Pepe or "How to get a 10 game suspension" (football/soccer)

Real Madrid defender Pepe faced a lengthy suspension after the referee detailed the Portugal international's aggression on Tuesday toward two Getafe players and the fourth official in his match report. With the scores level at 2-2 and three minutes left in the Primera Liga clash at the Bernabeu, Pepe pushed Getafe's Francisco Casquero and the referee awarded a penalty. Pepe then kicked Casquero on the ground and a second swipe saw him rake his studs over the midfielder's back. In the ensuing melee he struck another Getafe player, Juan Albin, in the face. He was shown a straight red card, having already picked up a yellow earlier in the match, which Real won 3-2 thanks to Gonzalo Higuain's dramatic winner in added time. [YT]
Deanosays...

^If a penalty is up for grabs then they're going to do it. I see diving as a direct function of the amount of money that's poured into the game.

Someone should sift the Joey Barton tackle on Alonzo last week which was shocking.

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