The exit of Paris Saint-Germain from the Champions League by Karim Benzema marked the end of an unpleasant episode at the Santiago Bernabeu. As reported by Movie Star correspondent Monica Marchant, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi lost his nerve once the match ended.
And the Qatari president went down to the area designated for the visiting team, screaming and hitting anything in front of him and looking for the Dutchman’s dressing room, Danny McKelley, the match referee.
Al-Khelaifi was blinded by anger after witnessing how Benzema and Real Madrid once again threw his last financial project to raise the Champions League to the ground to the point that he was confused and stormed the room of Megia Davila, the Real Madrid representative, instead of the referee room. “It was frankly unpleasant,” Monica Marchant said, adding that those present had to call for help to try to calm Al-Khelaifi.
This is not the first time it has become clear that the PSG president is going to the dressing room to try to ask the referee for clarifications. In the first leg, at the Parc des Princes, Radio Cadena Ser reported that he and Leonardo, the Parisian sports director, took advantage of the half-time break to go into the tunnel and show their dissatisfaction with the referee.
In the second half, the referee showed Casemiro and Mendy yellow cards, who were suspended and prevented from playing the second leg at the Bernabéu … In 2019, against Manchester United, Al-Khelaifi ended up losing control and hitting the doors inside the dressing room tunnel.
Season after season, Al-Khelaifi sees how his millions of investments and exorbitant contracts are futile in the Champions League, the great passion of the State of Qatar. His last attempt, to keep Mbappe and sign Messi, turned to dust at the Bernabeu against Real Madrid, whose history weighs more than oil.
Source: AS