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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jacob Steinberg

Chelsea’s Pedro Neto faces possible ban for pushing ballboy in defeat by PSG

Pedro Neto speaks to the ballboy
Pedro Neto speaks to the ballboy after ‘I gave him a little push’. Neto gave the ballboy his shirt after the game. Photograph: Loic Baratoux/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Pedro Neto is at risk of being banned after Uefa opened an investigation into the winger pushing a ballboy during Chelsea’s 5-2 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie on Wednesday.

Neto apologised for the incident and gave his shirt to the ballboy after the game but that has not been enough to avert the possibility of disciplinary action. Uefa said it was investigating the Portugal international for “unsporting behaviour” and that its “disciplinary bodies will take a decision on this case in due course”.

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