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    Dirty Tackle

    Pepe steps on Lionel Messi’s hand because that’s what Pepe does

    The first leg of Real Madrid's Copa del Rey quarterfinal against Barcelona once again carried out several El Clasico constants: There were dives, there were takedowns, there was complaining and, above all else, some wonderful and entertaining football. This time, however, Cristiano Ronaldo cast aside his twin brother Barry (for the first half at least) and opened the scoring in the 11th minute by putting the ball through 1998 hair model Jose Pinto's legs.

    Real held on to its 1-0 lead until halftime, but as tends to happen in these matches, it disappeared soon after when Carles Puyol scored in the 49th minute. With Barca securing an away goal, tensions got hotter and another constant emerged: Angry Pepe decided to he needed to step up his stomping on people game.

    So, in the 67th minute, after already being shown a yellow card in the 17th minute, he stepped on Lionel Messi's hand. The referee didn't see it, so Pepe (who has previously been banned for his expertise in back kicking) was able to stay on the pitch until he was subbed off in the 80th minute, but Messi would get his revenge by setting up Eric Abidal of all people for Barcelona's go-ahead goal in the 77th minute.

    The first leg ended 2-1 in Barca's favor and proved yet another El Clasico constant: Messi doesn't get angry, he wins.

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    39 comments

    • Ferhat  •  3 months ago
      Pepe should be suspended from Football, Also put him in prison!!! He is the ugliest player ever.
    • OlgaK  •  Pleasanton, California  •  4 months ago
      "Messi, doesn't get angry, he wins". --This is exactly true and is the reason why Madrid lost and why all their players are trash compared to the world greats known as Messi, Xavi, Puyol and the others on barcelona.
    • Douglas  •  4 months ago
      Don't forget about Pepe's brilliant dive (even better in slow mo). Not to glorify Sergio in any way but at least when he dives theres a resemblance of facial contact... Cesc's hand was about a foot away from Pepe's face and he still had the nerve to roll around for a minute even after everyone had run away and get the game stopped, like a little kid looking for attention! It says a lot about the character of a team when the only highlights apart from their goal are a dirty stomp, a dirty dive, and a number of dirty kicks including the definition of cynical: Carvalho's full speed tackle from behind of Messi. It's one thing to try to break up an attack but it's another to try to injure someone...
    • Marco smith  •  4 months ago
      There are two people who abused leo messi tonight not just pepe with his hand stepping skills which he does but also fabio coentrao whotried to dig messi's face in the dirt...really fabio?...really?
      • Steve S 4 months ago
        Messi started that #$%$
      • MarkS 4 months ago
        You're right Steve, messi started is by kicking Madrid's #$%$ every time they play and embarassing their defense. Little jerk.
    • third  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 months ago
      I like how no one talked about how he went headhunting on Coentrao in the first half cheating snakes
      • Steve S 4 months ago
        Its not cheating if Farsa do it...
    • Shanebreezy  •  4 months ago
      Messi didn't lash back because he didn't want Pepe to clean the floor with his face
      • MarkS 4 months ago
        Yep! Instead he just cleans the pitch with Madrid's face. Big deal, pepe could beat up little Messi. Maybe he should go join UFC where his real talents belong. Fifty years from now Messi will be known as one of the greatest and Pepe, well, his family will remember him.
    • Ahmad  •  Denver, Colorado  •  4 months ago
      nobody cried when barca cheated to win the cL twice against chelsea and again against arsenal so cry me a river barca this sort of thing happens in football thats why they have fa regulations to make sure barca is protected lol
      • Steve S 4 months ago
        Why the thumbs down? The man speaks the truth. Barca have never defeated a full strength Arsenal side and have only defeated a full strength Madrid like twice in the Pep Guardiola era.
    • Abiya  •  Cicero, Illinois  •  4 months ago
      Aww lord almighty Messi got stepped on boo hoo!!! What a big issue.. I wonder if it's only cause it's Lord Almighty Messi?? Hmmm!!!
    • You know nothing  •  4 months ago
      PEPE was BEYOND hilarious today! lmao & Messii could of gotten a red card but seriously f&^%^ the referee & Alexis!
    • C  •  Winnipeg, Canada  •  4 months ago
      Pepe is so nice. Stupid Messi cries when he receives such a great gift.
    • Kotovsk  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 months ago
      Why are people complaining about a lack of red cards, all the calls were right. Barca fans are never satisfied with a win they want to red cards for normal tackles. The game was called fairly. What Pepe did is Part of the game because anywhere you look all they players are dirty, from Rooney and Fabregas to Pepe.
    • Mircea  •  Bucharest, Romania  •  4 months ago
      Mourinho: "It's clear that the referee is a Barcelona fan; Messi deserved a red card because he's clearly trying to steal Pepe's boot"
    • Ramiro  •  Richardson, Texas  •  4 months ago
      I like real Madrid but Pepe is a dirty player and only makes the team look bad! B
    • Manish  •  4 months ago
      pepe is an utter disgrace to mankind. His family members would be ashamed to face people after this act. Leo Messi the God never gets angry. he just punishes with a goal which is equivalent to tight slap on Pepe's face
    • CrisLander  •  Madrid, Spain  •  4 months ago
      The referee was awful. It's inxeplicable that Pepe (and to an extent, Carvalho) were not redcarded in that game.
    • Thiviya Thiviya  •  4 months ago
      As a Real Madrid fan,i would like to apologizes to all Barca supporters out there on behalf of the Real Madrid fan.We true RM fan don't like to see our players to hurt anyone :'(
      Besides don't misunderstand other RM players because of the stupid PEPE behavior.
    • tim  •  Corpus Christi, Texas  •  4 months ago
      game just ended on my dvr.....pepe is a total douche. Go Barca!!!
    • Tomasso  •  4 months ago
      Mourinho just needs to admit he never should have left Inter.
    • Andre  •  Bonn, Germany  •  4 months ago
      Kudos to Messi for staying cool. Many players would have tried to hit out or kick out at Pepe in that situation. Then his plan would have worked out perfectly, because Messi (or more precise, one of the many player who would have acted different) would have been sent off.

      Pepe is by a far distance the dirtiest thug I've ever witnessed on a footall pitch. I will seriously have to control my temper if I ever meet his guy on the streets...
    • mp  •  Houston, Texas  •  4 months ago
      NASTY Real Madrid players, oh my gosh! they don't know how to loose and resort to playing dirty to get ahead. Talent wins in the end though... ugly loosers, they need to be reigned in! Referees need to keep their eyes waaay open in matches like this one.

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