The reasons for the expulsion of Piqué in his last game as a professional footballer
Last week the world of football suffered a tremendous shock after the announcement of more than unexpected news. Gerard Piqué, Against all odds, announced his retirement as a professional footballer with two games to go before the break for the Qatar World Cup.
The central defender of FC Barcelona He wanted to put an end to his career on the pitch, being the elastic Barça his last shirt.
After 30 titles and more than 600 matches with the culé team, seems not to count on him for the coming course and there is speculation with a transfer Pique said goodbye to his fans acting as a starter in the victory of his team against Almeria at Camp Nou. But nevertheless, there was still another chapter: Osasuna.
The El Sadar Stadium yes it was going to be the final appearance of Gerard as a soccer player, what he did not count on is that said appearance would be seriously clouded.
Gil Manzano as the protagonist of the last expulsion of Piqué
After the puncture Madrid in Vallecas against him Lightning, Xavi Hernandez and his team had before them the possibility of leaving as leaders until the resumption of the competition once the competition was over. world Cup. For it, they had to win their match against CA Health corresponding to the day 14 from League.
But things got ugly, since the Navarrese went ahead on the scoreboard thanks to a controversial corner and immediately afterwards Lewandowski he was ejected for a second yellow, leaving the Barcelona with 10.
On the break, Pique He came off the bench to bravely recriminate the referee, Gil Manzano, about their decisions. The referee from Extremadura decided to expel him as well, alleging in the minutes that the defender had told him the following: “Have you seen which corner you have given us?? You are the referee who has fucked us the most by far. It's a fucking shame, I shit on your fucking mother!”.
In this way, Gerard Piqué ended his career bitterly, with an expulsion that makes him the most expelled player in the history of the FC Barcelona next to Stoichkov, another man of a very special character. Both collect a total of 11 red cards in your private account.
