The 29-year-old Italian midfielder believes that the Benfica player should have received a red card at the very end of the first period on Wednesday in Lisbon.
Marco Verratti and the referees, quite a story… Always talking, talking, arguing. The caricature of the Italian player in all its glory. And the 29-year-old midfielder never misses an opportunity to speak in front of the microphones when an arbitration decision seems wrong to him. Obviously, after PSG’s draw against Benfica (1-1) on Wednesday, in Lisbon, the acerbic comments of the “Little Owl” did not concern his own yellow card in the 94th minute, when he sacrificed himself to break a Lisbon counter and thus preserve the draw. On the other hand, he only moderately appreciated seeing Enzo Fernandez get away with a yellow just before the break.
It must be said that the 21-year-old Argentine nugget wiped the crampons on his ankle, one of the five faults suffered by the person concerned on Wednesday. Both feet right on Verratti, who stayed on the ground for long seconds before talking about the country for a long time on returning to the locker room. “I spoke with the referee, I don’t think I understand anything about football because at the start of the competition we have meetings to say that a blow like that to the top of the ankle is a red card. My ankle is very swollen… A little more, it was broken»he rants about Canal+, in response to a question on a completely different subject, he who is already returning from an absence after a calf blow, in Lyon (0-1), just before the last international break. And carry on “He makes mistakes, I do too. But it would be nice if they explained a little. In any case, he continued to say that it was a yellow card. We do not understand each other with the referees (smile).»
He is not the only one. Asked at a press conference, Christophe Galtier shared his player’s incomprehension. “The referee was not helped by his VAR assistants. In the 44th minute I think Marco Verratti may have a broken leg“, notes the Parisian coach. And to continue:The referee is in the game, it’s happening in front of him but it’s difficult. He could be wrong but he still has assistance with the video which should have alerted him to the two feet (of Fernandez) placed on the tibia of Marco Verratti.” The Spaniard Jesus Gil decided otherwise. It could obviously have changed the course of the meeting, if the Lisbon people had had to finish at ten …
MVP of the game
We will know in the next few hours, the next few days, if this blow will have consequences for Marco Verratti, in view of the next meetings of Paris-SG, such as the duel against Benfica, next Tuesday (9 p.m.), in C1 again ( 4th day). In the meantime, Paris-SG took only one point in Portugal, at the end of an unequal match, with a big start to the match from the locals and the visitors who then took the reins without however managing to score this second goal, after Danilo’s equalizer… against his camp.
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Good or bad point? “We always play to win, but it’s a difficult ground and Benfica are a good team, with good players. (…) In a 90-minute match, it can happen that we have 10, 15 or 20 minutes during which the opponent is better. You have to accept it, hold on and play as a team. That’s what we did. We scored a magnificent goal through Leo (Messi), who had a great game, it was easier after that, and in the second half, we were better placed, we only conceded once. We are not happy because we have to win, but we have to think about the next game now., insists the native of time.news, elected man of the match. and which has once again demonstrated how essential it is to the smooth running of operations for the reigning French champions. The next match is Saturday in Reims (9 p.m.), during the tenth day of Ligue 1.