Neymar denies that he got into a fight with Gianluigi Donnarumma in the locker room after Paris Saint-Germain’s elimination from the Champions League. Among other marca reported that Neymar tackled the goalkeeper for his error in Real Madrid’s equalizing goal and the two eventually had to be separated. However, Neymar speaks on his Instagram about ‘a lie’.
Neymar shows on his Instagram Stories a screenshot of a Whatsapp conversation with Donnarumma with which he suppresses rumors about a possible scuffle with the Italian goalkeeper. Donnarumma apologized to Neymar for his mistake in the equalizing goal for Real Madrid and then said it was marca reported news is unacceptable.
“My friend! Calm down, that can happen in football,” Neymar replied. “We are a team and we are behind you. You are still very young and you are going to win a lot. Keep your head up and keep going.” The PSG attacker then addresses his followers in a post. “I hate talking about the news here, but this is a lie,” Neymar wrote. “There was no fighting in the locker room. Incompetent journalists who want to promote themselves will try better next time.”
Donnarumma took too much time in his own penalty area on Wednesday evening in the return of the eighth final of the Champions League against Real Madrid and was pressured by Benzema, after which he handed the ball in to Vinícíus Junior. The Brazilian delivered the leather back to Benzema, who equalized the score. After the equalizer, Real Madrid ran out to a 3-1 victory by Benzema’s second and third goal of the evening, which was enough to brush away the 1-0 defeat in the first leg.