Verratti and Herrera accuse Dutch referee Bjorn of insulting Saint-Germain players

Dutch referee Björn Kepers, who managed the Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain match in the Champions League semi-finals, insulted two players from the French capital yesterday, according to Italian midfielder Marco Verratti and Spaniard Under Herrera. "I want to say something: We talk about respect with the referees," Herrera said in an interview with "RMC Sport" after his team's exit from the competition, "but he said: I get lost (using a bad expression) to (Argentine) Leandro Paredes. If we say we are. We are punished for three or four matches. "

Verratti confirmed, "I also heard him, he told me (damn you). If I say so, I will be punished for ten matches." The Brazilian Leonardo, sporting director at Saint-Germain, also commented on the matter by saying, “We talked about it, I think you found the scenes. It's so clear that I won't even comment. It's a shame, I don't want to link our exit to the arbitration but I think there were a lot of situations. That may not have been handled well. "

Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino did not pay much attention to the issue, and said in a press statement, "Verratti and Rare spoke about it on TV, we must believe what they said to us. But the most important thing today is that we are not in the final. I have not heard anything from the bench. UEFA will open the game." An investigation might, but that is not an excuse (for our loss). "

City went out with a 2-0 win at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, after carrying a 2-1 lead from going in the French capital to reach the first final in the club's history.

The Argentine, Angel Di Maria, was sent off by the visitors in the 69th minute after he intentionally ran over a man from Brazil's Fernandinho.

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