Edinson Cavani was booked after scoring a penalty for Paris Saint-Germain in their 2-0 defeat of Angers when he stripped off his shirt to reveal a T-shirt in support of Chapecoense, the Brazilian club which lost the majority of its squad in a plane crash in Colombia.
The goal was Cavani’s 100th in a PSG shirt and came after a foul on Hatem Ben Arfa in the 66th minute. After scoring, he took off his shirt to reveal a white T-shirt bearing a hand-drawn logo of the Brazilian club above the word “Fuerza” (strength). He pointed both hands to the sky.
But the referee, Frank Schneider, followed the letter of the law and booked Cavani at the Parc des Princes. A minute’s silence had been held for the victims of the plane crash before kick-off and several Brazilian flags were to be seen in the crowd.
The Uruguayan has reached the century mark, the same number of goals scored by Dominique Rocheteau for the club, in 166 games but he remains well behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s record of 156 goals.
The Brazilian Thiago Silva opened the scoring for the champions in a victory that moved PSG above Monaco into second place. Nice went back to the top with a 1-0 win at Guingamp.
Nice have 36 points from 15 games, with PSG on 35 and Monaco, who drew 1-1 at Dijon on Tuesday, on 33.
