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The topper in the Ligue 1 between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Marseille ended Sunday evening in a bizarre way. Deep in injury time of the game in the Parc des Princes, where Marseille won 0-1, the players got together after a duel between Leandro Paredes and Dario Benedetto. Referee Jérôme Brisard drew red for Paredes, Benedetto, Layvin Kurzawa, Jordan Amavi and Neymar. The Brazilian assured that he had been racistly treated by Álvaro González, who in turn resolutely denies it.
“The only thing I regret is that I didn’t hit that bastard in the face,” Neymar said on social media afterwards. “The VAR who sees my ‘attack’ is simple, now I want to see the racist who called me a monkey bastard. And then what happens? I do a rainbow flick and you’re punishing me. For a little tap, I’m sent away. But what happens to them? (racists, ed.) What now?”, Neymar asked openly.
Afterwards, Neymar Jr. insists that he was racist. André Villas-Boas of opponent Olympique Marseille: ‘I don’t know if it’s true, but racism is unacceptable.
Posted by football zone on Sunday 13 September 2020
Gregoire Margotton, reporter from Téléfoot and also a highly esteemed journalist in France, reported that González would have said, “Shut up, dirty monkey. In any case, the Spanish defender is not aware of any harm. He posted a photo of himself through social media with only non-white players of Olympique Marseille. “There is no place for racism,” González emphasizes.
González emphasizes that he has ‘a clean career’ and that this has brought him many friends. By doing so, he clearly seems to want to emphasize that he has many non-white teammates as friends. “Sometimes you just have to learn to lose and accept that on the field. Three great points today. Allez L’OM. Thanks family”, emphasizes the ex-player of Espanyol and Villarreal.
No existe lugar para el racismo. Carrera limpia y con muchos compañeros y amigos in el día a día. A veces hay que aprender a perder y asumirlo en el campo. Increibles 3 puntos hoy. Allez l’OM? Gracias familia?????????????? pic.twitter.com/4DuUT1PT0x
– Álvaro González (@AlvaroGonzalez_) September 13, 2020
Trainer André Villas-Boas also seemed to support González. “I don’t know if it happened. I hope not, there’s no room for racism in football. It’s serious if it actually happened, but I don’t think so. Just before that, there was a spit incident with Ángel Di Maria. Some situations can be avoided in football. I hope this doesn’t turn into a black page in this historic achievement.”