Gerard Pique, who’s now retired after hanging up boots at Barcelona, has refuted claims that he noticed crimson in opposition to Osasuna for insulting the referee.
- Defender has introduced profession to a detailed
- Despatched off with out taking to the sphere in remaining sport
- Insists he didn’t swear at match officers
WHAT HAPPENED? The World Cup-winning defender was unable to take to the sphere throughout his final match as a Blaugrana participant after being despatched off at half-time for protesting in opposition to choices made by match official Jesus Gil Manzano. The referee’s match report steered that Pique had launched right into a foul-mouthed tirade, resulting in him being dismissed with out leaving the bench – however the 35-year-old insists that was not the case.
WHAT THEY SAID: Talking to Ibai Llanos on Twitch in regards to the controversial finish to his profession at Camp Nou, Pique mentioned: “I’ve been doing interviews since I used to be 17 years previous. Now I’m free, you not must be pigeonholed and reply what you must. I didn’t sh*t on anybody’s mom. I’ll clarify the way it was and I perceive that it’s present. At half-time, after the referee harmed us, Robert’s first yellow isn’t a yellow, there is no such thing as a nook, then the foul on Marcos Alonso… it’s not that they’re doubtful performs. The nook, the ball doesn’t go close to anybody.
“We go into the tunnel and I instructed him that he at all times harms us. With that alone he sends me off. I’m shocked he despatched me off for that. On the smallest factor, they ship you off, you’ll be able to’t say something. Within the Premier League, they will let you speak to them. I, already despatched off, go into the locker room with extra team-mates who got here from taking part in. There’s somebody inside who says ‘I sh*t on the f*cking mom of…’. The referee listens to him from his locker room and places the phrases in my mouth.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Pique added on Manzano supposedly modifying his match report back to make him sound worse: “What it says within the report is as soon as I’ve already been despatched off, they don’t ship me off for that. They solely ship me off for saying ‘You’re the identical as at all times’. He did it as a result of they wish to droop me for six or eight video games, although I’m retired.”
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WHAT NEXT? Pique, who received the World Cup and European Championship whereas incomes 102 caps for Spain, has bowed out at Barca after taking in 616 appearances for the membership – with eight La Liga titles and three Champions League crowns claimed throughout essentially the most distinguished of careers.