Overview
- UEFA confirmed formal proceedings for unsporting behaviour after Pedro Neto pushed a PSG ball boy late in Chelsea’s 5-2 Champions League first-leg defeat in Paris.
- Neto knocked over the ball boy while rushing to retrieve the ball in stoppage time, triggering a mass on-pitch altercation between players from both teams.
- Speaking to TNT Sports, Neto expressed remorse, said he was acting in the heat of the moment, and gave the ball boy his shirt after apologising repeatedly.
- Neto said he apologised about 35 times, with PSG’s Vitinha helping translate, and the ball boy was described as satisfied following their exchange.
- Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior apologised on behalf of the club, while UEFA said its disciplinary bodies will rule in due course, leaving Neto at risk of missing the return leg at Stamford Bridge.