PSG and Strasbourg faced each other on Wednesday at Parc des Princes for the 16th round of Ligue 1, a day that marked the return of French football after the break for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. When it seemed that Parisians were going to have an easy game at home after Marquinhos opened the scoring in the 14th minute, everything changed in the second half, especially when Neymar was sent off.
PSG dominated and had the Brazilian '10' as the most persistent in breaking the visitor's defensive resistance, but in the second half, Racing de Strasbourg equalized with an own goal by the same Marquinhos and quickly found themselves with one man up due to Neymar's absurd expulsion.
'Ney' received two yellow cards within a minute, complicating Christophe Galtier's team. Firstly, Neymar was booked for a hit on an opponent's face that almost cost him a direct red card.
Only moments later, PSG's '10' simulated a penalty in the area, received a second yellow card, and was sent off by referee Turpin. Despite the protests of the fans and players at Parc des Princes, the Brazilian had to leave the field.
PSG vs. Strasbourg: Lineups for the Ligue 1 match
PSG: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Nordi Mukiele, Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos, El Chadaille Bitshiabu; Fabián Ruiz, Marco Verratti, Vitinha; Neymar; Hugo Ekitiké, Kylian Mbappé.
RC Strasbourg: Matz Sels; Ismael Doukoure, Gerzino Nyamsi, Alexander Djiku, Lucas Perrin; Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Sanjin Prcic, Habib Diarra; Adrien Thomasson; Ludovic Ajorque, Kévin Gameiro.