The fallout of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League capitulation at Real Madrid has continued with Lionel Messi and Neymar affected by the wrath they have received by the club's fanbase.
Messi and Neymar were greeted with a cacophony of boos throughout the French giants' 3-0 home win against Bordeaux in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
When Neymar scored the second goal against rock-bottom Bordeaux the fans jeered him. Even when Messi embarked on a trademark run from deep and hit the post he got booed. The two former Barcelona stars were also on the receiving end of some hostile chants encouraging them to leave.
The reaction comes just days after PSG threw away a 2-0 lead on aggregate against Real Madrid in the Champions League last-16 second leg to be knocked out 3-2.
'No one likes this context, it made me sad,' PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino said post-match on Sunday when asked about the boos.
'Everyone who loves PSG is sad after the disappointment of Madrid. I'm sad with what I experienced today.'
Asked whether Messi and Neymar were affected by what happened, Pochettino was unequivocally in his response.
'We were all affected. We understand the disappointment and the frustration.
'We're all living it together, as a team. We have a duty to take responsibility for what happened. We share this disappointment with the supporters.'
PSG are the runaway leaders in Ligue 1 once more and moved 15 points clear after Sunday's win, but their supporters seek European success.
'Obviously we understand, we understand their hate and their screams,' PSG defender Presnel Kimpembe said. 'We're all to blame, not one more than the other.'
SIDKAUSH
26
When you are the highest paid player of your team, and your contribution is even less than the young lads of the team the fans will BOO you, they have that right. Shut them up by your performance like Cristiano does, not using your media d'or contacts.
lubbcmpru
17
Let messi go back to Barcelona, Get Halland and Ronaldo or Lewy. We need match winners who can score for the team, we already have enough playmakers, Trust team performance will synergically improve if anyone of them joins
Barcalover
15
The reason PSG fans Booed Messi and Neymar.
Justihno
8
People keep saying Mbappe is carrying PSG, I want to ask? Why didn't he carry them to win the League last Season? Mbappe is good no doubt, like his doing it on his own, let's see what happens when he goes to Madrid next season. In PSG, you have Neymar and Mbappe traditionally contending for the Balloon d'Or and this Season Messi joined and won his 7th, you think Neymar and Mbappe will do their all to help Messi? In Man United there's only one World class player and a Balloon d'Or contender, that's Ronaldo, so all the Team will do well to help him, though at some stage we saw that Bruno Fernandez who claim to Love Ronaldo his fellow Country Man, was fighting not to lose his place to Ronaldo, he won't pass the ball to Ronaldo on time or will pass when his in a wrong position and that's exactly what is going on with Messi and Di Maria.