an hour agoA French football winner: Tribonne fans are enjoying friendly ones
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Paris Saint-Germani defeated the second division team, Le Havren, in the friendly played on Sunday that was extraordinary, not because of the score of 9:0, but because it drew the largest crowd of viewers to a football match in one of Europe's five strong leagues since [...]
Paris Saint-Germani defeated the second division team, Le Havren, in the friendly played Sunday that was extraordinary, not because of the score of 9:0, but because it drew the largest crowd of viewers in the stands for a football match in one of Europe's five strong leagues since early March.
The French government eased health protocols before last weekend to allow a total turnout of five thousand people, including players, journalists and staff in matches. In fact, Le Havre's friend was not the first to be played, but others involved only low division teams. So, for the game in Le Havre where the PCG would play, tickets with the price of 30 to 60 euros were sold within six minutes, the AFP writes.
“It is a victory for French football, for the sport at large”, said France's outgoing Sport Minister Roxana Maraciceanu, who was present at the match. “I am so glad that football in France resumed popularly, with many people in stadiums. We are the only country in Western Europe to have done so. It's a great triumph over the current situation”.
Unlike Germany, England, Italy, and Spain, France completely canceled the 2019/20 edition because of the spread of the coronary pandemic. But the other four countries resumed racing after a three - month pause, but they did so behind closed doors. Although social distance rules were in place, fans present at stadium “Le Havres' Stade Ocean<x1 was a little bit more relaxed in this regard.
It's kind of like going back to normal life, even though there are still some drastic conditions. We were not interested in the deep loss of the PSG at all, as this match before all was a way of restoring football triumphantly in France since March”, has insisted Johann Wattier, head of “Les Barbarians Havre”, the largest group of fans of the Le Haver Club. It's not easy for a group like ours to follow the rules, because we're used to being together. But we will try to respect them as much as possible. We want the new season to start with the presence of fans at”.
