{"id":1472,"date":"2011-08-19T11:28:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T09:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:21:57","slug":"gerard-pique-has-accused-real-madrid-coach-jose-mourinho-of-wrecking-spanish-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/gerard-pique-has-accused-real-madrid-coach-jose-mourinho-of-wrecking-spanish-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerard Pique has accused Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho of &#8220;wrecking Spanish football&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong> scored to seal a 5-4 aggregate victory over Real in a encounter that saw red cards after a rough tackel caused everyone to boil over at the end, resulting in a fight in which <strong>Mourinho<\/strong> appeared to poke Barcelona assistant coach Tito Vilanova in the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Mourinho <\/strong>is wrecking Spanish football,&#8221; <strong>Pique<\/strong> said. &#8220;People are looking for culprits but they are in <strong>Madrid<\/strong>. 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But from the first minute of the second half, and I don&#8217;t criticise it because I know people do it, the ballboys hid the balls&#8221;. (Barca were winning 2-1 at this point).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It happens with small teams when they find themselves in difficulties.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about the incident, <strong>Mourinho<\/strong> replied: &#8220;I have been polite and played like a man and not fallen to the ground at the first touch. I don&#8217;t know who Vilanova is.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Barca<\/strong> coach <strong>Pep Guardiola<\/strong> said: &#8220;The images will speak for themselves. 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