{"id":494087,"date":"2026-02-23T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494087\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:40:11","slug":"anti-chelsea-banner-caused-trouble-at-strasbourg-over-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494087\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Chelsea banner caused trouble at Strasbourg over the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thechelseachronicle.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The relationship between Strasbourg supporters and Chelsea owners BlueCo does not seem to be getting any better.<\/p>\n<p>Strasbourg and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> both fall under BlueCo\u2019s ownership umbrella, which the latter have taken advantage of.<\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/enzo-maresca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enzo Maresca\u2019s<\/a> exit last month, the Blues were able to easily snatch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior<\/a> away from their sister club and hire him as their new manager.<\/p>\n<p>          Antonio Conte loves the new Chelsea owners \ud83d\ude2c <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Do they come anywhere near close to Roman Abramovich?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TCC-56-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Antonio Conte on Chelsea\" class=\"wp-image-348108\" \/>Photo by SSC NAPOLI\/SSC NAPOLI via Getty Images       <\/p>\n<p>That and several other things have not gone down well at Strasbourg, whose fans tried to air their discontent at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2242482060-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Strasbourg's British head coach Liam Rosenior reacts\" class=\"wp-image-342875\" \/>Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN\/AFP via Getty Images\u2018Chelsea\u2019 not allowed on Strasbourg fans\u2019 banner<\/p>\n<p>Strasbourg supporters tried to take a banner into their game against Lyon on Sunday that read: \u201cChelsea doesn\u2019t decide what\u2019s going on at Strasbourg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, journalist Lloyd Canfield has shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LloydCanfield\/status\/2025666912706036150?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a> that the banner was not allowed into the ground because it had the word \u201cChelsea\u201d on it.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, those Strasbourg fans were still able to enjoy the night after watching their side beat Lyon 3-1.<\/p>\n<p> Which Strasbourg player would you take at Chelsea?\ud83d\udc40 <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TCC-77-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Which Strasbourg player should Chelsea sign\" class=\"wp-image-350547\" \/>Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN \/ AFP via Getty Images       <\/p>\n<p>They had a much better weekend than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/very-frustrated-joao-pedro-hits-out-at-chelsea-teammates-after-burnley-failure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea, who threw away their 1-0 lead against Burnley<\/a> right at the very end of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenior\u2019s team still managed to climb into the top four, but they will drop out of it again if Manchester United earn at least a point when they face Everton on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the two clubs that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/todd-boehly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Boehly<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/behdad-eghbali\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Behdad Eghbali<\/a> own, Strasbourg are having the better campaign.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248193626-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Supporters of Racing Club de Strasbourg display a banner\" \/>Photo by Sathire Kelpa\/Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty ImagesHow Strasbourg are coping without Liam Rosenior<\/p>\n<p>Rosenior did a really good job at Strasbourg, which is why fans would have been frustrated when he was pinched away from them by their sister club.<\/p>\n<p>Under Rosenior, the Ligue 1 outfit were able to qualify for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/uefa-conference-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conference League<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n<p>Strasbourg are still doing quite well under Rosenior\u2019s successor Gary O\u2019Neil, though. Right now, they are seventh in the table, meaning that qualification for European football is possible once again.<\/p>\n<p>So far, O\u2019Neil has won three league games, lost two and drawn one while in charge of Strasbourg.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google The relationship between Strasbourg supporters and Chelsea owners BlueCo does not seem&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82,11705],"class_list":["post-494087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-strasbourg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}