Pepe recently labelled the Barcelona players, specifically Andres Iniesta, as ‘theatrical’ and the Spanish maestro has taken out time to give the Portuguese centre-back his own piece of mind.
In the recent El Clasico, Real Madrid were able to hold down http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 to a 2-2 draw at the Nou Camp.
However, the draw has suited Barcelona more as compared to Real Madrid, who are currently eight points behind their arch-rivals, La Blaugrana.
It was Barcelona’s first draw in the league campaign as they have won all the other six games which they have been a part of.
In this fixture, the Catalan giants were missing both their first-choice defenders but still they managed to restrain Real Madrid to 2-2 draw as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, both scored a brace each.
During the game, there was an incident which involved Andres Iniesta going down after a tackle from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670 was made.
The free-kick was given to the Spanish midfielder, even though he took a fall inside the penalty area.
After the match, the Portuguese centre-back spoke about the Barcelona team and labelled them as ‘theatrical’.
Andres Iniesta has now come out in the open and said that he is affected by the words of the Portuguese defender as he thinks that Pepe has been acting ‘theatrical’ while playing as well.
The Spanish maestro spoke to the press about the situation and said:
“Yes I am affected by what he said. A person may have an opinion and say that a certain action was not a penalty, but it cannot go any further than that.”
“When someone speaks about you and your teammates in those terms then of course you feel offended.”
“I’m not theatrical and neither are my teammates. If we look at how Pepe has acted in games then we could have a lot of opinions about it.”
“It hurts because he refers to you and you should take no notice of it, but we already know about Pepe.”
After the draw, Barcelona are still eight points above their arch-rivals, Real Madrid. However, the draw has taken them level on points with the other Madrid side, Atletico Madrid, who have also won six games in the Spanish La Liga and share the number of
points with La Blaugrana.
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