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Ten minutes off, five red cards: the final phase of Paris Saint-Germain’s second defeat of the season in the second game was tough. The finalists of the Champions League lost 1-0 (0-1) against Olympique de Marseille, the decisive goal was scored by Florian Thauvin (minute 31), who scored the goal of the day after a free kick by Dimtri Payet in the second suit. The thing to remember from the French champions’ game against the runner-up is the last act, which featured almost every unsportsmanlike aspect of the penalty catalog.
The atmosphere in the Prinzenpark in Paris had already heated up during regulation time: referee Jérôme Brisard had received the yellow card twelve times before the final minutes. In the sixth minute of injury time, Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda launched a goal kick. Forward Darío Benedetto knocked rival Leandro Paredes to the ground before an aerial duel broke out.
A lack of revenge that led to the formation of the group: first Paredes counterattacked with a push, then PSG superstar Neymar sent OM defender Álvaro González to the ground with a blow to the back of the head. Finally, left backs Jordan Amavi and Layvin Kurzawa collided, hit and kicked each other and had to be held by their teammates. Neymar, Amavi and Kurzawa saw red, Paredes and Benedetto received their second yellow card of the match.
Accusations of racism after being expelled
After surviving the coronavirus infection, Neymar only returned to training for the Parisian team on Friday. In the initial defeat against Lens, the Brazilian and numerous teammates were still missing, he also tested positive Kylian Mbappé also missed the match against Marseille. When leaving the field after being sent off, Neymar had complained of having been exposed to racism. The discussion with González was preceded by a long battle of words.
Due to the renewed defeat, Paris is currently in 18th place in relegation, but has also played one game less than the competition. At the top of the table is AS Monaco: with coach Niko Kovac and, for the first time, ex-Leverkusen Kevin Volland in the starting line-up, the Monegasque beat FC Nantes 2-1. Sofiane Diop (5th) and Willem Geubbels (65th) were successful for Monaco, while Ludovic Blas tied (61st).
