After more than 18 years, Gerard Piqué ended his career in a bittersweet way, to say the least. Days ago, after surprisingly announcing his retirement, he greeted his people in front of a packed Camp Nou and with a nice victory against Almería. This Tuesday he signed a form against Osasuna to play his last minutes with the ‘Blaugrana’ shirt, but things did not end in the best way.
The defender was sent off at half-time in the match that Barcelona ended up beating the Pamplona cast by the hour, and he was left with the urge to step on the green grass in the last match. As reported in the minutes of the match drawn up by judge Jesús Gil Manzano, the Catalan defender allegedly stated: “Did you see what corner you gave us? You are the referee who cheated us the most ever”.
Once sanctioned, and given the impossibility of ending his career on the pitch, Piqué would have finished: “It’s a fucking pity, I shit on your fucking mother!”. The report was reported on the official page of the Royal Spanish Football Association’s Technical Committee of Referees and, as indicated by the referee, this episode took place inside the dressing room tunnel, once the first half ended.
The truth is that last night, Gerard Piqué spoke to streamer Ibai Llanos, and gave his version of what happened last Tuesday at the El Sadar stadium. The defender explained: “I didn’t shit on anyone’s mother. At least they expel you, you can’t say anything. I, already expelled, went into the locker room with more teammates who came from the game. A teammate says ‘I shit on the motherfucking mother of …’, and what the referee does is put those words in my mouth“.
“I go into the tunnel and tell him that it always hurts us. He points to me and says, I think Carles Naval – Barcelona delegate – is ‘expelled’. They will want to put me in four, six or eight games, but I am already retired. I would like to see the referees with microphones, and that they come out and talk after the game “, added the Catalan.
And to close, the now former football player issued a statement regarding the referee’s disputed performance: “Robert Lewandowski’s first yellow card – he would then be sent off – then a game in which there is no corner, then the foul on Marcos Alonso … it’s not that they are played in doubt. The corner does not pass the ball close to to nobody. I went to comment on those plays“.
Although he came out to clarify the facts, the truth is that the sanction is the least important thing: last Tuesday Gerard Piqué officially retired from the activity, so the punishment promoted by the Spanish Football Association will not generate too many indoor problems. With that obtained against Osasuna, Piqué ends his career with six red cards to his credit.
Now, the Spaniard will fully address the business world, in which Ibai Llanos is precisely one of its main partners. With last Saturday’s match, the defender reached the spectacular figure of 667 games played, and has definitively entered the great history of football. It remains to be seen whether the Catalan will continue to be tied to the sport.
Source: Clarin
