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Chelsea winger Pedro Neto allowed to play against PSG despite pushing ball boy

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Chelsea winger Pedro Neto is free to play in this week's Champions League last-16 second leg against Paris Saint-Germain after being given a retrospective yellow card for pushing a ball boy last week, UEFA said Monday.

[p]The Portuguese forward apologised for the incident, which happened in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/psg-CjhkPw0k/?mid=vZbdkoWs"]PSG's 5-2 first-leg win at the Parc des Princes.[/a][/p][p]A UEFA investigation found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/neto-pedro/lxtnUkIP/"]Neto[/a] was guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct and added a booking to his disciplinary record.[/p][p]He will be available for Tuesday's second leg at Stamford Bridge.[/p][embed guid="a4c6e6ad-9ab2-43e5-9782-0a6991ba9f31" url="https://x.com/ChelseaFC/status/2033283172452999187" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"We were losing and in the emotion of the game I wanted to get the ball fast and I gave him a little push,"[/b] Neto told broadcaster TNT Sports after the game[/p][p][b]"I'm not like this. It was in the heat of the moment and I want to apologise. I gave him my shirt. I'm really sorry about it - I feel I have to apologise to him."[/b][/p]

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