It is to be hoped for Neymar that the pleasure of returning to the Champions League this Wednesday (9 p.m.), in the quarter-final first leg against Bayern Munich will not trigger at home the same difficulty in controlling his nerves as during the shock of the League. 1 last Saturday against Lille.
Two gestures of temper, one for André, one for Djalo, had cost him two yellow cards synonymous with expulsion.
“After six weeks without playing
(Editor's note: he had not been a holder since February 10)
, he was very excited, explained Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday.
He's an emotional player, he loves to play, he likes to fight, he's a competitor.
Against Lille, he did not deserve this red.
He's been shut out for various reasons, but he knows he needs to channel himself and how to behave.
We hope that tomorrow everything will be fine.
Against Bayern, it will be necessary to be solid and I hope that the whole team will show what it takes to achieve the performance we want.
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He risks up to three games of suspension in Ligue 1
Beyond the consequences that a new attitude could have on the result of PSG, Neymar risks big individually in the event of skidding this Wednesday evening.
If he were to be warned by Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz, he would be automatically suspended for the return match next Tuesday at the Parc des Princes.
Neymar has already received two warnings since the start of the European campaign this season: in the group stage, against Manchester and Leipzig at the Parc des Princes.
Note that Gueye is in the same case and that Paredes, him, is suspended this Wednesday evening for the same reasons.
In addition, PSG is also awaiting the fate that will be reserved this evening for his Brazilian by the disciplinary committee of the League which will look at his expulsion against Lille after the gesture on Djalo but also on the stormy return to the locker room between the two men .
Automatically, suspended for the next exit of PSG in Ligue 1, in Strasbourg next Saturday, Neymar risks one to three additional games of suspension.
He could therefore miss the matches against Strasbourg and Saint-Etienne in Ligue 1 and then the quarter-final of the Coupe de France on April 21.
It is up to him not to be deprived in addition to the return against Bayern on April 13.