‘I made a mistake’ – Roberto De Zerbi on red card against PSG | OneFootball

Roberto De Zerbi has a full season without earning a red card in Ligue 1, but that changed after Monday evening when the Italian was sent-off in the dying seconds of a Classique victory over Paris Saint-Germain for berating referee Jérôme Brisard after a tactical foul made on Robinio Vaz by Achraf Hakimi. De Zerbi admitted he “made a mistake” during his press conference attended by Get French Football News on Thursday afternoon, whilst denying that he insulted the referee. “I’m very unhappy about it. I made a mistake, not in what I said because I didn’t offend anyone that night.”“But in my body language. I still had Madrid on my mind. I saw Hakimi’s foul and even though he got the ball, I still think it was a foul. I made a mistake because I always tell the players to behave properly and not get booked.”“It’s my first red card, I’ve lowered my average in France compared to abroad. Tomorrow I have complete confidence in my assistant coach Andrea Maldera. The players will be more relaxed, they won’t have me in their ears.” De Zerbi had received a previous touchline bans at Brighton, where assistant coach Andrea Maldera also filled in the dugout. The 54-year-old joined the Seagulls with De Zerbi in September 2023, after serving the Urkaine national team as technical coach Andriy Shevchenko. GFFN | George Boxall – reporting from La Commanderie, Marseille.