Lionel Messi and Neymar have been relentlessly booed by Paris Saint-Germain fans in their first game since their Champions League collapse during the week.
The French capital club were left stunned as they were eliminated from the Champions League on Wednesday night against Real Madrid with a late collapse in the game.
A quickfire second half hat-trick from Karim Benzema turned the tie in the hosts' favour with a comeback described as "magic" by home boss Carlo Ancelotti.
It was another failing in Europe’s premier club competition for PSG, who have not tasted success in the competition despite securing their major Qatar-backed takeover in 2011.
PSG hosted Bordeaux on Sunday for the first match since that encounter – with Messi and Neymar booed and whistled with every touch of the ball.
In contrast, star striker Kylian Mbappe and their other PSG teammates were not booed by the home fans.
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It comes a day after PSG ultras called on president Nasser Al-Khelaifi to resign following the latest European humbling for their club.
The ultras have called for meaningful change in the club’s board of directors, a month on from their major protest at a Ligue 1 clash in which they blasted the ‘overpaid mercenaries’ on their books and attacked the board.
Yet Sunday’s match was marked by the fact that Messi and Neymar were singled out for boos by the home support, with the club’s fans instead showing support to their strike partner Mbappe.
Every time Mbappe – who is set to leave the club this summer as a free agent with contract talks at a standstill – touched the ball, there were notable cheers and applause from the PSG support.
Messi and Neymar were singled out for the criticism, with fans turning their ire on the effort and application during their time with the club.
Both South American superstars were largely anonymous during Wednesday night’s collapse in Madrid and their roles at PSG have now been called into question by the PSG fans.
This season’s European collapse brought back horror memories of their 6-1 defeat in Barcelona in 2017 and blowing a two-goal advantage over Manchester United in 2019.
Al-Khelaifi became the new president and CEO of PSG in October 2011 and despite a multitude of domestic trophies since, the club have yet to find success on the European stage.
Their best performance in the competition was in the 2019/20 campaign, when they reached the final under Thomas Tuchel but fell short in the final against Bayern Munich.
