Pochettino: Messi and Neymar WERE affected by PSG boos in Bordeaux win

‘We understand their hate and screams’: Lionel Messi and Neymar WERE affected by PSG fans’ boos, admit Mauricio Pochettino and Presnel Kimpembe, as boss says the whole club is ‘sad’ about their latest Champions League flop

  • Paris Saint-Germain beat Bordeaux 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday afternoon 
  • However, the atmosphere was tense throughout after their loss to Real Madrid
  • PSG blew a two-goal lead on aggregate to lose 3-2 in the Champions League
  • Sunday’s match was the first in front of PSG fans’ since that loss, leading to boos 

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, admitted manager Mauricio Pochettino.

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.


Neymar (left) and Lionel Messi were both booed during PSG’s win over Bordeaux on Sunday

PSG fans vented their anger after seeing their side knocked out of the Champions League

Just days before PSG had crashed out of the Champions League last-16 stage to Real Madrid

Karim Benzema’s 18-minute hat-trick turned the tie around for Real Madrid at the Bernabeu

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 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.

Neymar scored PSG’s second goal vs Bordeaux but didn’t celebrate due to the jeers

‘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.’

Mauricio Pochettino (centre bottom) says everyone at PSG is ‘sad’ after their loss at Real




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