“I shit on your fucking mother” or “I shit on my fucking mother” … there is a wide difference between the two phrases. The first is the one you heard Gil Manzano from the mouth of Diego Costa at Camp Nou
and for which he showed him the red one; the second is the one defended by both the player and the Atlético de Madrid the Lagarto striker said. Be that as it may, the result was the expulsion after 30 minutes of the game and eight penalty games. There was no recourse that was worth it. That ended last season's Lizard who returned to the team after a long period of injury, and incidentally ended the aspirations of the rojiblanco team to win the League.
In fact, it has been the biggest sanction suffered by the '19' mattress throughout his career. Because despite having a reputation as a player with character, it was the third time that he saw a red cardboard defending the shield of the bear and the strawberry tree. It had been ten years since the committee put such a harsh sanction, the last time was in 2009 when Pepe he penalized Casquero and kicked him when he was on the ground.
This Tuesday he returns, and returns in one of his best moments since he last returned to the Atlético de Madrid. Confinement has done a thousand wonders for a Diego Costa who has taken advantage to do a ‘mini preseason’ and lead the team in this final stretch. Two goals and one that was taken by the referee against Levante is his balance in the five games since the restart.
In fact, the Lizard He seems fully recovered from the physical problems that prevented him from being with the rest of his teammates in training prior to the match against him. Alaves. The player was in doubt and the Cholo Simeone He preferred that he wait his opportunity from the bench to give him rest. Morata He took his place but ended up giving him his place after the rojiblancos were unable to open the scoring against a team from Vitoria full of substitutes. This Sunday he has trained at the same rate as his teammates.
His first time
Without a doubt that Lizard He will have extra motivation to take revenge on what happened last season. This time the match will not have the same meaning because both teams fight for very different interests, ten points separate them. Remember that last season, the pupils of the Cholo They had options to fight for the league title if they won in Barcelona. He Barcelona He wants to speed up his options for the League and the mattress makers ensure the Champions League.
Another motivation for the Brazilian Hispanic is that he has never marked Barcelona in the Camp Nou playing with him Atlético de Madrid. So it is one of the fields that resists him throughout his career. Of course, last season he managed to score a bit in the Metropolitan. A bit that he was about to suppose the three points if not because Dembelé He matched the encounter in injury time.