Football: the irony of the PSG coach on air travel goes wrong
The exit of his coach caused the hilarity of Kylian Mbappé at a press conference, Monday September 5, 2022. AP - Thibault Camus
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The departure of Paris SG coach Christophe Galtier, who proposed that his team make their next trips by "
sand yacht
", rather than by plane as they did this weekend to get to Nantes, reacted on Monday in the midst of a controversy over private jets and their impact on the climate.
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On the eve of the most important match since his arrival this summer at the head of Paris SG, against Juventus Turin, in the Champions League,
Christophe Galtier
was summoned to explain the choice of the Parisian club to make the outward journey - return Paris-Nantes by plane.
“
This morning, we discussed with the company with which we travel to find out if we could not travel by sand yacht
,” he said with a smile.
The question prompted laughter from star striker Kylian Mbappé, seated alongside Galtier.
The contempt of PSG coach Christophe Galtier
And the long laugh of @KMbappe
When @LCI #toutestpol asks them for a reaction to the boss of the TGV who offers them a privatized train rather than a private jet to Paris-Nantes.
See you tomorrow, 11 a.m., on 26#Mbappe #Galtier #lti pic.twitter.com/7LsMpM6QMI
— Paul Larrouturou (@PaulLarrouturou) September 5, 2022
Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra immediately reacted to this statement by questioning the Paris SG coach on social networks: “
Mr. Galtier, you have accustomed us to more relevant and more responsible answers – are we talking about it?
@PSG_inside @CBaune #Sobriété #Mbappe #Galtier #psg #TGV
”, she tweeted.
“
Wake up guys???
»
It was then the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo who criticized the words of the coach of the reigning French champions.
"
No, but it's okay to answer stuff like that????
Wake up guys???
Here it is Paris @PSG_inside @PierreRabadan @egregoire @David_Belliard
”, wrote on his Twitter account the mayor of Paris.
“
Galtier's irony was misplaced.
Let's all take global warming very seriously
, ”warned Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire on BFMTV, who on the other hand defended star striker Kylian Mbappé.
"
I love Mbappé, we can all have a giggle at the least opportune moment
," he said.
“
It is necessary to bring the elites, not only the football elites but the economic elites and the political elites, down to earth
”, denounced on France Inter the deputy LFI François Ruffin.
.@Francois_Ruffin on the controversy around PSG: "There must be no private jets that make Paris / Nantes; it is necessary to bring the elites back to earth" #le7930inter pic.twitter.com/eHklj1d8et
– France Inter (@franceinter) September 6, 2022
PSG was scolded on Sunday by the director of TGV-Intercités Alain Krakovitch for having used the plane rather than the train to go to Nantes for the 6th day of Ligue 1 (3-0), Saturday, explaining that the SNCF offered an offer adapted to the needs of the club.
"
Paris-Nantes is in less than two hours by TGV, I am renewing our proposal for a TGV offer adapted to your specific needs, for our common interests: safety, speed, services and eco
-mobility", he said. he suggested in a tweet in reaction to a video of Italian midfielder Marco Verratti on the PSG plane posted on social media.
Paris-Nantes is in less than 2 hours by @TGVINOUI.
@PSG_inside, I re-re-renew our #TGV offer proposal adapted to your specific needs, for our https://bo.francemm.com/rfi/fr/content/MZ205273#add-embed-modals common interests: safety , speed, services and eco mobility 🌎 🙂 https://t.co/FJCW6M7Mwe
— Alain Krakovitch (@alainkrakovitch) September 4, 2022
The boss of the TGV has thus made his contribution to the debate on the use of the plane, and in particular
that of private jets
which has recently raged within the French political class.
On Friday, the anti-globalization association Attac pointed to the attitude of PSG player Lionel Messi, whose private jet has made 52 flights since June, "
i.e. 1,502 tonnes of CO2
".
"
It's as much as a Frenchman in 150 years
", underlined the organization, also calling for regulating the use of private jets.
Terribly polluting, the private jets used in particular by billionaires and celebrities have been the subject of controversy for a few weeks, the defenders of the environment calling for their supervision,
(
with AFP
)
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