after PSG-Juventus, Christophe Galtier “regrets” his “poor quality joke” on sand yachts

After the joke, time for explanations for Christophe Galtier. In the wake of his team’s victory against Juventus Turin (2-1) in the Champions League on Tuesday, September 6Ihe Parisian technician responded to criticism provoked by his joke concerning the use of “sailing tanks” as a means of transport for Paris Saint-Germain.

“I regret it. It was not the time. This joke is in bad taste“, he admitted at the microphone of Canal+, in a form of mea culpa, before specifying its relationship to ecology. “Believe me that I am concerned about the problems of climate, of our planet, I know the responsibility that we havehe continued. I heard a lot during the day that we were above ground, it’s not true. From there to make us pass for what we are not… I have serious players, we are a club that pays attention. We traveled to Lille, we took 2h45 by bus during the day, 2h45 by bus on the way back. We are aware of the climate challenges.”

“I regret them (…) it was a poor quality joke!”

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“I don’t have to apologize,” However, the 56-year-old coach said on his arrival at a press conference. If he does not hide his regrets, Christophe Galtier also points to the proportion taken by his joke, and the relationship to humor. “I think that in France, humor has a hard time… It’s no longer possible to be humorous. Even if my joke was not great, and I knew it quickly when I got back at home.” PSG will have generally had a successful evening sportingly by dominating Juve (2-1), thus avoiding a missed first European meeting on and off the pitch.