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PSG want Brandão banned for life after ‘head-butt’ on Thiago Motta | |
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Paris Saint-Germain have called for the Bastia striker Brandão to be banned from football for life after he appeared to head-butt the Italy international Thiago Motta on Saturday. | |
At the end of PSG’s 2-0 Ligue 1 home win, television cameras showed players and security personnel milling around the tunnel as blood poured from midfielder Motta’s nose. | At the end of PSG’s 2-0 Ligue 1 home win, television cameras showed players and security personnel milling around the tunnel as blood poured from midfielder Motta’s nose. |
Nasser al-Khelaifi, president of the French champions, told a Canal Plus TV reporter that his club would be registering a complaint against Brandão. He added that the Brazilian should be “suspended for life … he is not a football player”. | |
The incident overshadowed PSG’s first league victory of the season after the early loss of their talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Sweden striker – last season’s Ligue 1 Player of the Year – was forced off with a leg injury in the 15th minute, but Laurent Blanc’s team still managed to control the game. | |
The Brazilian Lucas Moura opened the scoring after 26 minutes when he pounced on a cross from Gregory van der Wiel and made no mistake from close range. | |
PSG’s Edinson Cavani looked sharp in attack throughout and he made it 2-0 after 57 minutes, taking a pass near the penalty spot with his back to goal and swivelling gracefully to give PSG four points from their first two games of the campaign. | PSG’s Edinson Cavani looked sharp in attack throughout and he made it 2-0 after 57 minutes, taking a pass near the penalty spot with his back to goal and swivelling gracefully to give PSG four points from their first two games of the campaign. |
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