During Tuesday’s Champions League match against Maccabi Haifa, Neymar became enraged after Kylian Mbappe was unfairly tackled by a Maccabi Haifa player.
Following his response to a clumsy challenge on Kylian Mbappe, Neymar received a booking.
In the midst of a rumoured animosity between the two, Neymar was booked for an angry response to a hazardous challenge on Kylian Mbappe while playing for Paris Saint-Germain.
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Abdoulaye Seck, a defender for Maccabi Haifa, made a terrible challenge on the French sensation that resulted in a booking for the Senegalese player as Mbappe crashed into the neighbouring billboards. The challenge enraged Neymar, who received a booking of his own for his vehement opposition.
Following a disagreement over the team’s penalty takers in August, Neymar “liked” two social media postings criticising Mbappe, including one that claimed the Frenchman “dominated” the team. This statement was made in relation to rumours that Mbappe’s new three-year contract deal with the Ligue 1 champions would give him significant influence over the team’s sporting decisions.
Sergio Ramos reportedly had to intervene to break up the argument between Mbappe and Neymar, and manager Christophe Galtier called a first-team meeting where the two were reprimanded. Mbappe was jeered by spectators at last week’s Ballon d’Or awards in Paris following reports that he wants to leave the team.
Despite being on track to defend their Ligue 1 title and aiming to win their first-ever Champions League trophy, rumours say that Lionel Messi saw that the club’s season may be jeopardised by such an ego conflict and intervened to assist calm the unrest.
There was some tension between the two teams of players after the challenge on Mbappe.
However, despite all the previous allegations of animosity between them, Neymar’s response to Mbappe’s foul on Tuesday night implies that they may now be committed to standing up for each other on the field for their team.
Neymar was furious over Seck’s bad challenge on his teammate, however Mbappe thankfully recovered and Seck received the appropriate punishment from the referee.
Both players scored during Les Parisiens’ raging first half, and Messi also found the back of the net as Galtier’s team sprinted out to a 3-1 lead.