Neymar, four others punished for bad temperament in the Classique
The French governing body has revealed punishments for the five players who were sent off during the weekend’s ligue 1 fixture between PSG and Marseille with the brazilian international and Paris saint germain star Neymar, been handed a two-match ban for his sending off against Marseille in Sunday’s bad-tempered Classique, while the LFP has also revealed its intention to investigate claims Alvaro Gonzalez racially abused the Brazilian during the match.
Leandro Paredes and Dario Benedetto, whose initial scuffle sparked the brawl, were both shown second yellow cards, as was Neymar, while PSG’s Layvin Kurzawa as well as Marseille’s Jordan Amavi saw straight reds for serious violent play.
In Neymar’s case, he was caught by VAR striking defender Gonzalez across the back of the head, an infraction which means he misses his side’s meeting with Metz on Wednesday as well as one further match.
Paredes received an identical sentence to his team-mate Neymar, while Kurzawa, who kicked out at Amavi, was hit with a six-match ban.
On the Marseille side, Benedetto will sit out one match, while Amvai was suspended for three matches after throwing a punch in the melee.
Neymar’s claims was that he was called a “monkey son of a bitch” and also stated “my only regret is not hitting that a**hole in the face” in a string of social media posts on Sunday evening.