He described him as a "monkey" .. Neymar was angry at not directing a punch at the Marseille defender
Paris Saint-Germain star, Brazilian Neymar, sparked widespread controversy on social media, with a tweet expressing his remorse for not punching his opponent in the Marseille team during the "El Clasico" that brought them together yesterday, Saturday, in the third round of the French League and ended with the latter winning with a clean goal.
"My only regret is that I did not punch this idiot in the face," Neymar wrote, on his official Twitter account, referring to Marseille defender Alvaro Gonzalez.
"It is easy for (the mouse) to show my hostility ... Now I want the scenes of racism in which he described me as a monkey to appear ... I want to see that!"
If I humiliate the defenders you would punish me and slap me, am I fired, and they?
So what?".
The match witnessed a battle between the players in the final minutes, during which they collectively punched and insulted and insulted, and Neymar was expelled, accompanied by four other players, to hit Gonzales on the head.
During the course of the match, television cameras monitored Neymar's complaint to the referee, Neymar's complaint about phrases repeated by the Marseille defender in charge of watching him.
The crisis between Neymar and Alvaro Gonzalez spread outside the stadium as if it were an extra-game match. An hour after the last tweet of Neymar, Alvaro (30 years) posted a message on Twitter saying: “There is no place for racism.
Daily clean walk with lots of mates.
Sometimes a loss must be accepted and acknowledged on the field.
Three great points today.
Thanks to the family. ”
The former Espanyol and Villarreal player, who is in his second season with Marseille, attached his message with a picture of him in front of a plane with nine of his colleagues, including Marseille captain and goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, Dimitri Payet, Jordan Amafi and Bona Sarr.
The nine players are of non-European origins.
A tweet that infuriated Neymar again, in which he replied: “I am not a man to admit your mistake, losing is part of the sport.
But humiliating and bringing racism into our lives No, I don't agree.
I do not respect you!
You don't have a character!
Admit what you say, old man .. Be a man!
Racist".
Marseille achieved its first victory over Paris Saint-Germain in 21 matches, specifically since November 2011 (3-0 at the Velodrome Stadium), after which they lost 17 times to the capital club, against three draws.
El Clasico witnessed great tension between the players of the two teams, forcing the referee to announce the yellow card five times in the first half, and nine in the second.
The tension increased in the last sixth minute of stoppage time, with bilateral clashes between the Argentines Leandro Paredes (Saint Germain) and Dario Benedetto on the one hand, and Amavi (Marseille) and Levine Corzawa, and the referee expelled them, the first with the second yellow card, before the Brazilian star Neymar was expelled for hitting Alvaro without a ball. Moment of engagement.
Saint-Germain, the defending champion and runner-up of European champions, lost their matches so far and has a third postponed after returning late from the European competition, while Marseille has achieved two wins from two games.
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