“It’s a shame, I shit on your motherfucking mother”. So clearly were the last moments of Gerard Piqué as a professional footballer. The defender was sent off on Tuesday at half-time in the match that Barcelona ended up beating Osasuna (2-1) per hour, to ensure he is the leader until at least after the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
In the El Sadar stadium, Piqué starred in a scandal with the referee Jesus Gil Manzano: He told him that he was the one who “messed up” Barça the most “by far”, as recorded in the match minutes made by the judge.
And he added that, once sanctioned, he also told him: “It’s a fucking sin, I shit on your fucking mother!”.
At halftime, Piqué, a substitute in his last match for Barcelona and in La Liga prior to the retirement announced last week, jumped off the substitutes’ bench and faced Gil Manzano, who continued on to the locker room tunnel.
“At 45 ‘Gerard Piqué was sent off for the following reason: the first half ended, being already inside the dressing room tunnel, for addressing me in these terms:” Did you see what corner you gave us? ? You are the referee who screwed us the most, “he wrote in the minutes, published on the official website of the Technical Committee of Referees of the Royal Spanish Football Association.
“Once the expulsion of this player was communicated to the club delegate, he continued to repeat the same expressions described in the expulsions section, having to be brought to his dressing room by his club staff, addressing me in the following terms:” a fucking shame, I shit on your fucking mother! “he added.
The minutes also reflected the reaction of Robert Lewandowskiafter his red card in the 30th minute of this match on Tuesday, which could earn the Polish forward a harsh penalty: “Once sent off and on his way to the court, the player made a gesture of disapproval of the referee’s decision twice, consisting of putting a finger to his nose, and then pointing his thumb at the referee. When he was about to leave the field of play, he repeated the gesture once again looking towards the assistant referee number one and in front of the fourth official “.
In any case, in addition to playing almost an hour with one man less, Barcelona managed to come back from Osasuna (Chimy Avila at the beginning), who took the lead with a David García header. Pedri equalized and Rafhinha overturned with five minutes left, unleashing the madness of Xavi Hernández.
The Azulgrana team managed to open a five-point gap with Real Madrid, who will host Cadiz on Thursday in the match that closes the last day before the break for the World Cup in Qatar.
“Everything had been against us, the referees decisions, the goal conceded in a corner and in the end the ten influenced the game a lot”, Xavi said at the end of the match, underlining that “it is a golden victory”.
Osasuna’s stumbling block allowed Athletic Bilbao to step onto the championship podium this Tuesday after beating Valladolid 3-0 with a brace from Gorka Guruzeta (19, 51) and a header from Daniel Vivian (79).
In the first match of the day, Girona won 2-1 at Elche, still winless this season, thanks to a goal from the Argentinian Taty Castellanos.
Source: Clarin
