The controversy rages in Paris. Criticism of the use of airplanes in short trips, inappropriate reactions of the protagonists and energy costs that are difficult to explain: just some of the PSG controversies in recent weeks. Days ago, the outrage in France had to do with the Paris Saint Germain flights. Today what changes is the means of transport, but not the central axis.
From France, the newspaper Le Parisien gives continuity to the controversy, ensuring that in the next few hours a bus will leave Paris for Lisbon, with the particularity that it will only have the presence of a driver. That’s right, as the players arrive in Portugal by plane, a club bus will make internal routes in the Portuguese capital.
this microphone it will travel no less than 1,800 kilometers with the sole objective of transferring the players, who will stay in a Lisbon hotel, at the Estádio da Luz, where PSG will face Benfica for the continuity of the Champions League group stage. luxury coach, it will tour Europe to transport the campus in a matter of minutes.
This decision of the French institute does not come at the best possible moment from the management, since only a few days ago the issue of continuous air travel to make short trips had already been transferred to the microphones. At the press conference, coach Christophe Galtier and the great figure of the team, Kylian Mbappé, played down the matter.
It all happened in the press conference before the match between Lionel Messi and the club’s team against Juventus for the start of the Champions League. LCI media reporter Paul Larrouturou mentioned the controversy. Larrouturou, in turn, read a tweet from entrepreneur Alain Krakovitch, who wrote: “Paris-Nantes is less than two hours by TGV. I insist on my proposal to offer PSG a TGV adapted to their specific needs, to our interests. “common: safety, speed, services and eco-mobility”.
The idea was to urge the PSG delegation to use less environmentally harmful trains or vehicles when traveling every weekend. The truth is for Mbappé and Galtier this question does not seem to be very important. The Frenchman looked at his coach and couldn’t help but laugh. The same thing happened with Galtier who took it as a joke. After several seconds in which he couldn’t contain the laughter, the technician slipped: “Forgive me, I didn’t expect that question”.
The controversy was further intensified after the words of Galtier, who added in an ironic tone: “To be honest, this morning I spoke to the company that organizes our trips to see if we can travel by car with a candle”. Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of Economy and Finance, came out at the crossroads for what happened at the conference, remarking that “it was the most inopportune moment to laugh”.
For PSG, safety comes first
In addition to giving the scoop on this new transfer of the delegation, Le Parisien has also taken it upon himself to cite some sources close to the club. From Paris, they ensure that this option is motivated by security reasons: the PSG bus has armored glass and the club has drivers who specialize in driving in tense and complex environments.
In addition, the interior of the bus has a special comfort, as it has seats that recline up to 45 degrees and even a kitchen. According to RMC radio, the practice of sending an empty coach to secure routes is common in other major European clubs, on high alert since the 2017 attack on the Borussia Dortmund bus. Another point in favor of the safety of the campus and its relatives.
Source: Clarin
