PSG Fans Lost Their Deposit

 

PSG Fans Achieve Rare Double: Winning Champions League And Losing Their Deposit

Flat rental companies across Paris reported Friday that dozens of fans celebrating Wednesday evening had damaged their temporary accommodation so thoroughly that security deposits are being forfeited in bulk. They've achieved something genuinely rare: winning the Champions League and simultaneously losing money on the same evening. A rare double. Not the double anyone wanted.

One landlord reported discovering a burned balcony Thursday morning, which was unexpected given that the apartment sits on the fourth floor. How celebratory fire reached an elevated balcony remains unclear. The deposit is, however, entirely clear — it's gone.

Victory At A Measurable Financial Cost

A property management company reported fourteen deposits forfeited for celebration-related damage. Most involved burned furniture or damaged walls from flares. One involved a resident who'd apparently used their apartment as a base camp for evening arson operations and left evidence everywhere, including a receipted purchase of lighter fluid from a nearby supermarché.

Arsenal supporters who watched the match from London managed their evening without losing accommodation deposits. Small comfort for a painful defeat, but financially more sensible: Arsenal's parade: supporters went home poorer in spirit only, not in deposit.

The Irony Of Self-Directed Destruction

Fans celebrated PSG's victory so enthusiastically that they destroyed their own temporary housing. Which is either total commitment to the cause or a category of stupidity requiring a new word. The deposits total approximately €8,000 — a substantial price for happiness.

Paris has a long tradition of destroying things during moments of excitement, including things belonging to the destroyers. It's a feature, not a bug: Paris re-enacting the Bastille: where France's tradition of magnificent self-defeating enthusiasm was established.

Auf Wiedersehen, amigo!

Sources:
https://prat.uk/arsenals-parade/
https://prat.uk/paris-reenacting-fall-of-the-bastille/

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