Soccer-PSG fans unleash boos and insults at Villa's Martinez


Soccer Football - Champions League - Quarter Final - First Leg - Paris St Germain v Aston Villa - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - April 9, 2025 Aston Villa's Emiliano Martinez and Ezri Konsa react REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

PARIS (Reuters) -Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was greeted with a barrage of boos, whistles and insults by the Paris St Germain fans ahead of their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.

The Argentine international, dubbed a 'specialist in provocation' by French sports daily L'Equipe, was seen wearing a hat that celebrated the Albicelestes' success while covering up a French cockerel emblem on Tuesday.

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