Herrera, Verratti: Ref swore at PSG players during Man City defeat
Paris Saint-Germain midfielders Ander Herrera and Marco Veretti have said that referee Björn Coppers swore players of the French side during their Champions League semi-final second leg loss to Manchester City on Tuesday.
Two Riyadh Mahrez goals led City to a 2–0 win on the night and showed their disappointment in the final minutes with a 4–1 aggregate win with PSG players as Angel Di Maria were relegated to the kick at Fernando and Many others were given yellow cards. PSG's manager Mauricio Pochettino was among those who contacted Kuipers full-time.
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But Herrera and Veretti said after the match that part of that frustration was down to inappropriate comments on them on behalf of the Dutch match official.
Tonight the referee called F -- of for the Leandro Parade, Herrera told RMC. If we say we get a ban of 3 and 4 matches.
Verratti said: The referee called me f -- u. If we say so, we get banned for 10 matches.
After the match, PSG's game director Leonardo Leonardo said, "You can hear and watch the footage. It's so clear. I don't understand. It's a real shame. I don't want to end my referee . A lot of situations did not go well. "
According to Leonardo, when Pardes closed, he told the PSG bench: It's unbelievable. He told me to f - of. I can not believe it. It's unbelievable.
PSG will refer the incident to UEFA.
PSG were facing a tough task at Manchester, losing the first leg 2–1 in Paris, with Idris Guay sent late and he felt the penalty was awarded within just seven minutes at the Etihad. VAR monitor.
Mahrez soon opened the scoring before Di Maria added his second to effectively kill the tie in 63 minutes before receiving his marching order six minutes later.
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Two Riyadh Mahrez goals sent Manchester City to their first-ever Champions League final and beat Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 to an icy Etihad Stadium on Tuesday to a 4–1 aggregate score in the semi-finals.
Both sides have faced disappointing exits from the competition in recent seasons and City came into this clash with a big advantage coming from behind to win 2–1 in Paris in the first leg.
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What we have done in the last 4 years is incredible," said City Manager Pep Guardiola. The Champions League is the most difficult or it was the most difficult task for us to reach the finals.
We deserve what we have done at the club in the last four or five years.
I want to thank the former players who helped take us to another level Joe Hart, Vincent Komong & David Silva. It is because of that, they helped take us to another level.
Without Kian Mbappé, it was so important to win in the previous rounds in Barcelona and Bayern Munich, an injury to a calf injury that kept him away from a 2–1 win on Saturday, PSG as the killer in the attack. Touch not found.
PSG manager Mauricio Pochenichino said, "that Mbappe's absence] cannot be an excuse, we are a team." "Of course, it is inauspicious that he was not ready to help the team, but that is not an excuse.
We can not use that excuse because the team performed well.
But they started brightly despite the difficult conditions of a snowy Manchester, or they thought that when they were punished by referee Björn Kuipers visitors for an alleged handball by Oleksandr Zinchenko, but look at a VAR review or monitor, the Dutch referee Overturned his initial decision.
The decision galvanized City thanks to the stunning vision of goalkeeper Ederson, whose kick upfield found Zinchenko in the PSG half. Ukraine International pulled it back for Kevin de Bruyne, whose shot was intercepted by Marquinhos and Maharaj picked up the loose ball and dropped it from the hands of goalkeeper Keylor Navis.
PSG, along with Angel Di Maria, failed to make a very clear cut chance after the City defense merged and the Marquinos repeatedly hit a header with a header.
Like the first leg, when they were trailing 1-0 on that occasion, City pushed things forward in the second half and Phil Foden came close to scoring a second twice, before Mahrez hit something during 63 minutes A superb combination scored a superb second score in the middle of the game. Foden and de Bruyn.
PSG's frustration and their inability to compete with Citi again became apparent as Di Maria was sent off for a petulant kick out at Fernandinho, Citi on 69 minutes. Teammate Idrissa Guey was absent for this clash for the red card in the first leg.
We played with the character. We've to believe in ourselves, we will succeed," said PSG midfielder Marco Veratti.
City defended brilliantly with Ruben Dias blocking anything PSG could throw at the hosts, while Neymar was unable to contribute anything to the note.
He said, You need to put it in a shift against top quality players. We have managed it well given the talent. It's a team game. We all celebrate a goal. The defender for us As it is keeping a clean sheet. We have performed tremendously. With that season. Blocking a shot is like scoring a goal for me, City defender Kyle Walker said.
City can now win a treble, have already received the EFL Cup and are just one point away from being the Premier League champions. For boss Pep Guardiola, it will be his first Champions League final since his second win with Barcelona in 2011.