Carvalho, on Pepe's aggressiveness: “Inside the field he transforms”

Ricardo Carvalho and Pepe know each other wonderfully. Both of them formed a pair in the center of the defense of Real Madrid and the Portuguese team. The intensity of the two defenders was remarkable, and Carvalho spoke precisely about that issue. Football player gave an interview to the magazine 'FourFourTwo' Y He acknowledged that the Porto center-back “transforms” when he is on the field.

“I think he needs aggressiveness to be the great player that he is. Deep down, we all need that will that he has in the field and then, if he crosses the line or not, let the people judge. Outside the field, Pepe is a calm person, who does not speak much. In the field he transforms, because it is part of his identity. We are so focused during the matches that we can cross the line, but that does not mean it is on purpose, “said Carvalho, European champion with Portugal in 2016.

Pepe has always had a reputation for being tough. His most serious expulsion was on April 21, 2009. It happened in a Real Madrid-Getafe, corresponding to the league championship. In that meeting committed a penalty and knocked down and attacked the player Javier Casquero. In the heat of the discussion that followed that situation, he also attacked the Uruguayan Juan Ángel Albín with a slap in the face and was sanctioned with 10 games of suspension for all this.

Still, he is not one of the most reprimanded. Between the seasons 2009-10 and 2016-17 (last disputed with a Spanish club) has participated in a total of 331 official matches between the Portuguese team and Real Madrid, receiving only 4 red cards (one every 171 games) and 79 yellow (one every 4.2 games).