Between two Champions League clashes against Benfica, PSG had the opportunity to take a 5-point lead at the top of Ligue 1, following OM’s surprise defeat earlier in the day against Ajaccio (2-1), when traveling to Reims. But not everything went as planned for the reigning French champion, on this 10th day when Christophe Galtier had decided to make some changes to his starting lineup (Mukiele, Bernat, Fabian Ruiz, Sarabia, Soler).
The players from the capital got off to a pretty good start before facing a solid and coherent team from Champagne. Donnarumma even had to pull out all the stops on this pivotal attempt by Munetsi (32nd). More than a few endangerments, it was a fact of the game before the break that made a turning point. After a Parisian foul, Ramos received a yellow for protest, then a direct red in stride for having, no doubt, had words with regard to Mr. Gaillouste (42nd).
The Parisians couldn’t believe the refereeing
Verratti also took a warning for protest. It was enough to trigger the anger of Marquinhos from the break. “It’s incredible. Unbelievable ! It’s starting to get too much. I don’t know if there is something against us. But the referee has to keep control of the game, we know it’s not easy, but still… as soon as we get close, we get a card, we can’t talk. I don’t know what he heard. He said we were approaching him. Sergio approached, and I don’t know, he didn’t like the gesture and he gave the card. he got annoyed about Canal +.
After the final whistle of a match that ended in a lively 0-0 and under extreme tension between the players, the anger did not really subside, like Danilo Pereira. “I think the referee needs to handle the situation better. It’s not up to us to take yellow cards all the time. Afterwards, that gives a situation as we have seen, but there is no reason for that. It irritates because we want to play football but like that, it’s complicated. Yes, we saw a team that was very, very aggressive. It marked the man with individual marking. We tried to get out of the marking but after the exit of Ramos, it was complicated. We tried to score a goal but there are days like that… Now we have to work on this game, analyze Benfica and we’ll see.
Mug language: “we could have stayed a little calmer”
If Verratti himself attacked the man in black at the break, believing that PSG and his person were being targeted. Nordi Mukiele tried to temper him a little after the final whistle. “It’s football, it’s like that, it happens. It happened in front of us. We could have remained a little calmer, but you know sometimes when you are on the pitch, you are in adrenaline. It’s a shame, we end up with a red that could have been avoided. It’s like that and now we’re going to think about what’s happening behind it.”, assures the defender. It will be on Tuesday against Benfica.