Neymar will be banned for Paris Saint-Germain’s next two Ligue 1 matches, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has announced.
The Brazil superstar was sent off following an altercation with Lille defender Tiago Djalo, who was also dismissed.
Neymar and Djalo were each handed three-match bans, but with one of those games suspended.
Saturday’s 1-0 defeat left PSG three points behind Lille at the Ligue 1 summit and only one better off than in-form Monaco in third.
PSG midfielders Leandro Paredes and Idrissa Gueye will also be unavailable to face Strasbourg due to an accumulation of yellow cards.
Neymar was given two yellow cards, the second for a late push on Lille’s Tiago Djalo, who was also sent off in the match.
The Brazilian then also tried to confront Djalo again in the hallway leading to the dressing rooms.
After the French league announced the two-game ban, Neymar will now miss his side’s key clashes against Strasbourg (April 10) and the match against struggling Saint-Etienne on April 18.
Each match at this stage will be important for the defending champions as they sit three points behind new Ligue 1 leaders Lille with seven matches remaining.
It was Neymar’s second sending off of the campaign, and his fourth in as many seasons since joining PSG from Barcelona.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side will be without Neymar for the weekend trip to Strasbourg and a home match versus Saint-Etienne on April 18 which comes after the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.
