Face to face! Pique blasts Real Madrid for relying on referees to "rob" the La Liga title, Marcelo responds

"Daily Sports" reported that former Barcelona defender Pique and former Real Madrid captain Marcelo faced off in a program. Pique did not shy away from blaming his old rival Real Madrid and revealed many stories behind it.

The following is the full content of the conversation

On the refereeing controversy

Pique: "Let's talk about this topic. The refereeing problem in the Real Madrid game is really outrageous. They simply sent the league to another level. Here you go." (Pique was referring to Real Madrid's game against Villarreal before the international break and then Sevilla's game against Barcelona) "That Real Madrid game was a disgrace and then the next day they gave it a penalty in the 10th minute. A non-existent penalty kick from Araujo. "

Marcelo: "I don't watch the ball. "

Pique: "At the Bernabeu, you have no idea what the situation is. They are born to rob. If they don't rob, they complain. They rob you, and if they don't do it one day, they complain about not being able to rob. "

About VAR and historical penalties

Pique: "When there was no VAR, your robberies were simple." Just unbelievable. With VAR, Real Madrid is finally less able to steal. This is historic. ” (Pique then mentioned several examples from Clasicos, as well as other games) “Juanfran was shown two yellow cards at the Bernabeu for two dives, both of which were clear penalties. This is simply humiliating. "

Marcelo: (Recalling a situation in Camp Nou when Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off instead of being awarded a penalty kick) "Not only did he not get a penalty kick, he was also sent off. because of one point The ball gave him a yellow card. "

Pique: (shouting excitedly) "He got a yellow card for pushing the referee. It should have been a direct red card. He is still complaining... Needless to say, it was a direct red card! When they can't rob, they complain. This is already the DNA of Real Madrid. "

About personal grievances in the player era

The host asked Marcelo: (during Mourinho's coaching period) What does the Real Madrid locker room think of Pique?

Marcelo: "What a bastard, so annoying, so arrogant... I was the first to say that at the time."

Pique: (Laughing in response) "At that time, I liked to create a competitive atmosphere, Marcelo is not that style of person. Competition must exist, otherwise it would be boring. The most interesting game was Barcelona against Real Madrid."

Marcelo: "The most interesting game at the time. What impressed me was that we played 4 games in a row. I don’t know if it was the Champions League or what.”

Pique: “We won a lot. We were much better in the Pep (Guardiola) era. For a while, when I went to the Bernabeu Stadium, it felt like home, not to mention that I have Bernabeu in my last name.”

Has Marcelo ever had the opportunity to join Barcelona?

Pique asked Marcelo: Do ​​you have a chance to wear a Barcelona jersey?

Marcelo: "I played against Barcelona on behalf of the Brazilian U15 national team. Later, when I was still at Fluminense, someone from the club seemed to have contacted my agent. This may be false, but I think something did happen. Although I have never I never thought I would play for Barcelona."

Pique's foreshadowing

Pique: "We will have to talk about the media campaign your president launched when the team performed poorly and was 20 points behind Barcelona. He started to blame everyone."