Silva minimizes PSG penalty crisis

CAIRO – 27 November 2017 : Paris Saint Germain’s (PSG) Brazilian captain, Thiago Silva believes that there is no problem who takes penalties for their team.

“The most important thing is for PSG to win.” Silva told press after their 2-1 victory over Monaco on Sunday.

Rumors revealed that PSG players, Neymar and Edinson Cavani had a feud as both players wanted to be in charge of the penalties.

Neymar scored PSG’s second goal against Monaco through a penalty. Silva stated “Neymar has a big heart, now he's scored, he may let Cavani take the next penalty, or maybe even (Kylian) Mbappe.”

PSG has one of the best attacking lines in Europe consisting of Neymar, Cavani and Mbappe, they have scored a combined 28 goals to keep the Parisian club atop the French League table with 38 points, 9 points ahead of the second-placed, Lyon.

Neymar joined PSG this summer from Barcelona for €222 million ($264 million), while Mbappe joined the club from Monaco for €180 million.