios” ironically takes up FC Barcelona's slogan (“Més que un club”, More than a club).
“I hope he will appreciate it, laughs one of the supporters behind this idea, in a report for Telefoot.
Before his transfer to PSG, Messi could represent the football we loved.
And overnight he disappointed everyone by leaving for the sirens of Qatari banknotes, petrodollars.
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The initiative, aimed at denouncing "foot business", however, is not unanimous on Twitter.
Many Marseille fans claim to find the idea "ridiculous", especially compared to the instruction of the group of supporters behind the tickets to "throw them on the ground".
Despite this provocative publication, the Massilia Socios Club changed its mind in another tweet, explaining that they did not want, ultimately, that these false cuts serve "as projectiles, but must be used in the pure tradition of Argentine papelitos", as requested by OM President Pablo Longoria in a letter to Marseille fans.
If if we have read it and as we have explained:
"As Pablo Longoria asked, we remind you that the banknotes must in no case be used as projectiles but must be used in the pure tradition of the Argentinian papelitos." # TousOMsocios #TeamOM #OM https://t.co/fYsWAL7wUH
- Massilia Socios Club (@om_socios) October 24, 2021
In the past, a similar initiative had been organized to receive the Brazilian Neymar, who had said at a press conference, after receiving projectiles, that coming to the Velodrome was "very dangerous".
Even without the presence of Parisian supporters, this Classic promises to be once again hot on the ground, as in the stands.