Neymar: Controversy After PSG Star Likes Tweet Condemning Kylian Mbappe’s Choice As Penalty Taker

Neymar: Controversy After PSG Star Likes Tweet Condemning Kylian Mbappe’s Choice As Penalty Taker

Martin Moses
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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  • The row between Kylian Mbappe and Neymar is apparently far from over after the latter agreed with a Twitter user that Mbappe should not be taking penalties at PSG
  • Mbappe missed from the spot in PSG's thrashing of Montpeiller, while Neymar took the other penalty and converted
  • The two were said not to see eye to eye, but Mbappe rebuffed those claims

Neymar and Kylian Mbappe have seemingly yet to put their differences aside. The duo was reported to have had issues to the extent that Mbappe wanted Neymar out of the club. Allegations that Mbappe vehemently denied.

But Neymar has stoked that fire again after he reportedly liked a tweet disparaging PSG's head coach Christophe Galtier for appointing Mbappe as the first-choice penalty taker in their game against Montpellier.

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Neymar in action for PSG during their clash against Montpeiller. Photo by Aurelien Meunier.
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PSG won their second game of the season by beating their opponents 5-2, in a game that was marred by deep controversies.

PSG was awarded two penalties, with Mbappe missing the first one. Neymar converted the other penalty to score the first of his two goals of the night.

Neymar, who took penalties last weekend and in the French Suoer Cup in Mbappe's absence, was seemingly mad over Galtier's choice.

A Twitter user Neymargiabr said,

Now it's official, Mbappe is the one who takes the penalties at PSG. Clearly, this is a contract thing because, in no club in the world that has Neymar, he would be the second collector, none!!
It seems that because of the contract, Mbappe is the owner of PSG!

Neymar liked this tweet in an apparent message of dissent to PSG, as Sportskeeda reports.

Kylian Mbappe gets angry after a teammate failed to pass the ball to him

Sports Brief had earlier reported that Paris Saint-Germain continued from where they left off last week with an emphatic victory over Montpellier at the Parc des Princes on Saturday, August 13.

A brace from red-hot Brazilian playmaker Neymar in conjunction with solitary strikes from new signing Renato Sanchez and the returning Kylian Mbappe laced with an own goal from Falaye Sacko ensured PSG continued their 100 per cent start to the new season.

Despite the landslide victory, what has dominated the headlines and gained traction was an off-the-ball incident by Kylian Mbappe.

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Martin Moses is a sports journalist with over five years of experience in media. He graduated from Multimedia University of Kenya (Bachelor of Journalism, 2017-2021)
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