Barcelona Latest News: Chants on Pique – La Liga have said that four offensive chants on Barcelona defender Gerrard Pique had been heard during their game against Espanyol. The fans at Espanyol were heard chanting offensive words to the Spanish defender. Four separate offensive chants are said to have been heard a combined 14 times during the two sides’ La Liga clash recently. Barcelona defender Gerard Pique was subjected to offensive chants in the club’s Catalan derby against Espanyol, La Liga has said. Follow InsideSport.IN for the latest sports news and updates.
Barcelona Latest News: ‘Pique, you b**tard, Shakira has cheated on you & you’re a f****t’ chanted by Espanyol fans to be denounced by La Liga
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Barcelona Latest News: Offensive chants on Pique during Barca vs Espanyol
According to Goal News, the Spanish top flight filed a weekly report to the Royal Spanish Football Federation’s (RFEF) Competition Committee and Anti-Violence Commission in the wake of the incident. In said report, three separate offensive chants are said to have been sung (14 times in total) with Pique and his wife, popstar Shakira having been specifically targeted on four occasions.
What were the chants?
During the match, the report states Espanyol fans sang: “Pique, you b*stard, Shakira has a d*ck. Your son is Wakaso’s and you are a f****t.”
The ‘Wakaso’ reference is likely to be Ghana striker Mubarak Wakaso, who represented Espanyol in the 2012-13 season.
The other chants included a section of Espanyol fans singing: “Barca b*tch, Barca b*tch”, “Wh*re Barca, f*cking Barca” and “I hate the culers”, each repeated multiple times.
Why was Pique targeted?
Pique was shown a red card in the Catalan derby after tangling with Nico Melamed, who was also given his marching orders, but the centre-back has had a poor relationship with Espanyol fans for some time.
Back in 2016, the 35-year-old, in Barca’s second meeting with their Catalan rivals in 10 days, made fun of his opponents for failing to fill their stadium. “They call themselves the ‘marvellous minority’,” he said. “And they’re in such a minority that they can’t even fill their ground.”
Barcelona Latest News: ‘Pique, you b**tard, Shakira has cheated on you & you’re a f****t’ chanted by Espanyol fans to be denounced by La Liga
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