{"id":2161,"date":"2012-01-19T08:16:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T07:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:35:48","slug":"pepe-does-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/pepe-does-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepe does it again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once more, <strong>Pepe<\/strong> showed his worst side against <strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong> last night in the first leg of the <strong>Spanish Cup quartergfinals<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/fc-barcelona-take-first-round-in-a-display-of-tiki-taka\/\">won 1-2 by the Blaugrana<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was booked in the first half for a hard tackle on <strong>Sergio Busquets<\/strong>, and worsened his already &#8216;tough-guy&#8217; reputation in the second half. First, by faking an injury after battling for the ball with <strong>Cesc Fabregas<\/strong> (replays show that the Bar\u00e7a midfielder just about touched him). He then stepped on <strong>Leo Messi<\/strong>&#8216;s hand while the Argentine forward was on the ground after a tackle from Callejon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is, unfortunately, not the first time that Pepe has lost his head on a football pitch, and sanctions against the <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong> defender\/midfielder will be taken very seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wayne Rooney<\/strong> commented on his twitter account : &#8220;Pepe, what an idiot&#8221; (Follow Wayne Rooney: @WayneRooney)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once more, Pepe showed his worst side against FC Barcelona last night in the first leg of the Spanish Cup quartergfinals, won 1-2 by the Blaugrana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3870,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barca","category-clasico","category-spanish-kings-cup"],"yoast_head":"<title>Real Madrid&#039;s Pepe showing his worst side once more<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Real Madrid player obivously did not want to play football last night. 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