JAKARTA - The defeat of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) against Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League last 16 has reportedly made PSG President, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, furious. His anger even led to threats to kill the opposing club's staff.
The PSG vs Real Madrid meeting took place at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Thursday, March 10 in the morning WIB. In this away match, PSG actually took the lead first through Kylian Mbappe in the 39th minute.
However, PSG who had the upper hand had to fall out of the Champions League title race after Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick against them in the 61st, 76th and 78th minutes.
The advantage in this second leg at the same time made the aggregate score of the match changed to 3-2 for Madrid. That is, Carlo Ancelotti's team advanced smoothly to the quarter-finals.
This defeat was in fact difficult to accept PSG president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi. He reportedly immediately protested to match officials after the Real Madrid vs PSG match was over.
According to Movistar's report, Al-Khelaifi went to the referee's dressing room and rebuked their performance in the Real Madrid vs PSG match. It is reported that Al-Khelaifi did this because he was not happy with the referee's decision to process Real Madrid's first goal scored by Karim Benzema.
Al-Khelaifi considers Benzema to have violated Gianluigi Donnarumma before hitting the ball against PSG.
Because of that moment, Al-Khelaifi and PSG's sporting director, Leonardo Araujo, were reportedly involved in a commotion with one of Real Madrid's parties.
The commotion occurred because Al-Khelaifi's protest was perpetuated by one of the Real Madrid staff who referred to his cellphone camera. Suddenly, it further fueled Al-Khelaifi's anger.
According to Spanish media, Cadena SER, the PSG president even threatened to kill the Madrid staff who captured the moment.
Luckily the situation then got better after several officers tried to calm Al-Khelaifi.
Leonardo Araujo has publicly stated his dissatisfaction with the referee's decision.
"The decision on Donnarumma is unfair. The violation is there and it is clear. It's impossible not to look at VAR," Leonardo said, quoted by Goal International.
"But I'm not looking for excuses. We have to see what we have to do," he concluded.
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