Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani has played down his penalty-taking spat with Paris
Saint-Germain team-mate Neymar.
Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar kisses the ball before
shooting to score a penalty during the French L1 football match Paris
Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Bordeaux (FCGB) on September 30, 2017 at the
Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. / AFP PHOTO
Cavani and Brazilian Neymar, the world’s most expensive player, reportedly fell out
over penalty-taking duties for PSG in recent league matches.
The despite blew up a couple of weeks ago when Cavani, PSG’s regular penalty-
taker, refused to let Neymar take a spot-kick against Lyon, only to then miss.
But then at the weekend, and after rumours Cavani had been offered a million euros
to cede penalty duties to his higher-profile team-mate, Neymar took, and scored, a
spot-kick against Bordeaux.
“These things happen in football. These are things that are sometimes blown up,”




Cavani, speaking to reporters in Caracas ahead of a World Cup qualifier against
Venezuela on Thursday, said on Monday.
“We all know that they become bigger than they are. They are sorted out in the
dressing room. Every (problem) has a solution. It’s calmed down.”
Despite giving up spot-kick duties, which Cavani took over when Zlatan Ibrahimovic
left PSG a year and a half ago, the Uruguayan has still outscored his Brazilian team-
mate eight goals to six in France’s Ligue 1.








Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani has played down his penalty-taking spat with Paris
Saint-Germain team-mate Neymar.
Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar kisses the ball before
shooting to score a penalty during the French L1 football match Paris
Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Bordeaux (FCGB) on September 30, 2017 at the
Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. / AFP PHOTO
Cavani and Brazilian Neymar, the world’s most expensive player, reportedly fell out
over penalty-taking duties for PSG in recent league matches.
The despite blew up a couple of weeks ago when Cavani, PSG’s regular penalty-
taker, refused to let Neymar take a spot-kick against Lyon, only to then miss.
But then at the weekend, and after rumours Cavani had been offered a million euros
to cede penalty duties to his higher-profile team-mate, Neymar took, and scored, a
spot-kick against Bordeaux.
“These things happen in football. These are things that are sometimes blown up,”




Cavani, speaking to reporters in Caracas ahead of a World Cup qualifier against
Venezuela on Thursday, said on Monday.
“We all know that they become bigger than they are. They are sorted out in the
dressing room. Every (problem) has a solution. It’s calmed down.”
Despite giving up spot-kick duties, which Cavani took over when Zlatan Ibrahimovic
left PSG a year and a half ago, the Uruguayan has still outscored his Brazilian team-
mate eight goals to six in France’s Ligue 1.