PSG fined £27,000 and boss Thomas Tuchel is warned by UEFA after they were late to start the second-half of their dramatic Champions League victory over Atalanta
- The French champions trailed 1-0 at half-time after Mario Pasalic’s clinical strike
- PSG were late for the restart of Wednesday’s quarter-final tie against Atalanta
- Tuchel’s team mounted a dramatic late comeback to secure a 2-1 victory
Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel’s half-time team talk to try and lift his team to a Champions League quarter-final win cost the club 30,000 euros (£27,000).
UEFA’s disciplinary panel imposed the fine on Friday and also warned Tuchel ‘for being responsible for the late kick off’ to restart Wednesday’s game.
The French champions trailed 1-0 at half-time against Atalanta after Mario Pasalic’s clinical strike in the 26th minute.
PSG coach Thomas Tuchel saw his side mount a stunning comeback in the second-half
The introduction of Kylian Mbappe proved crucial in the second-half.
His pace and quality finally undid the stubborn Atalanta rearguard to provide an astonishing finale to the first one-legged quarter-final in the re-shaped competition.
Naymar laid on a 90th-minute equaliser for Marquinhos and Mbappe teed up former Stoke striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting to slide in the winner
Kylian Mbappe helped inspire a late comeback for PSG after he came off the bench in Lisbon
UEFA often fine clubs for being late from the dressing-room to start the second-half which can affect broadcasters’ schedules.
Critics often compare the size of those fines unfavourably with similar sums imposed on clubs in cases of racist behaviour by fans at stadiums.
Montenegro were fined £17,396 and ordered to play one match behind closed doors after fans racially abused England’s Raheem Sterling, Danny Rose and Callum Hudson-Odoi during a Euro 2020 qualifier last year.
PSG face German side RB Leipzig in Tuesday’s semi-final.
The Frenchman set up the winning goal for substitute Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (right)
Neymar was involved in the equalising goal, supplying the pass for Marquinhos to score