DBasia.news – Competition between the two top teams as well as eternal rivals, Real Madrid and Barcelona has always been an interesting thing to discuss in each season, now both teams are also competing fiercely in the top flight of the La Liga standings.
Pique’s accusation refers to the referee’s decision to annull Valencia’s goal in the match against Madrid on Thursday (6/18). In a match that was held at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium, Valencia did score a goal in the 22nd minute through Rodrigo Moreno.
However, the referee canceled the goal because before sending feedback to Rodrigo, Maxi Gomez was in an offside position. The match was eventually won by Madrid 3-0.
As a result of the controversial decision, Madrid considered benefited by the referee. Gerard Pique is one of them.
“Looking at the referee’s decision in the first two matches after the temporary suspension of the competition, it seems our efforts to defend the LaLiga title will be a bit complex,” Pique said as quoted by ESPN.
Pique’s comment was immediately denied by Zidane. According to him every player or coach has an opinion about how the referee leads.
Zidane himself did not want to pay further attention to Pique satire. “No. I dare to directly assert. The decision has no effect. People can say and have an assessment of something,” said Zidane.
“However, at this time what has caught my attention is the next match against Sociedad. I also have an opinion on Pique and other things, but I will not say it openly.”
At present the competition in the LaLiga championship lane is getting tougher. Barcelona’s failure to pick three points against Sevilla gives Madrid a great chance to win the top of the standings.
That scenario will occur if Madrid is able to win when they travel to Real Sociedad’s headquarters on Monday (6/22). If they win, Madrid has the right to be ranked at the top of the standings because of the victory in head to head over Barcelona.