Paris Saint-Germain narrowly beat Montpellier on penalties in the Coupe de France semi-finals on Wednesday night, but just four minutes after coming on as a late substitute, Neymar received a booking that will see him miss out on the final.
Mauricio Pochettino kept Neymar on the bench until the 86th minute, three minutes after Andy Delort had scored Montpellier's second to make the score 2-2 on the night. The match went straight to penalties.
But before the penalty shootout and after just four minutes on the pitch, Neymar received a yellow card which rules him out of the final, something that riled the 29-year-old, who took to Instagram after the match.
"I play five minutes, I commit a foul and he gives me a yellow without even thinking," wrote Neymar on Instagram in reference to referee Jeremie Pignard.
"Thank you for suspending me for the final. I think it was personal."
PSG will face either Monaco or fourth-tier Rumilly Vallieres, who play against each other on Thursday night in the other Coupe de France semi-final.
This has been a disappointing campaign for PSG on the whole, as they reached the Champions League semi-finals but have seen Lille displace them as Ligue 1's champions in waiting.
Lilbaby2
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So neymar is saying the referee shouldn’t have given him a card because he had only played 5 minutes then ..??
Govt99
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Femzysam
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I think neymar had been overrated through out his career his maturity level is too low a player that get missing in matches that matters ,mbappe has been psg savior this season
Lilbaby2
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That was his first foul in this match and that was not even yellow card foul so plz watch matches
There are a lot of players who have revived straight red cards with their first foul in the first minute they entered the pitch.. 😒
Underprediate
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lol I wonder how u got this likes without u even watching the game, that yell card was lame.
saad1432
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So neymar is saying the referee shouldn’t have given him a card because he had only played 5 minutes then ..??
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That was his first foul in this match and that was not even yellow card foul so plz watch matches
BeingEternal
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lol I wonder how u got this likes without u even watching the game, that yell card was lame.
Bro...half of them doesn't even read the article before commenting...don't even expect them to watch the matches...
saad1432
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There are a lot of players who have revived straight red cards with their first foul in the first minute they entered the pitch.. 😒
That was not yellow card foul !!