Barcelona reports PSG fans’ chainsaw banner and chants to UEFA
Barcelona says it reported a Paris Saint-Germain supporters’ display and offensive songs to UEFA’s match delegate after Tuesday’s Champions League game in Paris.
Barcelona said on Wednesday, 21 October, that it had reported a display by Paris Saint-Germain supporters and offensive songs from the stands to UEFA’s match delegate after their Champions League game at the Parc des Princes in Paris on Tuesday. The complaint concerns a pre-match banner showing a masked figure in a PSG shirt taking a chainsaw to Barcelona’s badge, Reuters reported.
A Barcelona spokesperson told Reuters the club reported the banner’s content and the songs after the match ended. Herald Scotland separately reported, citing sources close to Barcelona, that the display and offensive chants had been raised with UEFA’s match delegate. The reports establish that Barcelona made a complaint; UEFA’s response to it was not immediately clear.
What PSG supporters displayed before kick-off
The supporters unveiled the display before Tuesday’s match at PSG’s Parc des Princes ground. Reuters rendered its wording as ‘a Paris-style massacre’ and said the image referred to the 1974 horror film ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’. AFP’s account, published during the match, described a second banner beneath the chainsaw image reading ‘Massacre, Paris-style’. The two accounts use different English renderings of the slogan.
AFP described the figure as wearing a PSG shirt and sawing through the crest, with large splashes of blood in the artwork. Its account of the display preceded Barcelona’s complaint and independently establishes what supporters showed at the stadium. Reuters reported, citing L’Equipe, that PSG had approved the tifo before the match.
UEFA response and the match result
UEFA declined to comment, according to Herald Scotland. Reuters said PSG had not immediately responded to a request for comment. Neither report established that UEFA had opened disciplinary proceedings or imposed a sanction over the display or chants.
On the pitch, Barcelona twice came from behind to draw level at 2-2, but PSG won 4-2, Herald Scotland reported. Barcelona’s approach to the match delegate came after that game, while the banner had been unveiled before kick-off. The complaint therefore concerns supporters’ conduct around the fixture, separate from its result.
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Sources and context
- Barcelona report 'Paris-style massacre' fan display to UEFA after PSG gameChannel NewsAsia, carrying Reuters reporting
- Barcelona lodge UEFA complaint over PSG ‘chainsaw massacre’ bannerHerald Scotland (article accessed via Yahoo Sports)
- “Parisian-style massacre”: PSG fans cause a stir ahead of the match against FC BarcelonaGoal, carrying AFP reporting by Falko Blöding
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