{"id":2201,"date":"2012-01-19T14:33:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T13:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/?p=2201"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:35:45","slug":"pepe-aggression-messi-should-he-get-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/pepe-aggression-messi-should-he-get-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepe&#8217;s aggression on Messi. Should he get suspended?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On 18th of January 2012, for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/fc-barcelona-take-first-round-in-a-display-of-tiki-taka\/\">first leg of the quarterfinals of the Spanish Cup<\/a>, Real Madrid 0-2 FC Barcelona<\/strong>, Pepe seems to have lost it once again&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some of Pepe&#8217;s history below:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kepler Laveran Lima Ferreira<\/strong> (born 26 February 1983), aka Pepe, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer who plays for <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong> in <strong>La Liga.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 10 July 2007, Real Madrid signed Pepe to a five-year contract for a fee of \u20ac30 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2009, he was <strong>involved in a fight<\/strong> during training with teammate Javier Balboa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On 21 April 2009<\/strong>, he was involved in an incident with Getafe CF&#8217;s Javier Casquero: He brought down the midfielder in the penalty area and was subsequently sent off. He then kicked the fallen opponent twice (on his shin and lower back). When being pulled away from Casquero, he also pushed his head into the turf and stamped on him several times. He also struck another Getafe player, Juan Albin, in the face. <strong>He eventually received a 10-game ban.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 27 April 2011, in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg, he was <strong>sent off for a controversial dive at Daniel Alves <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/goals-and-video-highlights-real-madrid-0-2-fc-barcelona\/\">check for yourself here<\/a>) early in the second half in an eventual 2\u20130 home loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On 12 July 2011<\/strong>, Pepe extended his contract again until 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 18th of January 2012, for the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Spanish Cup, Real Madrid 0-2 FC Barcelona, Pepe seems to have lost it once again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3870,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barca","category-clasico","category-spanish-kings-cup"],"yoast_head":"<title>Should Pepe get banned for stepping on Messi&#039;s hand?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Should Pepe get banned for intentionally stepping on Messi&#039;s hand? 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