Ligue 1

Mediapart: “Paris had hired a company for social media campaigns at the expense of competitors, media and even Mbappe”

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3 years ago

October 12, 2022

Madelyn

Mediapart: “Paris had hired a company for social media campaigns at the expense of competitors, media and even Mbappe”

French website Mediapart revealed that Paris hired a company to carry out attacks on Twitter using fake accounts against the media, opposing players, fans and even people from the club, such as Kylian Mbappe!

The crisis in Paris seems to be deepening, and not just because of the Kylian Mbappe thing. On Wednesday, French investigative journalism website Mediapart, which has been involved in distributing documents including the Panama Papers, revealed that the French champions had hired a social media company to attack various opponents of the club, including the likes of Mbappe!

The way of working

According to the publication, in 2018 Paris hired Barcelona-based company Digital Big Brother (DBB), run by Lotfi Bel Haj, a Franco-Tunisian businessman who owns several companies with similar goals.

Jean-Marcial Ribes, head of Paris communications until May and a close associate of Nasel al-Khelaifi for seven years, appears to be monitoring all DBB activity and issuing instructions via Twitter for “attacks” to be carried out either through insults or insults defamation or by creating and spreading rumors.

Mediapart cites a 50-page file that describes all of DBB’s actions over the two years 2018-2020, as long as the contract signed with Paris lasted. The site claims that DBB created a “digital army” of Twitter accounts, but no bots. He preferred to put ordinary people with football knowledge behind fake accounts, most of which supported Paris. In fact, 10% of those fake accounts turned into accounts that influenced the team’s fans, even the media, after presenting the image of a real fan.

The most important among them was Paname Squad, allegedly the accounts of many friends of Paris, opened in August 2018 and published a lot of information, mostly transferrable, that even journalists did not have! He quickly amassed an audience of 10,000 followers and even created a website linked to that account. In 2020, the account ceased operations without justification, which was also the year DBB’s cooperation with Paris ended.

The victims of the attacks

The publication also refers to the victims of such “attacks” by fake social media accounts. As he points out, the main media that Paris viewed as hostile were Mediapart and Equipe. However, they didn’t stop there.

As he reports, the victim of such practices was the Rennes fan who was beaten by Neymar in April 2019, with one of those fake accounts revealing the fan’s identity on social media.

The Brazilian needed to be protected in every way and that’s why dozens of similar accounts surfaced on the account of Neymar’s ex-partner who accused him of rape (a case that was ultimately dropped).

The attacks and negative and even slanderous comments on the person of the President of Lyon and traditional enemy of Paris, Jean-Michel Ohla, continued.

Panama Squad, which grew to become the DBB’s “most powerful” account, appeared to be an opponent of Financial Fair Play, as did Paris, while being used to speak out against people at the club when there was relative team dissatisfaction .

The special report commented that the manager and several players didn’t understand Andero Enrique’s decisions as sporting director and after a summer that didn’t have the expected transfer success. Adrien Rabiot was also a constant target of his mother (who also acts as his agent) when negotiations ensued over compensation as part of his contract termination, with insults to both him and his mother.

Targeted criticism also of Mbappe

Even the team’s big star, Kylian Mbappe, was heavily criticized from the Paname Squad fake account when he made statements that management didn’t like.

Thus, in March 2019, the French striker told TF1 that he wanted to stay in Paris after a… soft transfer series with Real, and the Twitter account in question first congratulated him on this decision and then admonished him: “Now work quiet and silent. We don’t need so many explanations. We need answers on the field.”

Two months later, when he was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year 2019-2020, he asked the club for more responsibility, “or maybe it’ll happen somewhere else”. The Paname squad never missed an opportunity, tweeting: “The Parisian fans love you and you know it. You sent your message today, but at what time? If you could put that much pressure on the pitch…”

It is noted that French media contacted both Paris and Ribs, who denied there was a contract targeting DBB attacks against the team’s targets, and both sides claimed that this company was merely conducting strategic promotion campaigns of the association carried out.

Source: sport 24

Madelyn

I am a sports writer and journalist who has written for various online publications including Sportish. I’m originally from the UK but currently live in Toronto, Canada. I’m also an author on Sportish and have written several articles on a variety of sports-related topics.

Ligue 1

Paris: “We completely reject any plan for the so-called Super League”

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2 years ago

December 21, 2023

Madelyn

Paris: “We completely reject any plan for the so-called Super League”

The European Super League wants to change the situation in European football, but at the moment it is difficult to find many strong allies, with Paris having made it clear that it has no intention whatsoever of becoming part of this league.

The General Court of the European Union on Thursday (December 21) accepted the appeal of A22, which represents the European Super League, against the monopoly of UEFA and FIFA, ruling that the European associations do not have the right to authorize interclub competition.

This fact gave Barcelona and Real, who are leading the effort to create the ESL, the right to talk about a new era that is dawning in the football of the old continent, but their dream of leaving aside the European Football Federation will not come true is easy .

And that is because they are currently facing numerous hurdles erected by famous European teams that do not want to leave the UEFA umbrella, including Paris, which expresses its categorical rejection of the prospect of creating the new organization.

“Paris Saint-Germain strongly rejects any plan for the so-called Super League, which has been in place since day one and will always remain so.

As a proud European institution, Paris supports the principles of the European sports model, the values of open competition and inclusion, and collaborates with all recognized bodies in European football.

Especially with the fans and the players who are at the heart of the game.”says the corresponding announcement on Wednesday, which bears the signature of Paris President Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

Source: sport 24

Madelyn

Ligue 1

Proud brother Mbappe of Ethan’s debut: “I enjoy it even more than him”

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2 years ago

December 21, 2023

Madelyn

Proud brother Mbappe of Ethan’s debut: “I enjoy it even more than him”

Kylian Mbappe is the proud big brother and did not hide his joy at his brother Ethan’s debut in the Paris game against Metz.

Paris needed it against Metz but managed to beat them 3-1 on matchday 17 of Ligue 1 and stayed at a safe distanceNice and Monaco.

The Celebrant Kylian Mbappe, who had his birthday, Redeemed scored two goals against the Parisians and saw his brother Ethan make his official debut in the team when he came on as a substitute in the 90+2 minute.

“I am happy. He enjoys it, but as a big brother I enjoy it even more, it’s really cool. I didn’t think I would have such a special day, but I will really remember this game.

Ethan’s performance in particular was the highlight of the game for me. Winning is always special. A goal is always special, but today it was even more special. It’s a wonderful day,” said the 25-year-old star.

Source: sport 24

Madelyn

Ligue 1

Mbappe gave Paris a birthday present, a defeat for Marseille

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2 years ago

December 20, 2023

Madelyn

Mbappe gave Paris a birthday present, a defeat for Marseille

Paris narrowly beat Metz 3-1 and kept its distance from Nice and Monaco, who also took three points. Defeat for Marseille.

Paris, on the other hand, needed them Metsbut managed to achieve victory 3-1 for the 17th matchday of Ligue 1 and was kept at a safe distance from their pursuers.

The champions were in full control of the game but were unable to reach the final as Luis Enrique’s 3-4-3 didn’t work. At the start of the second half, Vitinia made amends for the hosts, who scored another goal in the 60th minute through Kylian Mbappe. The visitors slowed down with a rare attacking burst in the 72nd minute and Mathieu Oudol’s goal sparked unrest in the stands until Mbappe parried it away. The French superstar scored 16 goals on his 25th birthday this season, with Paris repaying the gift with an injury-time debut for his 16-year-old brother Etienne Mbappe.

THE Nis stayed five points behind the leader, although she also tried hard until she could beat me 2:0 The lance at the Cote d’azur. Francesco Farioli’s men were in control in the first half, but once the visitors started moving the ball more, the odds were in the home side’s favor. Teramas Mophie came on as a substitute in the 73rd minute and five minutes later scored the game’s two goals to give his team victory.

Monaco prevailed 2-1 her Toulouse away and maintained this gap to the leader and remained in 3rd place in the overall ranking. The star of the game was Wishan Ben Yedder, who responded to Frank Magri’s goal and caused the surprise before the end of the first half. Aleksandr Golovin’s dismissal in the 51st minute led to a retreat from Andy Hitter’s men, who retained the lead, limiting the hosts’ space and good moments.

Marseille hit the brakes Montpellierbecause after four wins in a row he stayed there 1-1. The hosts actually took the lead through Khalil Fayyad in the 14th minute, but then Gennaro Gattuso’s players took the ball at their feet and tried with all their might to find a way. Jordan Vertou equalized for Marseille in the 52nd minute, but they found no other answer and were limited to a point.

The results of the 17th game

Paris – Metz 3-1 (49′ Vitinia, 60′, 83′ Mbappe / 72′ Udol)
Strasbourg – Lille 2-1 (41′ self. Yoro, 76′ Mwanga / 20′ self. Silas)
Toulouse – Monaco 1-2 (5′ Magri / 26′, 44′ penalty. Ben Yedder)
Lyon – Nantes 1:0 (49′ Lacazette)
Nice – Lance 2:0 (76′ penalty, 78′ Moffi)
Clermont-Rennes 1-3 (3′ Nicholson / 52′ Calimuendo, 86′ D. Due, 90+7′ penalty. Blas)
Reims – Le Havre 1:0 (25′ Nakamura)
Montpellier – Marseilles 1-1 (14′ Fayed / 52′ Vertou)
Brest – Lorient 4:0 (22′, 25′, 29′, 45+3′ Dubia)