PSG supports Neymar, who accuses Álvaro González of racism

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) showed their support for Brazilian striker Neymar on Monday, who has complained that the Spanish defender of Olympique de Marseille Álvaro González made racist comments to him in Sunday's game, which the Parisians lost 1-0.

“The club stresses that there is no place for racism in society, football and our lives, and calls on everyone to speak out against all kinds of racism“he said in a statement. PSG stressed that for more than 15 years it has collaborated with associations such as SOS Racisme, Licra and Sportitude in the fight against “all kinds of discrimination”, and hoped that the Professional Football League (LFP) clarify what happened.

“Now I want to see the image of the racist calling me 'monkey son of a bitch' … I was expelled, what about him?”, Said on Twitter Neymar, who received a red card after the VAR officials asked the match referee to review an image in which he repeatedly slapped González's head.

For its part, Marseille's central defender has denied having had such racist behavior: “There is no place for racism. Clean race and with many colleagues and friends on a daily basis”, Held.

The meeting, which marked OM's first win over PSG since 2011, It ended with the expulsions of Neymar, Kurzawa and the Argentine Paredes by the Parisian team and Amavi and the Argentine Darío Benedetto by the Marseillais.

The LFP will meet this Wednesday to decide the sanctions for those five players expelled from the game and determine the number of games they could be banned from.