{"id":1082672,"date":"2019-04-07T13:42:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T12:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1082672"},"modified":"2019-04-07T13:48:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T12:48:14","slug":"diego-costa-red-card-barcelona-referee","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/diego-costa-red-card-barcelona-referee\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: Why Diego Costa was sent off against Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano has explained why he sent off Diego Costa in Atletico Madrid&#8217;s game against Barcelona on Saturday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Costa was shown a straight red card after 28 minutes in La Liga match at the Nou Camp, which Atletico Madrid went on to lose 2-0 thanks to late goals from Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why was Diego Costa sent off against Barcelona? Four key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Costa was sent off after 28 minutes of Atletico Madrid&#8217;s La Liga match with Barcelona.<\/li>\n<li>The Spaniard was remonstrating with referee Manzano over a challenge made by Arthur.<\/li>\n<li>But Manzano took exception to what was said and showed Costa a straight red card.<\/li>\n<li>In his post-match report, Manzano has revealed Costa verbally abused him by uttering obscene language.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7219341-liverpool-have-the-best-full-back-pairing-in-europe<\/p>\n<p>The incident came after Diego Costa expressed his unhappiness with a challenge made on him by Arthur, leading to a confrontation with the referee &#8211; who initially appeared to be reaching for a yellow card for dissent.<\/p>\n<p>However, as he has done on several occasions in the past, Costa talked himself into a straight red &#8211; leaving many to speculate what was actually said by the striker.<\/p>\n<p>And Manzano has now revealed what led to Costa&#8217;s dismissal via his post-match report, which was released to the media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/frac1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#frac1<\/a> | ? Aix\u00ed reflecteix Gil Manzano a l&#39;acta els insults de Diego Costa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yGKbozKGYK\">pic.twitter.com\/yGKbozKGYK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; El Bar\u00e7a juga a RAC1 (@FCBRAC1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBRAC1\/status\/1114640121494691841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It said: &#8220;In the 28th minute the player (19) Da Silva Costa, Diego was sent off for the following reason: To address me in a loud voice, in the following terms: &#8216;I s*** on your w**** mother! I s*** on your w**** mother!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once expelled, even on the field of play, he grabbed me on separate occasions by the arm with the purpose of preventing me from showing the admonitions to both team-mates 24 (Jose Gimenez) and 2 (Diego Godin), respectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport-english.com\/en\/news\/diego-costa-set-for-ban-between-four-and-eight-games-7394863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>, Costa could be set to miss between four and eight games as a result of his sending off, potentially ruling him out for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>For their own protests, and despite Costa&#8217;s best efforts, Gimenez and Godin were booked. But the Atletico defence were able to cope with their numerical disadvantage until the 85th minute when Suarez opened the scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona&#8217;s win has seen them open up an 11-point lead over Atletico at the top of La Liga with seven games left to play.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eld87yQF3QM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Simeone: Costa denies abusing referee<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Despite Atletico losing further ground in the race for La Liga title, manager Diego Simeone was left to answer questions over yet another controversial Costa moment.<\/p>\n<p>And while the Argentinian revealed Costa&#8217;s denial of saying the statement reported by the referee, Simeone believes his forward was rightly punished if the referee&#8217;s interpretation was true.<\/p>\n<p>He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/spanish-football\/2019\/04\/07\/5ca9212ee5fdead16d8b4582.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporters<\/a>: &#8220;I asked the referee and he told me something that Costa tells me he hasn&#8217;t said. Other players have said things and aren&#8217;t sent off, but that doesn&#8217;t justify Diego.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the referee interprets there was an insult, then it&#8217;s a justified red card. But it&#8217;s not always the same, it&#8217;s not always the same.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They sent off [Fernando] Torres [in 2015\/16], they sent off Torres&#8230; an icon! After that, anyone can be sent off.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano has explained why he sent off Diego Costa in Atletico Madrid&#8217;s game against Barcelona on Saturday night. 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