Neymar and Brazil icon Luisao row as PSG and Benfica players clash
Champions League draw for 2022/23 season
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Players and staff from Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica came to blows after full time in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Tempers flared after a heavy challenge in the dying embers of the game, resulting in mass confrontation.
Both sides had to settle for a point on the night, though PSG will leave Portugal feeling that they have dropped two points in the match given how wasteful they were in front of goal in the second half. Lionel Messi had opened the scoring for the Ligue 1 outfit in the 22nd minute, continuing his rich vein of form in the Champions League.
The Argentine curled a delightful strike in the top corner following a well worked move before Danilo Pereira scored an own goal to level the tie. Though the match may be more competitive next week at the Parc des Princes given the feisty scenes following the full time whistle.
As PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma looked to fuel a counter-attack in what would have been the final attack of the match, he was barged to the floor by a Benfica player. The Italian goalkeeper was enraged, with his protests causing the two teams to come to blows on the sidelines.
Both sides had to settle for a point on the night, though PSG will leave Portugal feeling that they have dropped two points in the match given how wasteful they were in front of goal in the second half. Lionel Messi had opened the scoring for the Ligue 1 outfit in the 22nd minute, continuing his rich vein of form in the Champions League.
The Argentine curled a delightful strike in the top corner following a well worked move before Danilo Pereira scored an own goal to level the tie. Though the match may be more competitive next week at the Parc des Princes given the feisty scenes following the full time whistle.
As PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma looked to fuel a counter-attack in what would have been the final attack of the match, he was barged to the floor by a Benfica player. The Italian goalkeeper was enraged, with his protests causing the two teams to come to blows on the sidelines.
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