La Liga - Pepe facing lengthy ban

Eurosport - Wed, 22 Apr 10:30:00 2009

Real Madrid defender Pepe faces 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.

FOOTBALL Pepe Real Madrid / Foto Imago - 0

With the scores level at 2-2 and three minutes left in the 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.

"The home player (Pepe) kicked the fouled player and punched an opponent in the face," referee Carlos Delgado Ferreiro said in his report.

"The said player then directed the following phrase at the fourth official as he was leaving the pitch: 'You are all sons of whores'," he wrote.

Pepe also broke the rules by coming back on to the pitch to celebrate Higuain's winner with his teammates, Delgado added.

Pepe later apologised for his actions but will miss the match at third-placed Sevilla this weekend and is almost certain to be banned for the home clash against Barcelona in around 10 days time.

Real's win cut Barca's advantage to three points ahead of the leaders' match against Sevilla at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.

Depending on the disciplinary body's decision, likely to be made public toward the end of this week, Pepe could even be barred from playing in any of the champions' remaining six games.

Getafe president Angel Torres was quoted as saying in the Spanish media he hoped Pepe was handed a 10-match ban.

"You can win or lose a match but a player cannot behave in that way, especially if you are in a big team playing against a small one," he said.

Real coach Juande Ramos defended Pepe after the match, saying he had intended to kick the air and not the player.

"Pepe was annoyed with himself when he saw it was a penalty and wanted to kick the air, not the player," Ramos said. "I'm sure the disciplinary committee will see that he lost his head and didn't want to kick him."

Goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who saved Casquero's penalty, was less forgiving: "You cannot do what Pepe did while wearing the Real Madrid shirt."

Reuters

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  1. Oh pepe,what demon has reincanated in ur­ body????????Call in the exorcists ASAP!!!

    From collinsc, on Thu 23 Apr 11:19PM

  2. Pepe should be banned for life for what he did. First­ he caused a clear penalty, that was a push. Second, he­ goes and kicks the player 2 times on the back, and­ third he slaps another getafe player and punches­ another getafe player. Check for yourself, go to­ youtube and search the title ANIMAL PEPE AGRESION­ CASQUERO REAL MADRID GETAFE, and you will see exactly­ what happened.

    From barca_nr_1, on Thu 23 Apr 6:10PM

  3. Pepe should be banned for life for what he did. First­ he caused a clear penalty, that was a push. Second, he­ goes and kicks the player 2 times on the back, and­ third he slaps another getafe player and punches­ another getafe player. Check for yourself, go to­ youtube and search the title ANIMAL PEPE AGRESION­ CASQUERO REAL MADRID GETAFE, and you will see exactly­ what happened.

    From barca_nr_1, on Thu 23 Apr 6:08PM

  4. this f*cking pepe is too chicken @#$% to play against­ Barca despite after all noises he made before.. f*cking­ idiot.. n ramos comment, stupid blind.. unlike wise­ casillas, eventhou i hate to say this, he is indeed a­ good captain, i really admire him for that.. completely­ honest comment..

    From carlamms, on Wed 22 Apr 11:22PM

  5. Does anybody know the real name of Pepe? His real name­ is Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, a nationalised­ Portuguese from Brazil.....

    From sogrichie, on Wed 22 Apr 7:32PM

  6. Insulting comments from Juande Ramos. Kick the air and­ kick it twice within seconds? There was plenty of air,­ time and space elsewhere to be kicked. And i am sure­ Juande will say he was insulting the "air"­ with his invectives directed at the 4th official. Shame­ on Pepe. I really wish the likes of Iker Casillas be­ pulled from that team. They are a mess and i will be­ more than shocked if they beat Barca...they will be­ crushed! However, good luck Real Madrid.

    From EDWIN, on Wed 22 Apr 5:18PM

  7. If you think of it objective, if Pepe really wanted to­ kick him he would do it. There is no way he could­ "miss" it. On the other hand there is no­ excuse and he shouldn't even think of kicking­ anything. He deserves to be banned. Coach should always­ be with his squad even if situation is not good. Maybe­ this was not happiest way of giving support but I­ understand it. And for the end, people are so shallow.­ One thing is not to like some club (or person) but­ completely different to insult lots of good people­ who're working hard and honest. Jealousy will do­ nothing good. No matter if you like or dislike Real­ Madrid, it is fact that it is biggest world football­ club. Milan and Liverpool are near but still need to­ travel there. ManUtd, Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern and­ Juventus are also top class.

    From Brane, on Wed 22 Apr 4:41PM

  8. I hope that Pepe will receive 10 match ban.
    I agree­ that with Casilas when he said that you can not behave­ like that wearing the Real Madrid shirt.
    I hope that­ the Spanish Federation will react properly in order to­ protect the beauty of the Spanish football from the­ players like Pepe.

    From dmehaj, on Wed 22 Apr 3:51PM

  9. I'm a Spanish resident living in Madrid thus, I­ have a priviledge of watching La Liga every weekend.­ Sometimes I do wonder why on earth a good football­ follower or a soccer analyst will ever say this Real­ Madrid is a good team compared to other top class­ European teams. Albeit their past glories, Real Madrid­ for long time now has never played any good or­ attractive football, it's a team full of confusion,­ match-fixing, vote rigging and bedecked with corruption­ to mention a few. This clearly expalins why the team­ always fail in Europe where it is practically difficult­ (if not impossible) for them to practice their gullible­ and nefarious acts. Of course, I do pity some good­ players who are in the team...honestly speaking, Real­ Madrid of those days (I'm talking of the era of the­ Galaticos), is not the same Madrid we're all­ witnessing today. Real Madrid always plays BAD football­ but somehow (perhaps owing to sheer luck or some­ underground homeworks) they ALWAYS triumph. I wish them­ good-luck. To me, currently Real madrid is NOT a team!

    From Richard O, on Wed 22 Apr 3:45PM

  10. Juande Ramos is just as stupid as his bloody funky red­ arse. Who does he think he can fool? He wanted to kick­ the air? what air? A match they fixed with that bloody­ Casquero to miss the penalty and he still hopes Pepe­ cld be back soon. That's why he could do nothing­ with Spurs.

    From owen, on Wed 22 Apr 3:12PM

  11. he is the worst defender in the world!!! very stupid­ person and every second game he is having a red card!!!­ bljak!!!

    From trd, on Wed 22 Apr 2:13PM

  12. The person behind the mask is without morale education,­ i mean (comment2-3) You see, you don't disrpect­ others to prove a point especially whose shoes you­ can't and
    can never able to put on. If you(cemment­ 2-3) was human enough you should have known
    that the­ begest competitor is that person team(R madrid) that­ refuse to give up; A real
    challenger that makes­ something out of nothing. You called the whole of­ madrid rubish.. i forgive because you don't know­ the meaning of "RUBISH". I don't get had­ on
    people non blame them talking or working on the­ level of awellness they have. If you
    think winning 14­ straight matches was equal to teking a prostitude to a­ bed then go
    and manage a team in your village­ hahahaha. Hala Madrid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From kingsley o, on Wed 22 Apr 1:07PM

  13. i'm not surrprise from what i saw all r madrid are­ rubish this season there has been 12 sent off for them­ . their presidant has been kicked out by coruption­ cheatin and stealing votes. so no surprise they are­ just rubish that is why there are 5 players in national­ side from barca villareal and liverpool while only 2­ from r madrid and their captain is expiered for­ national side both delboski and aragonis prefers the 18­ years bojan from that jerk

    From getachew44, on Wed 22 Apr 12:34PM

  14. Jundi ramos wants to make the whole world blind. we­ have seen it clearly even cassillas said that was shame­ if he can't see well my advise is buy a glass maybe­ then he can see . this man is so stupied and always­ says so many redicules things. i remaimber him since he­ was in sivilla he said same thing at that time when­ fabiano had a fight with diego player of zaragoza

    From getachew44, on Wed 22 Apr 12:09PM

  15. what a scu'mbag! exciting match though

    From Abby, on Wed 22 Apr 12:00PM
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