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Neymar was one of five players sent off in injury time on Sunday when Olympique de Marseille beat rival Paris Saint-Germain for the first time in nine years.
PSG star Neymar got a straight red in OM’s 1-0 win after an altercation with center midfielder Álvaro González at the Parc des Princes in Paris. Neymar was expelled after a video replay showing that he aimed a blow to González’s back. head.
As he left, Neymar told officials he had suffered racial abuse.
“It’s a serious offense if that’s the case, but I don’t think so,” Marseille coach Andre Villas-Boas said. “What we saw, what was seen, is that (Ángel) Di María spat (on González).”
With an apparent reference to González, Neymar later tweeted: “My only regret is not hitting this idiot in the face.” In a subsequent tweet, Neymar said “It is easy for the VAR (video review) to see my ‘aggression’” and added that he was subjected to offensive insults of a racist nature.
“Neymar told me it was a racist insult. I didn’t hear anything on the pitch, “said PSG coach Thomas Tuchel.” Racism in life, in all domains, in sport, should not exist. “
Winger Florian Thauvin scored in the 31st minute of a tense match that featured more than a dozen yellow cards and turned into chaos deep into injury time as punches and kicks were exchanged.
It was Marseille’s first win over PSG since a 3-0 home win in November 2011.
PSG have lost three straight 1-0 games, including the Champions League final against Bayern Munich on 23 August and last Thursday against the promoted Lens. PSG lost their first two league games for the first time since the 1984-85 season and Tuchel may find himself under initial pressure.
The match ended with the expulsion of PSG defender Layvin Kurzawa and his Marseille counterpart Jordan Amavi for fighting in the seventh minute of injury time at the Parc des Princes.
PSG’s Leandro Paredes and Marseille’s Dario Benedetto soon followed before Neymar’s expulsion.
PSG: ‘The situation is serious’
“The fight is something very serious. We will take care of that internally with our players, ”said PSG sporting director Leonardo. “We will have to look at everything to adopt a coherent position, but the situation is dire.”
Neymar had returned to the side along with winger Di María after both were among a total of seven PSG players who tested positive for the coronavirus.
Right-back Alessandro Florenzi made his PSG debut after signing for a season on loan from Roma this week and came close to scoring a goal in the second minute, only for goalkeeper Steve Mandanda to parry midfielder Marco’s shot. Verratti.
Thauvin spent most of last season offside with a troublesome ankle injury, but scored two goals in two games this season following a clever run to the back post to convert playmaker Dimitri Payet’s free throw.
Mandanda denied Neymar in the hour and two minutes later Di María had a goal disallowed for offside.
Benedetto’s effort was also ruled offside a minute later, with Thauvin this time ruled offside in preparation following a video replay even though he appeared to be on the same level as a defender. Neymar came back moments later.
Neymar and Di María were among the six players who tested positive for COVID-19 following a club-approved trip to Ibiza shortly after losing the Champions League final.
Captain Marquinhos and forward Mauro Icardi also tested positive after that trip to Spain and were not on the squad. Neither was star forward Kylian Mbappé, whose positive virus test occurred on international duty with France last week.
PSG missed all seven for the defeat of Lens.
