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Paris professionals: restrained goal celebrations
Photo: BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS
It started before kick-off, when the starting XI was read out.
Whistles could be heard from the stands as it was announced who would be playing.
Neymar?
whistles.
Lionel Messi?
whistles.
An exception was Kylian Mbappé, the star striker was celebrated by the spectators.
So the PSG fans superimposed the 3-0 success of the Parisian footballers over Girondins Bordeaux.
It was the first game after losing the Champions League in the round of 16 against Real Madrid.
During the week PSG lost 3-1 in Madrid after winning the first leg 1-0.
Mbappé scored the goals in Paris.
After the end, the organized PSG fans had demanded the resignation of the management of the very rich club.
This is not a personal attack on club boss Nasser al-Khelaifi.
You know how much you owe him for the comeback.
"But you have to realize that he's not the man of the hour," it had been said.
Many places remained empty
They then hung up a banner in the stadium asking them to resign, and when the final whistle sounded there was another whistle from the stands.
Many places in the Parc des Princes also remained vacant.
Hundreds of ultras from the Auteuil fan curve had left the stadium for the break.
"We totally understand the disappointment and the reactions," said PSG professional Presnel Kimpembe.
'We didn't want to be in this position.
It's disappointing, it's frustrating for the club, for the fans, for us.
Our ego is hurt, but we have to get up.«
Mbappé scored 1-0 against Bordeaux (24th minute), after 52 minutes Neymar increased.
Messi initiated that goal with a deep pass, which he played while whistles blew.
After Neymar put the ball in the goal, some fans cheered, but the whistles were louder.
Leandro Paredes scored the third Paris goal (61st), which was celebrated more loudly by the spectators than the previous goal.
Coach Mauricio Pochettino's team is first in Ligue 1 with a 15-point lead over second-placed Nice.
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