Benzema implicates Messi and Neymar .. "mercenaries"!

The repercussions of the exclusion of Paris Saint-Germain from the Champions League by Real Madrid are still continuing, especially since the Parisian team was close to qualifying without the disastrous half presented by its players, Wednesday, and caused an early farewell at a time when the team was the most likely to compete. He won the title this season, especially since he has big stars like Argentine Lionel Messi, Brazilian Neymar and French Kylian Mbappe.

Criticism reached its peak against Messi and Neymar in particular when Jerome Rothen, the former player of the French national team and Paris Saint-Germain, described them as "mercenaries", in scathing statements for their performance in the match in the round of 16 of the Champions League.

Jerome Rothen told Radio Monte Carlo: “They are the reason for this defeat, when the club signed them, they must give their best because they get paid for it. ".

The 43-year-old added: "I will attack both Messi and Neymar, the mercenaries. The first did not make any effort throughout the match. As for Neymar, he lost all the balls, and it bothers me a lot to mention his name, because he only participates in less than 50% of Paris Saint-Germain matches, The problem is very clear and the great players should hold the club's head and not look like that."

Paris Saint-Germain finished the first leg with a clean goal in France before going ahead in the second leg with another goal for its star Mbappe, but his compatriot Karim Benzema, Real Madrid's top scorer, had another opinion by scoring a "hat-trick" within 17 minutes in the second half to lead the Royal Club to victory and qualify.

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