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Joao Cancelo has revealed that his family have been sent 'death wishes' after Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night.
PSG overturned a 3-2 defeat in the first-leg to secure a dramatic 6-4 victory against Barcelona at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium, with Luis Enrique's side going on to secure a berth in the semi-finals, where they'll take on Borussia Dortmund.
Cancelo, who is on loan from Manchester City, played 82 minutes of the match and was involved in a controversial incident just on the hour mark, where he conceded a penalty for lunging in on ex-Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele.
Kylian Mbappe subsequently scored the spot kick to put Paris a goal ahead on aggregate, before the Frenchman returned to compound Barcelona's woes further, scoring a second goal less than ten minutes later.
In an interview with ESPN, the Portuguese full-back, who has been criticised for giving away the penalty, admitted that the messages had been made to his family and his unborn baby on social media.
Joao Cancelo has revealed his family received 'death wishes' after Barcelona's loss to PSG
Cancelo conceded a penalty during the match for this tackle on Ousmane Dembele
Cancelo claimed that he could not sleep after the match and hit out at the messages
'There are comments on Instagram wishing death upon my daughter who's not even been born yet,' he said to ESPN.
'They would not say it to me face, because we would have a problem, but in the comments, they write what they want.
'Wishing death upon a baby is really serious. People don't think about the person behind the footballer they
