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Madrid's "Real" favorable newspapers in the Spanish capital have paid great attention to Barcelona defender Gerardo Pique receiving a yellow card in the match against Rayo Vallecano.
At the end of the match, the defender was warned for so-called "time-wasting". This was the fifth yellow card for the Catalan, which automatically means that the football player must miss one game due to forced disqualification.
G. Pique will not be able to play in the match against Levante from Valencia, but will be "clean" for the El Clasico clash with Real Madrid.
The referee of the match between Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano, Miguel Angel Perez Lasa, noted in the protocol that Gerardo Pique's yellow card was given for time wasting. Madrid's favorable newspapers started demanding that the League's management start applying rule 112 paragraph 3, which states that a player can be punished with an additional one-game suspension and a 600 euro fine for such actions.
Newspapers in Catalonia reminded their colleagues in the Spanish capital of the "double standards" being applied.
According to publications, Madrid newspapers, by escalating the topic of G. Pique's warning, "suddenly forget" that Real Madrid's defender Xabi Alonso also received his fifth yellow card in the match against Atletico. In the game against Real Sociedad, he will have to sit out due to a possible "forced" suspension, but in the match against Barcelona, Xabi Alonso will step onto the field without any warnings.
Another point of discussion is the yellow card received by Levante defender Jose Javier Barkero in the match against Sporting Gijon. One of Valencia team's key players played with his hand and was cautioned. It was the fifth yellow card for the Spaniard and he will not be able to play in the match against Barcelona.
The Competition Committee should announce its decision on the imposed disqualifications on Friday.
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