After more than 3 months, the Brazilian star Neymar returned to the starting line-up for his team, Paris Saint-Germain, who lost 1-3 to Nantes yesterday, Saturday, in the French League.
The Brazilian’s comeback was triumphant; He scored a goal in which the Paris team – who was three goals behind in the first half – returned to the atmosphere of the match.
And in the 57th minute, referee Michael Lesage awarded a penalty kick for the guests, which Neymar saved himself, and he shot in a very bad way to deserve the title of “the worst penalty kick of the season so far”.
Leonardo, the football director of Saint-Germain, criticized the officials following the loss at the Nantes stadium, noting that the decisions of the referee for Lesage were in the interest of the owners of the land, which caused his team to suffer its second defeat this season.
Saint-Germain conceded 3 goals in the first half of the match, in which each team received a penalty kick.
The first half witnessed the expulsion of Dennis Appiah, the Nantes defender, before the referee reversed the decision following returning to the video assistant technology (VAR).
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Leonardo told “Canal +” television that the French league officials did not perform their duties well, expressing at the same time his anger at the refereeing staff for the confrontation once morest Nantes.
“It was a difficult match for us, following playing a Champions League match, we knew we were going to lose following we deservedly conceded two goals,” he added.
“But then all the referees’ options were once morest us. He declared one minute of lost time in the first half, but the penalty kick awarded to Nantes came in the fourth minute of overtime.”
He continued, “I think there was a rush to blow the whistle to calculate errors once morest us (…) and following that, Ebyah gave a penalty kick, but the referee did not issue the player’s second yellow card.”
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