“
Since last season, the Champions Trophy has been played in Tel Aviv and each team has had a warm welcome
,” said Galtier on Saturday at a press conference.
Teams, maybe.
Not all the players… In this case, the Parisian Achraf Hakimi was copiously whistled by the Israeli public throughout the meeting on Sunday evening.
Meeting won hands down by Paris Saint-Germain against Nantes (4-0).
The reason ?
The same as last year.
The 23-year-old Moroccan international had already been taken aback by the Tel Aviv stadium during Lille's victory over the capital club, already at the Champions Trophy.
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Why this relentlessness?
This is (no doubt) due to the former Inter Milan star's support for the Palestinian cause (see above).
Yet Hakimi has been tight-lipped on the subject in recent months and since that visit to Tel Aviv in 2021.
Imperturbable
“
We talked about that, about him having to stay focused on the game and that's what he did.
His performance was good
,” explained Mauricio Pochettino after the game.
And to add: "
He was very good, whether in behavior or in his performance
".
Successor to the Argentinian on the Parisian bench, Christophe Galtier could say the same thing, Hakimi having performed well during this meeting on Sunday evening.
In 2021, several players, Parisians or not, had given him their support.
The Collectif Ultras Paris too.
But Bloomfield Stadium has not moved on.
To see if it is appropriate to return the Champions Trophy to this stadium if it is to see players shouted down like this …
