Neymar after the victory of PSG, August 18, 2020. - Manu Fernandez / AP / SIPA

We must praise the inventiveness of the English media to exist even when their clubs are already on vacation. Finally, do not put them all in the same basket, this is the one and only The Sun, boss of the end of the tabloids of his Majesty. Their story must have jumped on social networks Tuesday evening, a few hours after the victory of PSG against Leipzig in the semi-final of the Champions League: Neymar would have exchanged his jersey with a German player, which is prohibited by UEFA in the Covid procotole and should lead the Brazilian to a 12-day isolation and therefore an absence for the final.

Neymar could be banneed from playing in Champions League final after breaking new Uefa protocol https://t.co/Lsf4rCJb5e pic.twitter.com/MhoStebjMw

- The Sun Football ⚽ (@TheSunFootball) August 18, 2020

Ahhhhhhh the disaster !!!!!! Actually no. Even if we would have loved to vibrate until Sunday pending the decision of the UEFA Disciplinary Committee, to call once again for primary anti-Parisianism and all the noise, it will certainly be nothing . An investigation carried out by us on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday cut short the fantasy.

According to the official 31-page document available on the UEFA website, jersey swapping is only not recommended. There is no mention of a punishment as drastic as that mentioned by the British tabloid, but the document specifies, however, that failure to comply with the guidelines "may result in disciplinary measures". Needless to say, we don't really imagine UEFA leading to disciplinary measures for a harmless gesture against one of the best (and most popular) players in the world in the most important match of the year and showcase of the competition of the European body. If you want our opinion, it smells more like the small fine sent to the PSG headquarters.

Good the Sun, which quotes ESPN of August 5, assures that Neymar risks in theory a 12 days isolation for having exchanged his jersey with Halstenberg. But this is simply "not recommended", according to the official 31-page UEFA health protocol https://t.co/1iqbW4Itsu pic.twitter.com/MBlYxZnRkI

- Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) August 18, 2020

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