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]
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deputydogsays...what a fucking idiot
JiggaJonsonsays...Holy shit you can see the pain register in that poor fielders face as he writhes on the ground in agony.
lavollsays...overpaid idiots all of them.
siftbotsays...Moving this video to radx's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
radxsays...*beg
siftbotsays...Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter radx.
LostTurntablesays...Meh, I'd feel more sympathy for the dude on the ground if soccer players didn't fold like a deck of cards every time they are as much as sneezed on. Wussies.
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.
Januarisays...Don't they always kind of writh around in agony?... i don't watch a lot but i thought this was about 1/3 of the sport.
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