It was just before the case in which he is implicated by the disclosure of an email from the former director of OGC Nice. On April 8 at the Allianz Riviera, where his former club received PSG, of which he took the reins last summer, Christophe Galtier had very little taste of the banner “Before / After, the mama di Galtier”, deployed by the Popular South and accompanied by an insulting song for his convalescent mother. A sanctioned exit.
The Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) imposed two closing matches on the lower part of the stand “for use of pyrotechnic devices, oral expressions noted and banner”, she announced. La Populaire Sud, which had started the meeting with a gigantic tifo, with smoke bombs and fireworks, was already on borrowed time.
Out of its hinges
This demonstration of the supporters had brought out of its hinges Christophe Galtier, already whistled at the announcement of the teams. At the end of the match (0-2), he went to taunt the Populaire Sud, who again insulted him. The Aiglons had come to get involved and it was the Nice coach, Didier Digard, who had to calm things down.
“Why did I react like that? My mum is 83 years old and is coming out of cancer. Full stop,” the PSG coach coldly replied at a press conference. “If these people who are in the stands see European Cup matches, it’s thanks to my work last season,” he also said.