Summary of Paris Saint-Germain's 2:1 loss to Marseille in the French Cup (Flyer)
The public announcement made by Kylian Mbappe against Paris Saint-Germain and the affair created by the video revealed the madness that has been going on in recent times in the French club, which simply lost control.
Mbappe's reaction seemed quite heated and exaggerated.
After all, what has already happened?
All in all, this is a pretty standard video, trying to encourage fans to buy subscriptions.
The team decided to place Mbappe as the face of the club (alongside some other young home players), and that's right, not Messi or Neymar.
Does this justify such an unusual and aggressive message?
Why not call someone from the management, tell them what bothers you, ask them to replace the section, to edit it, to change something?
Why in public?
The feeling is, of course, that everything is bubbling under the surface, and Mbappe's overreaction is part of the tension in the club, which has always been characterized by ego problems.
Who knows what goes through Mbappe's mind, why he decided to criticize the team like that and go against the video that felt to him like it was "Kilian Saint Germain".
The feeling is that he is afraid of how it looks from the outside, so he was quick to shrug it off and condemn.
Maybe he's afraid they'll think he's the one who demanded to be seen alone, that maybe it will hurt his friends in the dressing room, what does it matter.
The main thing is the bottom line: Mbappe issued a message trying to protect himself, at the expense of the team.
In response, the management of course immediately folded, and took the video off the web.
The property needs to be protected.
The main thing is the image, this is a business that generates billions.
Mbappe (Photo: GettyImages)
For Mbappe, right now the team and its stability are less important, the main thing is that it doesn't turn out badly.
He has a career to manage.
His image is a business worth billions.
This continued the embarrassing period of Paris Saint-Germain in the recent period, the culmination of which is of course not the losses in the league, but the image damage: whistles and boos for Leo Messi from the stands.
Leo Messi is not just a footballer, he is Messi, and there is no need to expand and explain how much he is loved and admired, or what status he has in the world.
That's why when he receives whistles and boos they are particularly jarring, and sound particularly distorted.
As if something was wrong in the club, something broke, missed.
As if it's a shame.
The football world took it personally.
Who are you to "contempt" Messi?
All the criticisms heard since then are true and justified.
It's an embarrassment for the club, and a lack of respect for Messi.
He is certainly not to blame for the situation, he has 18 goals and 17 assists this season.
No, he is responsible for the staff, the formations, the formations.
Both in Barcelona and in Argentina, he "stood" on the field, but there was someone who would support him, who would fight for him.
He does not deserve this treatment.
The problem is not with him, but with you.
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Yes, there are still fans, even in Paris, who don't come to see stars or a show, but their team beating the opponent they hate.
Messi (Photo: Reuters)
But beyond all the obvious, there was also something nice in the booing of Messi.
Something that reminded the basis of football sympathy, the lack of logic.
Something real, beyond all the image, external, marketing effort.
A moment that showed that this is still a football team, like before.
The fact that PSG has real, dedicated fans, who don't care about hurting the feelings of the football world, but only about their team.
For them, he is not the holy Messi, who should be photographed and praised, but a disappointing acquired player.
A player who was involved in the loss to the hated Lyon.
After all, Paris Saint-Germain is not a football team, it is an economic project.
And quite successful, I must say.
Everyone who was at the World Cup in the summer (sorry, in the winter) felt the Qatari victory in the flesh, the successful work of money.
After all, it is enough to see the children in the neighborhood going to school wearing a PSG shirt.
What is your connection to PSG?
Where are United and Liverpool, Bayern and Milan?
How did this group enter so quickly, and naturally, into our children's wardrobe?
Just by chance this week I witnessed a conversation between mothers near the school gate.
"Poor boy," said one of them, "he loves Messi, he waited months for this trip, and by the time he arrived, they lost at home. Do you know how long they haven't lost at home?".
Really, poor kid.
Too many players feel that others have to run for them.
Neymar (Photo: Reuters)
And here are the old, real PSG fans, who were here before the Qataris, before Messi and Mbappe, before Neymar and the Israeli kids in the stands, and no, they are not ready to put up with it.
They are not bothered by the fact that they were kicked out of the Champions League (in total they lost to Bayern Munich, not a big disgrace), but the losses in the league.
Yes, it hurts to lose to Lyon.
It hurts to see the opponent play harder, more committed.
It's true that whistling and booing players of your team is always jarring, but it's understandable.
And more than understanding, you can recognize something authentic, and finally identify a little.
Fans who don't come for the show, but for the victory.
Not with a camera, but with a scarf.
And yes, Messi annoys them.
It upsets them to read that he is already dying to return to Barcelona, that he is in contact with Xavi, that Barca is doing everything to make room for him, that his family already wants to "return home".
It annoys them that players come to sell shirts, and not to win.
It upsets them that there are Israeli children in the stands who complain that "their experience was ruined" because of a loss, while it infuriates them to hear the teasing of Lyon fans.
They are annoyed by Mbappe and Neymar, who also do not defend, because they also want others to run for them, they are not suckers.
They are upset by the coach, the management, the business thinking.
So for them, "I'm really sorry that we hurt your feelings. Sorry if the whistles were seen in your eyes as oppressive or disrespectful. Sorry if the show was ruined for you. Go to hell, all of you, just don't lose at home to Lyon."
And here is a real moment, a bit of emotion, that reminds what is behind the economic project.
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