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Carded Costa for abusing my mother, says referee Gil Manzano

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Carded Costa for abusing my mother, says referee Gil Manzano

Referee Gil Manzano, who was in charge of the match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, has revealed the reason for him sending Diego Costa off the pitch.

The Spanish striker was sent off after he went into an altercation with the referee.

Referee Gil Manzano, who was in charge of the match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, has said that he sent Diego Costa off the pitch after the Spaniard abused his mother during an altercation between the two over a foul conceded by the striker. Costa is known to be one of the most hot-headed players in European football and he proved that he has not changed one bit on the other night as he left the pitch, reducing his side to ten men, letting Barcelona take advantage and win the match by 2-0.

Atleti manager Diego Simeone, however, has said that the Barcelona players got away after doing making similar comments to the referee. He said, “I asked the referee if what he said was so bad because we have seen Barca players do the same thing, saying things right in the referee’s face and they did not get sent off, they got away with it.”

He added, “If Costa really said what the referee claims he did, then he was correctly sent off, but we must be doing something wrong as we have had seven players sent off in 11 games.”

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