{"id":10397,"date":"2026-03-12T22:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10397"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:24:23","slug":"ball-boy-push-chelseas-pedro-neto-apologises-for-pushing-psg-ball-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10397","title":{"rendered":"Ball boy push: Chelsea’s Pedro Neto apologises for pushing PSG ball boy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Pedro Neto has apologised for pushing over a ball boy during Chelsea’s 5-2 defeat by Paris St\u2011Germain in the Champions League.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 26-year-old pushed the young ball boy in stoppage time of the last-16 first-leg tie, causing him to fall on to a chair and sparking a mass altercation between both teams at Parc des Princes on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Asked about the incident on TNT Sports after the game, Neto said: “I want to apologise to the ball boy. I have already spoken to him.<\/p>\n

“We were losing and in the emotion of the game I wanted to get the ball fast and I gave him a little push.<\/p>\n

“I’m not like this. It was in the heat of the moment and I want to apologise. I gave him my shirt. I’m really sorry about it – I feel I have to apologise to him.<\/p>\n

“My French is not very good, and [Portugal team-mate] Vitinha came over and said to him I was not like this.<\/p>\n

“At the end he [the ball boy] laughed and I gave him my shirt and said sorry about 35 times. He could see what had happened and was happy with the situation.”<\/p>\n

It is unclear whether Neto will face any further punishment by Uefa, but his actions came during a wider Chelsea collapse.<\/p>\n

Head coach Liam Rosenior echoed the apology, adding: “I saw there was an altercation with the ball boy. But if there was anything from our side that was wrong or out of order, I apologise on behalf of the club.<\/p>\n

“But I think Pedro has done so in interviews. I genuinely haven’t seen it back.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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