The yellow card that Neymar received yesterday in the final leg of the French Cup semifinals against Montpellier could be very expensive for PSG. According to information from L'Equipe, the French Federation Committee will meet tomorrow to decide whether or not to sanction the Brazilian in the final to be played on May 19.
Yesterday, the PSG star was a substitute in the semifinals for having had a little fever throughout the day. Pochettino decided to put him in with ten minutes remaining in the face of a hypothetical penalty shoot-out and received a yellow card for a hard tackle on Savanier. The LFP regulation establishes that, once you serve a sanction (Neymar's was three games after his red card against Lille on April 3), they can sanction you if you see a yellow card again shortly after serving the punishment.
The French Football Federation meets tomorrow to decide on the possible sanction of Neymar in the final. In case of doing so, the sanctions would take effect from midnight on Tuesday, that is, just one day before the last instance of the Coupe de France. A loss for PSG that would join that of Kimpembe, sanctioned with 3 games for his expulsion against Rennes last Sunday.
“A foul and yellow without thinking …”
Waiting for the situation to be clarified and to know when he will have to comply with the sanction, Neymar has spoken through his Instagram account, taking for granted the decision that will end up being taken. “I play five minutes, I make a foul and they take me yellow without thinking … Thank you for depriving me of the final”, expressed through a story on Instagram. We will see if the Brazilian is finally right or if he has rushed by putting the bandage before the injury occurred.