Tanto Al Khelaifi and Mauricio Pochettino may be sanctioned by UEFA for their behavior and statements after the end of the match between Real Madrid and PSG at the Santiago Bernabu. The first for his unsportsmanlike behavior first in the box and then in the locker room, especially in everything related to the referee. While the latter can be punished for his words at the end of the match by attacking the decisions of the referees and the subsequent starvation of the VAR.
The highest organization of European football, through its delegate, has asked Real Madrid for the video in which it is seen how the president of the Parisian club enters the referee’s locker room, as bad manners, yelling and even forcing the door so that it cannot be closed. The subsequent reaction threatening a Real Madrid employee who was recording everything that happened, will not tiptoe into the final report prepared by the party delegate either.
Although what happened in the match left, with a more than questionable performance by Leonardo entering the referees’ room, with Al Khelaifi as a witness UEFA no longer liked it, what happened yesterday at the Bernabu has crossed the limits. Ceferin has given the PSG president as an example on different occasions for his behavior and for what he can contribute to the world of footballsomething that is far from how it has behaved in the last three weeks, with Real Madrid as a rival.
The punishment you can receive could move away from the boxes for many games, but that question will not be resolved until UEFA collects all the information on what happened and that it will not be for weeks, although the truth is that the elimination of the French team reduces the immediacy of the importance of the decisions.
Pochettino charged against the referee and the video arbitration
The Argentine coach declared on television against the referee’s decisions. For UEFA, the match does not end at the moment in which the referee whistles for the end of it. Everything that happens in the hours after it and is reflected either in the media or on social networks, are likely to be grounds for sanction. PSG is already an old acquaintance of these situations, with a sanction imposed on Neymar for some words spilled on social networks from a match in which he did not even play.
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“Real Madrid’s first goal changed the game. I wonder what VAR does because there is a foul. It’s a shame, when you see the action, it’s a foul. VAR is a shame when we see the action of the first goal. It is impossible not to talk about this gross mistake on the part of the referees. This cannot happen in 2022.”affirmed Pochettino, giving more than enough arguments to be sanctioned.
