PSG could be sanctioned by the LFP – Libération

The Professional Football League on Sunday condemned the homophobic chants chanted by Parisian supporters on Saturday October 19 at the Parc des Princes during the PSG-Strasbourg Ligue 1 match and announced the referral to its disciplinary committee.

“The LFP condemns the homophobic chants heard during the Paris Saint-Germain – RC Strasbourg meeting. These new discriminatory chants from Paris Saint-Germain supporters are unacceptable, even though all of professional football has been working for several seasons to ban homophobic behavior and chants from stadiums. indicated the LFP in a press release. “Following these new homophobic chants, the LFP disciplinary committee will take up the elements”, added the instance.

Saturday at the Parc des Princes, PSG supporters, mainly the Ultras from the Auteuil stand, resumed homophobic chants against OM for around ten minutes as the clasico against the great rival looms, on October 27 at the Vélodrome. Marseille.

These slogans were taken up by a large part of the Parc des Princes and the stadium announcer intervened twice to stop them. Last season, for these same facts, PSG was sanctioned by the LFP disciplinary committee which ordered the closure of the Auteuil stand for one final match and one suspended match.

Near the TeamPSG reaffirmed on Saturday “its firm commitment against all forms of discrimination, including homophobia” and assured to work “actively banning discriminatory behavior and promoting a respectful environment, where every supporter can enjoy football in complete safety.”

Comments condemned by the Minister of Sports

The Minister of Sports, Gil Avérous, and the Secretary of State for Citizenship and the Fight against Discrimination, Othman Nasrou, for their part “firmly condemned” these homophobic songs “which have no place at a sporting event and have a detrimental impact on the values ​​promoted by sport”, they said in a press release.

“The government will be uncompromising in the fight against all forms of discrimination, this is an issue of citizenship and the defense of republican principles,” continued the ministers who “will meet at the beginning of the week with the president of the LFP to discuss additional measures that can be deployed to prevent the recurrence of such homophobic acts.”