At hours of Paris Saint-Germain debut in the Champions Leagueone of the figures of the French cast flooded the news portals, but not precisely because of the preview of the duel that they will animate this Tuesday with Juventus from 16 (TV: ESPN) in the Parc des Princes.
Is that Kylian Mbappé became a target of criticism -something to which the world champion in Russia 2018 is already accustomed- by none other than the French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire.
The unexpected crossing occurred because both Mbappé and the PSG manager, Christophe Galtier, they laughed at the controversy by the capital club’s air travel and its consequent impact on the environmental pollution.
The laughs of Mbappé and Galtier
Le Maire, in an interview with the BFMTV channel, referred to the moment that has heated up social networks in recent hours during the press conference on Monday in which Mbappé and Galtier took the debate on their plane trips as a joke.
The minister, who acknowledged on the one hand that he adores the young striker, considered that “it was the most inopportune time to laugh”. “I think we all have to take climate change seriously.”
Galtier and Mbappé mocked the suggestion of a director of the French railway company SNCF that they use the train instead of the plane to go to Nantes, as they did last weekend for their league match, traveling less than 400 kilometres.
The coach responded with irony to a question on this matter that was put to him and explained that they had already “talked with the company that organizes our trips” and that they were “seeing if they can go by car under sail (wind)”. Le Maire replied that this irony “is out of place.”
Before the head of Economy, Galtier had already been the object of criticism from other members of the Government, such as Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castérawho told him on his Twitter account that he usually gives “more pertinent answers” and that they have to talk about his controversial words.
While, the mayor of the French capital, Anne Hidalgoon the same social network also launched a dart in the direction of Mbappé and Galtier: “Wake up, guys. This is Paris.”
Mbappé merengue, the figure that was not
Simultaneously, Mbappé’s last name also sounded in Spain when Javier Tebas, president of LaLigadeclared during the presentation of the album of figurines of the contest that they miss the French and assured that they had “a sticker reserved for him”.
It is worth remembering that after many twists and turns with Real Madrid, Mbappé chose to stay in Paris during the break after the juicy renewal offer made by the Qatari fund club.
The top manager of LaLiga stressed that, although MBappé is not in the Spanish championship, there are other footballers who brighten the competition such as the also French Aurelien Tchouaménisigned by Real.
“This player’s level is going to surprise many of us. The scorers always attract a lot of attention, but because of the position he plays and what we are seeing, it is going to be very different from what we are used to seeing,” Tebas said of Tchouaméni, a 22-year-old central midfielder who was bought from Monaco for 80 million euros.
The Spanish LaLiga has already completed its first four days and, As usually happens in this uneven competition, Real Madrid (first with 12 points) and Barcelona (second with 10) At the moment, the strongest teams are being shown.
“We will have to see if it is a League of two. We will see the evolution. That has to be seen over several seasons. For example, last year, apart from the champion Real Madrid, we had a Champions League semi-finalist with Villarreal. The level we have is good,” Tebas said in this regard.
