Overview
- UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body issued Neto a formal warning for unsporting conduct after reviewing the incident.
- During Chelsea’s 5-2 first-leg defeat in Paris, Neto pushed a PSG ball boy, triggering a confrontation, referee intervention and a VAR check with no in-game sanction.
- Neto apologised on camera and privately, saying the shove came in the heat of the moment, and he gave the ball boy his shirt.
- Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior said UEFA made the right call and welcomed the player’s remorse.
- Neto had separately served a one-match FA suspension with a £70,000 fine after his sending-off against Arsenal, and he is now available for Tuesday’s return leg with Chelsea trailing by three goals.