A Parque de los Príncipes divided between insults and applause for Messi

Once again, Lionel Messi had to endure the booing yesterday from the Parque de los Príncipes stadium, which began very hostile towards the Argentine, but which in the end gave him some applause and redemption. PSG thrashed Ajaccio 5-0 (one of the goals was a bomb by Kylian Mbappé) and continues first, six points behind Lens and three dates from the Ligue 1 final.

On his return to the team after the suspension imposed by the club’s board of directors as a result of an unconsulted trip to Saudi Arabia, the captain of the Argentine national team was mistreated as had already happened in other matches after the elimination from the Champions League.

When announcing the formation of PSG through the loudspeakers and screens in the Parque de los Príncipes, the public present, at that time scarce, rehearsed a loud whistle towards number 30, something that continued during the game, although it was qualified on the final.

Messi, who will leave the Parisian club at the end of the season, received a two-week ban for missing training on Monday May 1 due to a lightning trip to Saudi Arabia to allegedly fulfill business obligations.

The measure, finally cut to one week, prevented the Argentine from playing and training with the squad until last Monday when he was reinstated.

Faced with all the commotion generated by the punishment, which even led to a demonstration by fans with insults towards the Argentine, Messi offered his apologies through a video that he posted last Friday on his Instagram account.

Arabic message

◆ The president of the Saudi club Al-Hilal, Fahd Bin Nafel, did not want to confirm the signing of an agreement with Lionel Messi, while fans of the team chanted the name of the Paris SG player to demand his incorporation.

◆ “Don’t ask me about Messi,” Bin Nafe layer replied to the journalists when they questioned him about the rumors about the signing of the Argentine captain, just after Al-Hilal’s victory in the Copa del Rey final played in Jeddah against him Al Wehda (1-1, 7-6 on penalties).