Paris Saint-Germain boss Christophe Galtier confirmed a standard Spanish insult was the reason for Sergio Ramos’ weird purple card in opposition to Reims, as he claimed referee Pierre Gaillouste failed to regulate the competition.
Ligue 1 leaders PSG dropped factors for simply the second time this season on Saturday after a 0-0 draw at Reims, failing to make the breakthrough in opposition to their struggling hosts after Ramos’ purple card.
Ramos obtained two yellow playing cards in lower than a minute shortly earlier than the break, having remonstrated strongly with the referee after tripping Marshall Munetsi.
The Spaniard’s dismissal was the twenty first of his league profession (in LaLiga and Ligue 1) – no less than seven greater than every other defender in Europe’s high 5 leagues has obtained this century.
Talking after the draw, which leaves PSG three factors away from Marseille on the summit, Galtier burdened his perception that Ramos didn’t imply to offend Gaillouste.
“I do know Sergio Ramos very effectively, I’m unsure that the insult that got here out was directed on the referee,” Galtier stated.
“It’s an insult that you simply hear on a regular basis on a coaching floor, that you simply hear rather a lot in Spain. The referee took it from him and kicked him out, I’m not going again [to speak] on that.”
21 – Sergio Ramos has collected 21 purple playing cards within the league (La Liga + Ligue 1), no less than seven greater than every other high 5 European defender within the twenty first century. Nervous. #SDRPSG pic.twitter.com/Wvbrkq2o1R
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PSG confronted 24 photographs in opposition to Reims, probably the most they’ve needed to cope with in a Ligue 1 match since December 2011 (in opposition to Saint Etienne), and Galtier was sad with their efficiency.
“There was plenty of nervousness that I can’t clarify, on each side,” Galtier added. “There have been plenty of duels, clashes, neither of the 2 groups mastered the occasions.
“Not one of the three events, the groups and the referee, did management this recreation and there was plenty of nervousness.”
Gaillouste has handed out six purple playing cards within the six Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches he has refereed this season (4 in Metz v Guingamp, one in Nantes v PSG, and one on this match).
Though Galtier disagreed with the choice to ship Ramos off, he was equally irritated by the “silly” nature of his purple card, significantly given Ramos will now miss a gathering with Marseille subsequent week.
“I’ll discuss it with them as a result of there are sequences of matches. We’d like the utmost variety of gamers,” Galtier added. “Lacking matches as a result of we took silly playing cards… clearly we’ve got to repair that. I’ll discuss it with them.”
PSG have solely misplaced one in every of their final 9 Ligue 1 video games wherein they obtained a purple card and completed in opposition to 11 males (W4 D4), a 5-1 loss at Lille in April 2019.
