Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the president of Paris Saint-Germain, has been accused of threatening to kill a Real Madrid employee after the French club was eliminated from the Champions League.
According to multiple sources in Spain, Al-Khelaifi went on a rage-filled outburst when his team was eliminated.
After letting a 2-0 aggregate lead slip away at the Bernabeu on Wednesday evening March 9, the French giants were eliminated from the competition.
PSG took an early 1-0 lead thanks to Kylian Mbappe, but Madrid won 3-1 thanks to a hat-trick from Karim Benzema in the space of 17 minutes to advance to the quarter-finals.
After the match, the Qatari was claimed to have stormed around the halls of the Bernabeu, yelling and looking for the match referee.
According to El Partidazo de COPE, reporter Monica Marchante described the encounter as “frankly unpleasant.”
According to reports from L’Equipe, Onda Cero, Al-Khelaifi, and sporting director Leonardo referenced an excerpt from the referees’ report supplied by UEFA: ‘Had a hostile demeanor and attempted to approach the referee’s locker room.
‘When the referee told them they had to go, the president smashed a piece of the assistant’s equipment.’
The PSG president and sporting director Leonardo are said to have stormed the wrong chamber, instead colliding with Real Madrid representative Mejia Devila.
According to Diario AS, a Madrid employee videotaped the incident on his phone, which Al Khelaifi spotted and threatened with, “I’m going to kill you.”
In the end, it was reported that PSG sent a protocol employee from the French club to apologise to the referees and Real Madrid.