Overview
- PSG ultras unfurled a large banner showing a masked figure with a bloody chainsaw cutting the Barcelona crest and the legend “Massacre à la parisienne” during the Champions League game that ended in a 4-2 PSG win on Tuesday.
- FC Barcelona formally reported the banner to the UEFA match delegate after the game and lodged an official complaint with UEFA citing the image’s violent and glorifying content.
- French outlets L'Équipe and RMC Sport reported that PSG had granted permission for the choreography and that the club even announced the display over stadium loudspeakers before it appeared.
- UEFA rules ban threatening or violent imagery in stadium displays and allow disciplinary action when clubs approve or fail to control tifos, which is why Barcelona’s complaint targets both the banner and PSG’s approval process.
- No public decision or sanction has been announced by UEFA yet, and the complaint could prompt a disciplinary review, tighter club oversight of ultras choreographies, and renewed scrutiny of fan-club coordination at PSG.