Since the excesses that took place on Saturday May 28, 2022 near the Stade de France during the Champions League final, everyone has been trying to find a culprit to explain such a fiasco. Monday, May 30, in his program “L’heure des pros”, Pascal Praud and his columnists deciphered the holding of events. An analysis taken up by the Daily teams, who a few hours later pointed to certain remarks by the host of CNews.
“Attention, there is Karim Benzema on the ground. That’s the problem. Nobody thought of that. It’s that simple. If there is no Karim Benzema, these kids, they are not there“, said Pascal Praud in the sequence broadcast by “Quotidien” on TMC. “To finish and get everyone to agree. A question: in the end, wouldn’t all of this be a bit Karim Benzema’s fault (Real Madrid player, editor’s note)?He just had to not come and stop being Arab too“, concluded the journalist Lilia Hassaine. A deduction which made Pascal Praud react widely the next day on his show.
“Madame Lilia Hassaine implies that I may have thought of Benzema, that he should not come to the Stade de France and that he did not have to be Arab. That’s what she implies. It is not pleasant“, chanted the former journalist from Téléfoot who wanted to rebroadcast all of his remarks made the day before: “Nobody said in a meeting: ‘Attention, there is Karim Benzema on the ground’. That’s the problem. Nobody thought of that. It’s that simple. If there is no Karim Benzema, these kids, they are not there. Last week there was a Coupe de France final, they weren’t there. Karim Benzema is perhaps the best French center forward of all time. This is the future Ballon d’Or. It’s an icon. That’s why I say they wanted to see it, rightly so“.
Accusing the journalist of “manipulation”, Pascal Praud then spoke directly to the teams of “Quotidien”: “What do you want me to tell you? That I answer them every morning? What do we have to do ? What should we say?” I know they may be listening to us. I don’t know what they’re going to do tonight. It’s amazing! They probably listened to the entire sequence. But we are in this situation today and I regret it“.
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