The government called for “sanctions” after the homophobic chants sung for several minutes on Sunday evening during the OM-PSG match, with Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra calling on PSG, which “condemns”, to “file a complaint”.
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“ Very shocked by the unbearable homophobic chants heard at the Parc des Princes during #PSGOM », wrote Olivier Klein on his “X” account (formerly Twitter) the day after the meeting between PSG and OM at the Parc des Princes.
“ With the DILCRAH, I will contact the PSG club and the Professional Football League (LFP) so that sanctions can be taken. We will also study the possibilities of taking legal action », added Olivier Klein, who took the helm in September of Dilcrah, an organization attached to Matignon.
His message is accompanied by a thirty-second video in which we can hear PSG supporters singing homophobic chants against the players of the Marseille team.
“ Urgent to eradicate »
Just like PSG, the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, also condemned these chants. “ It is unthinkable to remain deaf to such hateful and homophobic chants in our stands “, she commented on “X”. “ It is urgent to eradicate them from our stadiums “, she insisted, specifying that the LFP commission was “now seized” and calling the PSG “ to file a complaint to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice, so that they are removed from the stadiums “.
Contacted by AFP, PSG indicated that the club “ condemns all forms of discrimination, in particular homophobia, and wishes to point out that they have their place neither in stadiums nor in society “.
PSG “ intends to further strengthen its prevention work ” And ” will meet all of its partners on this essential subject in the coming days “. Asked about a possible complaint against the supporter groups, PSG did not react. Furthermore, the LFP did not respond to requests from the AFP. According to several media, the LFP disciplinary committee will examine the facts and the file will be opened on Wednesday.
According to an AFP journalist present at the stadium to follow the match, these songs emanating mainly from the Auteuil stand lasted almost a quarter of an hour.
After the match, the Spanish coach of PSG Luis Enrique, questioned on the subject, evacuated: “ I’m sorry, but I don’t understand if the songs are nice or mean “.
The PSG players did not react.
A controversial campaign
Several Parisian players, including the French Randal Kolo Muani and Ousmane Dembélé, were filmed singing an insulting chant towards the Marseillais during the group celebration on Sunday evening in front of the Auteuil stand. Homophobic chants are regularly sung in stadiums in France, where a controversy took place last season over the refusal by several players to wear a jersey with rainbow printing.
On the occasion of the annual campaign “ Gay or straight, we all wear the same jersey », All first and second division players were invited on the weekend of May 13/14 to wear a jersey flocked with the colors of the rainbow, which also adorned the captains’ armbands. This campaign was respected by the vast majority of players, but some from Toulouse, Nantes or Guingamp refused to play, rekindling the controversies already sparked last year by PSG player Idrissa Gana Gueye.
According to an Ipsos survey published at the beginning of September and conducted with the LGBT+ Sports Federation, 46% of French people say they have already witnessed homophobic or transphobic behavior in the sporting environment. Still according to this study, less than one in two French people have the feeling that “things are being done to combat LGBTphobia in sport” and more than three quarters (78%) want us to “go further” on that question.
(With AFP)