Presnel Kimpembe was sent off against Rennes for an tackle to Jérémy Doku that cost him, after the decision of the Ligue 1 Disciplinary Committee, a three-game sanction. That is, he will not play again this season. Leonardo, Parisian sports director, did not digest well losing the French international for the final sprint for the championship and showed his anger in statements collected by AFP: “It seems completely incoherent to me that a game throw is sanctioned in this way in the final of the league (…). It is the biggest sanction of the season“.
Leonardo continued: “The Committee has only judged the fault (they have not taken into account the ensuing brawl). Doku was not injured and Kimpembe has no intention of hurting him. He is late, it is an important foul, but that it is the biggest penalty of the season is something disproportionate“In this way, Abdou Diallo points out that he will have to accompany Marquinhos in the attempt to rush the capital's options to snatch Ligue 1 from Lille.
This attitude of Leonardo did not like a former PSG, a Jérôme Rothen who is now an analyst at RMC Sport and that he is used to not biting his tongue when expressing his opinion. “What bothers me is that Leonardo agrees with Kimpembe, with his input and his attitude. We must fight against that at PSG. In France, many hate PSG. If you also agree with him with that kind of 'scum' attitude …Rothen lamented.
The aforementioned clash ended in a draw (1-1), after Guirassy equaled the penalty converted by Neymar. Kimpembe, frustrated, went to the dressing room early after his action on Doku in the 87th minute and left Pochettino without one of his key players to play against Reims and Brest in the last two league games. Lille, with three points ahead, have the title on a tray.