Does PSG deserve its status as the ugly duckling of the carbon footprint awarded by all of France after the poor media release of the Galtier-Mbappé duo on Monday?
If the other major European clubs are not necessarily eight wagons ahead on this societal issue, they seem at least vaguely to tackle the problem of carbon emissions generated by their numerous trips.
“Liverpool and the two Manchester clubs travel by train as soon as they have a match in London, assures Michaël Ferrisi, consultant and founder of the Ecolosport site.
Like what we can manage to solve the security problems that the PSG points out concerning its players, because Liverpool or Manchester United, it is roughly the equivalent of Paris in terms of the notoriety of the players.
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Precisely present at the Parc des Princes this Tuesday evening in the Champions League, another European reference, Juventus, joined the UN's "Sports for Climate Action" program in 2020. In this context, the Turin club claims to have reached the carbon neutrality regarding greenhouse gases and indirect energy-related emissions.
In this context, she has undertaken to travel by train as soon as possible, and a photo of Massimiliano Allegri all smiles on a transalpine station platform has also been circulating there since Monday on the networks.
Ajax, Liverpool or Juve as good students
A partnership currently exists in Italy between the Italian Cup and Frecciarossa, the top-of-the-range category of the Trenitalia railway company.
Ironically, PSG has itself been a signatory of "Sports for Climate Action" since March 2021, two months after its plane trip to Lens which had already been criticized by public opinion.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi then announced that he wanted to “take up the challenge of climate change”.
If Ajax is also cited as an example on the European scene on this question of the travel of professional players avoiding the plane as much as possible, like its trip by train to Lille in 2019 to play a Champions League match there. , some commendable initiatives remain in fact fallacious.
The most glaring example comes from Betis Seville, which signed and then renewed a partnership linking it to Renfe, the equivalent of SNCF in Spain.
But the president of Betis, Angel Haro, recognizes it: “It is true that with regard to our carbon footprint, we are going a bit out of our roadmap, because because of the Covid, we have been almost “ forced to travel by plane.
We continue to fly even though this agreement with Renfe exists, and gradually, we will return to the situation where we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint”.
The problem of returning at night
In France, Losc and OM have signed the charter of 15 eco-responsible commitments with WWF and the Ministry of Sports and the Lille club regularly stands out for its journeys without a private jet, such as last season at Chelsea (train) and Parc des Princes (train then coach due to a night return).
“Yes, there is this problem of returning in the middle of the night, but it is still not a factor that should stop the negotiations, believes Michaël Ferrisi.
We can find solutions, we are in France, the rail network is very developed, of good quality, and we can manage to run a few handfuls of trains on tracks in the middle of the night.
I hope that this intervention by Galtier will be a blessing in disguise, and that they will make it possible to advance the discussions between the SNCF and the PSG, and even with the whole of French sport.
This topic should no longer be one.
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Especially since the SNCF knows how to do it, on occasion.
During the last French Cup final, the Nice supporters were repatriated at night after their team's defeat against Nantes.
Privatizing a train, more expensive than renting a jet
On the occasion of the laying of the first stone of the LDLC Arena, this Tuesday next to the Parc OL, Jean-Michel Aulas was obviously asked about the great football controversy of the week.
“It is a very important subject which must be respected, and as great sportsmen and great entrepreneurs, we must be exemplary, specifies JMA.
A certain number of trips will be made by coach and I understood that the SNCF was in the process of optimizing certain trips, perhaps to Paris.
So when we can avoid the plane, we will take the bus or the train.
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In fact, the Lyon professional group only traveled by coach to face Dijon and Saint-Etienne in previous seasons, which is less than PSG, which generally favors this means of transport for its travels in the northern half of France ( Lille, Lens, Reims, Troyes).
The economic argument is also pointed out by certain players in French football, since a private flight can cost 20,000 euros less than a privatized SNCF train, as suggested on Sunday via a tweet by TGV manager Alain Krakovitch.
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