Barcelona’s midfield maestro, Xavi Hernandez, has vocally slammed Real Madrid by calling them ‘sore losers’.
The Spaniard’s comments about the Whites were revealed through a leaked video that shows the midfielder calling Madrid ‘sore losers’ and claiming that Lassana Diarra should have been sent off for his ‘animal-like challenges’.
Barcelona hosted Real Madrid on Wednesday to play the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-final. The match ended in a 2-2 draw with Barcelona qualifying for the semi-finals having a better aggregate of 4-3.
The Catalans were victorious in the first leg as they clinched the all important 1-2 win over Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu. Due to their away-goal advantage, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 were tipped as favourites to qualify for the next round.
La Blaugrana were also the team which drew first blood in the return leg, as they scored the first goal of the match against the fun of play. Minutes later, Alves helped Barcelona double their lead, making it almost impossible for Madrid to qualify for the
next round.
However, Jose Mourinho’s men managed to retaliate, scoring two goals in the second half and equalizing the score-line.
In addition to being very thrilling and entertaining, the match also sparked a fair amount of controversy as the officials were blamed by Madrid players to be favouring Barca players.
Manager, Jose Mourinho, and defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096, both hinted towards the officials being biased in several decisions they made.
Reportedly, Xavi Hernandez has reiterated to such claims and expressed how Madrid are unable to handle defeat and they do not know how to lose.
According to the leaked video, while discussing the match and Lassana Diarra, Xavi stated:
"They are incredible... they don't know how to lose. It is very clear, I told the referee: You've just booked Messi and a similar challenge goes unpunished, because it's his second one... Send him off."
Barcelona have launched an investigation in order to find out who is responsible for leaking the video.
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