the ecologists of Lyon outraged by the attitude of Galtier and Mbappé on air travel
The scene is lunar.
This Monday, at a Champions League pre-match press conference, Kylian Mbappé and Christophe Galtier were asked about the weekend controversy concerning their plane trip between Paris and Nantes. As a reminder, the boss of the SNCF offered them to adapt this type of journey by taking the train.
If the PSG striker left in a big burst of laughter, the coach played the card of condescension to him by explaining that the club of the capital was thinking about making the trips in “yachting”.
Inevitably, most Internet users evoke the total disconnection of the two men in the face of current issues in the face of global warming. And Lyon environmentalists are at the forefront of the indignant.
There are elaborate, measured answers, like that of the Rhône MP Marie-Charlotte Garin who hopes that “the world of sport will finally land, and put an end to contempt and disconnection”. Or Senator Thomas Dossus who believes that “the climate emergency deserves better than sarcasm”.
There are those like Jean-Charles Kohlhaas, vice-president of the Métropole de Lyon, who are disillusioned and who believe that “The human species is the only animal species that can regress says Darwin. The proof in pictures…”
His colleague Philippe Guelpa-Bonaro considers that a “Such contempt demands a public apology from the club!”
Valentin Lungenstrass, deputy mayor of Lyon, challenges him to OL and Jean-Michel Aulas to set a good example for Parisians. Not sure that the Lyon club is drawing a line under its many jet trips, the men’s and women’s teams are composed.
And then there are those who let go. Like Matthieu Vieira, metropolitan councillor. Like his Arsenal namesake against Roy Keane, he pulls out his cleats and aims for the jugular: “Mbappé like Galtier, you are dark shit”.
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