“Let them stay at home”, Christophe Galtier’s charge against Nice supporters after a song insulting the memory of Sala

It was with tears of anger in his eyes that Christophe Galtier condemned the attitude of certain Nice supporters this Wednesday evening, during the match won against Saint-Etienne. “Let them stay at home. We will win without these people”, repeated the coach of the Aiglons, “without a word” to qualify the song offensive to the memory of Emiliano Sala, sung by these spectators at the start of the meeting.

“There is no adjective to define what I heard,” the coach got carried away at a press conference. In the 9th minute of the match, voices emanating from La Populaire Sud hijacked an air created in honor of the FC Nantes player who died at sea in a plane crash in 2019. “He is an Argentinian who does not swim well, Emiliano under water, Emiliano under water”, they sang, no doubt wanting to target the club which beat Le Gym on Saturday in the final of the Coupe de France.

“It’s surreal”

“Insulting the memory of a deceased person is surreal”, added, moved, Christophe Galtier. “On my behalf, on behalf of my players, my staff, I would like to apologize to Emiliano Sala’s family and to FC Nantes,” he added. In a statement, the club also “condemned in the strongest terms” this “unthinkable and abject provocation of a minority of its supporters”.

The coach was also outraged by other slogans heard in the stadium. On several occasions, the same groups of supporters also copiously insulted the Nice-Nantes referee, Stéphanie Frappart.

“They say that the stands are a reflection of our society. If that’s our society, we’re in deep shit, ”said the technician, recalling in passing that the match judge “had nothing to do” in the defeat of the Riviera club. “If we lost, it’s because of us. »