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He was perhaps in Lyon for the stalemate of the Barca Champions League, but basketball took center stage for the defender when he was questioned after the match
Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has reopened his quarrel with Real Madrid by suggesting the team to act hypocritically in arbitration decisions – regardless of their sport.
The Madrid basketball team was disappointed on Sunday with a 94-93 win over their rivals in the Copa del Rey final.
The consequences of the match, however, were dominated by Madrid accusations that Barca had benefited from several dubious calls that led to their victory.
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But Pique pointed out that in the scenarios where the Merengue would receive a perceived advantage from officials, like the VAR dominated 3-1 derby win in February over Atletico, no comment is made.
"[Madrid’s complaints] it happens in football, it happens in basketball, at least they do not have other sports because we would have to suffer also in hockey and handball, "said Pique reporters at the time. Copa final following Barca's 0-0 draw A league draw against Lyon.
"Then they go to Wanda, the referees help them, then they keep quiet and do not complain.
"There were mistakes [in the Copa final] in favor of Madrid first, then in favor of Barca. Well, later, we had all this Madrid show with the referees.
"In the end, if the referees were not mistaken, Barcelona would have won.In the end, it's all a noise to conceal the usual problem, namely that Barcelona is champion and to hide the merits of the players who won a cup in Madrid.
"I am very proud of these players."
Barcelona recorded 25 unsuccessful attempts during Tuesday's stalemate. Luis Suarez is notably guilty of having missed several golden opportunities to open the meeting in favor of the Catalans.
But Pique is confident that his team's goals will be decisive on March 13th.
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"I'm not worried, we have a lot of talented people on the front and I'm sure they'll end up scoring goals," added the defender.
"When you have a bad race like this, you can probably become a little obsessed.If Luis Suarez showed one thing, it's that he has a lot of goals in him.
"The team is generally in good spirits, it's true that we could not score or kill the match, but the game was well played and many chances were created."
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