The Marseille player fights back against Neymar’s accusers of racism – VG

Up to five red cards were awarded after a situation where Leandro Paredes knocked Darío Benedetto to the ground. Paredes received his second yellow card in the situation. Benedetto also received his second yellow card. So red card for both.

PSG defender Layvin Kurzawa lost his head completely and sent a punch and a kind of kung fu kick. Marseille player Jordan Amavi was also sent off in the shower with a direct red card.

The dispute continued even after four players were sent off. Brazilian star Neymar also suffered a direct red card.

The VAR intervened after Neymar hit Álvaro González on the neck.

See the situation here:

As he left the dressing room, the Brazilian made some comments to the fourth official where it sounded as if the star player accused the Marseille player of being a racist.

– He was a racist. That’s why I beat him, you could hear Neymar say.

Also earlier in the match, the Brazilian was seen and heard from the assistant referee “please come on, there is no racism here”.

After the game, Neymar wrote the following on Twitter:

– The only thing I regret is not hitting that idiot in the face.

And shortly after, he followed with another salvo of force, where he thought it was easy for the VAR to capture his aggression, but that he wanted to see the images where González allegedly made racist statements.

Gonzáles, for his part, assures that Neymar is wrong and defends himself, among other things, saying that he treats people of different skin colors every day.

– There is no place for racism. Sometimes you have to endure losing and take it to the field, Gonzáles writes on Twitter.

Faced with the accusations of racism, Marseille coach André Villas-Boas responded after the match that “obviously there is no place for racism in football.”

Florian Thauvin’s goal in the first half was decisive. Marseille’s first victory in Paris in many, many years, and their first win against PSG in 21 games.

– Many children watched the game today. We have to be role models, Thauvin tells Telefoot Chaine.

Thus, it was also just a parenthesis that Marseille was probably fooled by a goal that was annulled by VAR for offside. However, replay showed that that decision was probably wrong.

In “Le Classique” a total of 13 yellow cards and five red cards were awarded.

– I think our players play a good game. If this was a boxing match, we would have won, PSG director Leonardo tells Telefoot Chaine.

He was also annoyed by the French television reporter who asked him if Thomas Tuchel’s job was in danger.

– I think the question is asked at the wrong time after a match like this.

The French capital’s club PSG also lost to Lens in the first round of the series. While PSG remains with zero points, Marseille remains with a full pot after two games.

PSG have several players out as a result of the positive corona tests, but could still put together a strong team against Marseille.

It is true that Kylian Mbappé, Keylor Navas, Mauro Icardi and Marquinhos, among others, were missing, but both Neymar, Leandro Paredes and Ángel Di María were back.

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