Neymar Accuses PSG Youngsters Of Lacking Respect After Cup Final Loss

By Max Wise

Neymar has launched a sensational rant at his young Paris Saint Germain team-mates, accusing them of a lack of respect after their Coupe de France final loss to Rennes on Saturday.

Not for the first time this season, PSG capitulated to allow a healthy lead slip after early goals from Brazilian pair, Dani Alves and Neymar, were cancelled out by Rennes through a Presnel Kimpembe own goal and Mexer’s second half strike.

The game travelled to extra-time where Kylian Mbappe saw red for a bad foul before Christopher Nkunku’s costly miss in the penalty shoot-out handed the trophy to the underdogs.

After the game, Neymar, who was making his first start for the club after three months out injured,urged the younger members of the squad to listen to the more experienced ones in the side if they want to have fruitful careers.

"We need to be more like men in the dressing room, we must be more united," Neymar told reporters in the mixed zone.

"I see a lot of young players who are, not lost exactly, but they lack more ear than mouth.

"They must listen more than they talk. Sometimes a more experienced guy speaks, and they answer back. The coach himself speaks, and they retort. This is not how a team goes far.

"We are more experienced, so they must respect us a bit more, listen a bit more. I had to do the same when I was starting out."

Thomas Tuchel’s side have now failed to win both French domestic cup competitions this season after they were eliminated at the quarter final stage of the Coupe de la Ligue by Guingamp in January, but they have successfully defended their French Ligue 1 title.