Lhe evening was definitely a nightmare for the Parisians. In just over a quarter of an hour, the stars of Paris Saint-Germain collapsed on the lawn of the Santiago-Bernabéu, conceding 3 goals in 16 minutes. A cold shower which, according to RMC Sports, made Nasser al-Khelaïfi lose his nerve. Shortly before the end of the match, the all-powerful leader of PSG left his box in a rage, accompanied by Leonardo, sporting director of PSG.
Furious, the two men then went to the referees’ locker room, before yelling at them – the leaders of PSG reproaching the men in yellow for not having called the foul on the first goal of Karim Benzema, initiator of the come back from Madrid. According to information from RMC Sports, Nasser al-Khelaïfi even struck the locker room door several times, breaking the flag of one of the touch judges in the process.
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No cameras, please!
Faced with the anger of the Parisian president, members of the Real Madrid security team then intervened, telling Nasser al-Khelaïfi to calm down. Discovering himself filmed by one of the Madrid residents present, the Qatari would then have demanded that the latter stop filming, shouting several times “Stop filming! Stop filming! “. Still according to RMC, Nasser al-Khelaïfi even hit the amateur cameraman, in order to drop the phone that immortalized his bloodshed.
For its part, the entourage of Nasser al-Khelaïfi denies any physical contact during the altercation. According to a source interviewed by AFP, Leonardo and the president wanted to speak to the referee and insisted when he refused. The tone rose when they realized that the scene was filmed by a mobile phone and they asked the owner to stop. According to the sports daily As“PSG has [ensuite] sent a club employee to apologize to the referees and to Real Madrid”.
A mea culpa which was not enough for UEFA. Thursday evening, the European organization announced the opening of a disciplinary investigation against Paris SG, its president Nasser al-Khelaïfi and its sporting director Leonardo, due to the behavior of the two leaders. This procedure is based on article 11 of the body’s disciplinary regulations, which relates to the “general principles of conduct”, as well as on article 15 which sanctions the “incorrect behavior of players and officials”, a spokesperson told AFP.
