Neymar denounces racism after Marseille’s victory at PSG, champion | Paris saint germain

Neymar claimed to have heard a racist insult during Paris St Germain’s loss to Marseille on Sunday. The Brazilian made the accusation to the fourth official when leaving the court after being one of the five players sent off during the match and then repeated the claim on social networks.

The PSG forward was fired for a punch on Álvaro González, the player he accused of making the racist comment. Neymar tweeted after the match that his “only regret” was not hitting the Marseille player in the face, having caught him on the back of the head. González later tweeted that “there is no place for racism” and added, “sometimes you have to learn to lose and accept it in the field.”

A full-scale brawl broke out on the pitch in the last minute of injury time, forcing referee Jerome Brisard to send off Neymar, as well as PSG teammates Laywin Kurzawa and Leandro Paredes, as well as the duo of Benedetto and Jordan. Amavi from Marseille.

Marseille head coach André Villas-Boas said: “There is no place for racism in football, but I don’t think that was the case … we will have to look at it.”

Marseille claimed a resounding victory after Florian Thauvin struck in the 31st minute of a throbbing but short-tempered match at the Parc des Princes.

It was Marseille’s first league win over PSG since November 2011, condemning last season’s Champions League runners-up to their second consecutive league loss after suffering a 1-0 setback on the matchday. inaugural in Lens.

Thauvin scored against the run, directing a Dimitri Payet free kick inside the near post at point blank range after the locals came in through Marco Verratti and Neymar, who also missed a couple of chances in the second half.

The game, plagued with fouls at both ends of the first half, produced fluid soccer after the break as visiting goalkeeper Steve Mandanda made several superb saves and both sides had goals disallowed for offside.

Ángel Di María’s shot for PSG was ruled out in the 62nd minute and Marseille substitute Dario Benedetto’s scorcher was also disallowed two minutes later, as Thauvin, who unleashed the opening shot, was marginally behind the last PSG defender.

PSG was missing a number of first-team regulars who had contracted the Covid-19 virus, but they pushed hard in the final stages only for Marseille’s tough defense to hold firm as the 1993 European Cup winners they achieved two wins out of two.

“A tough and important victory, as well as historic,” Villas-Boas told reporters. “We struggled to cope with the initial pressure from PSG because they are very good at it, but we found a way to achieve a great victory. It was not pretty and we suffered ”.