As PSG challenge OL in the semi-finals of the Women’s Champions League this Sunday, tension has risen in training between Kheira Hamraoui and Sandy Baltimore, to such an extent that a crisis meeting has been organized in the ’emergency.
A spat that falls at the worst of times for PSG. As Les Parisiennes prepare to challenge OL in the semi-final first leg of the Women’s Champions League, the tone rose during training at Camp des Loges between Kheira Hamraoui and Sandy Baltimore on the eve of this meeting. you crucial for both teams. RMC Sport confirms the fight at the end of training at Bougival today with the PSG women.
During a drill, Kheira Hamraoui started making negative remarks targeting Sandy Baltimore. She repeated herself, which annoyed the young midfielder. Baltimore then asked him to move on and focus on the field. The tone rose, Hamraoui insulted Baltimore. A beginning of altercation breaks out, it was necessary to separate them. In the wake of training, a crisis meeting was organized in Bougival. Sources close to the club claim that in recent weeks Kheira Hamraoui has become “a bit paranoid, she was suspicious of everyone.”
Hamraoui’s aggression still in people’s minds
This situation shows that the tension has never really subsided within part of the workforce since the attack on Kheira Hamraoui. Returning to the field with PSG and the France team, the midfielder has complicated relationships with certain teammates, in particular Sandy Baltimore, Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani. The last two publicly showed their support for Aminata Diallo during a match for the France team.
The scuffle between the two players falls into a timing that does not really help the Parisians, who are approaching an important crossroads at the end of the season with the double confrontation against Les Fenottes, their lifelong rivals. It was also a few days after the revelation of the Hamraoui affair that OL had pulverized PSG in the league at Groupama Stadium (6-1), in a meeting where the Parisiennes clearly had their minds elsewhere.
The aggression of the former Barcelona player clearly shook the Parisian locker room, in particular captain Grace Geyoro, who tried not to “take sides”. “When this thing broke I was shocked. I was like, ‘Wow, this is my first year in this role, this is happening, how am I going to do it.’ I tried to be fair, not to take sides because I had a super important role.”