October 31, 2015. FC Barcelona and Getafe meet at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum. Real Madrid beat Las Palmas a few hours ago 3-1 and the Catalans wanted to continue in their wake by imposing themselves in the south of Madrid so as not to lose a jump in LaLiga two days after El Clásico. Luis Enrique's men won 0-2 with goals from Neymar and Luis Suárez, both beautifully made, in a match that is most remembered for what happened when Martínez Munuera whistled the final.
The terrifying Halloween party began after the victory in the Barcelona dressing room. After the game, several players began to dress up as different horror characters in the visiting dressing room before leaving for the mixed zone on their way to the bus to make fun, but everything got complicated when they got the wrong door.
Piqué as 'Leatherface', Jordi Alba as 'Shrek', Bartra from 'Werewolf', Rakitic from 'Frankenstein', Luis Suárez in the role of 'Batman' and Claudio Bravo characterized as a monster entered, unintentionally, into a crowded room of the Coliseum press in which Juan Rodríguez was appearing at that time. The midfielder was trying to finish his sentence when the screams began and the Culés footballers appeared. Suddenly, they were in the middle of the cameras and aware of their mistake they tried to get out as soon as possible. All the spotlights turned towards them while the then blue man resigned himself without believing what he was seeing. “What characters,” he said into the microphone, which was still open.
From the press room they reached the outskirts of the Azulón stadium, where they were trapped in a path cut by a fence and the group divided. Piqué, agile even after playing the full match, jumped the aforementioned fence quite high. Bartra also tried, but without success. The rest took another path. That of the Catalan center-back was the most tortuous since it was fully met by a multitude of fans who waited at the exit and recorded with their mobiles as well as with television cameras. All after circumventing the security of the azulón club, which stopped him after seeing him jump. Once he identified himself, they let him go on his way and he managed to return. Jordi Alba or Luis Suárez also ran into fans. Others like Dani Alves, dressed as a prisoner, if they took the right path and Munir, dressed as a zombie pirate, even stopped to sign autographs.
The mischief was documented by the club's official media. The photographer followed them as seen in the television pieces of that day and there is even a video that follows on his YouTube channel (FC Barcelona players celebrate Halloween after beating Getafe) in which they can be seen on their arrival in Barcelona getting off the plane discovering that there were more monsters than those who went out for a walk like Adriano or Neymar, with little prominence in this mischief, who opted for a vampire suit. In addition, the photos in the visiting dressing room, the plane or the airport bus were appearing on the Twitter accounts of different players from the Barça squad.
The Getafe players expressed their discomfort publicly and Barcelona their apologies through an official statement and also from their captain, Iniesta, who called Pedro León. “We accept the apologies,” said the Murcian in the press room, after unveiling the call from Fuentealbilla.
The controversy grew when the images of the costumes appeared in the press. AS published several images the following Tuesday of the toilets filled with fake blood. More images of the entire wardrobe appeared in different media where more dirt, costume wrappers, etc ….
“They dirty the changing room with sprays and it will be difficult for us to fix it. They left all the dressing room …, although that is washed and removed. I was about to send a letter to the president of Barcelona but after the apologies I have broken them, because the club is not to blame. Skipping control and forcing into the press room was a lack of respect, “said Ángel Torres, president of the club, contravening the Barça players. He also put the focus on Piqué. “Then they will say that if they whistle him, but he does not collaborate. The first defeat they have, if they lose the Classic, they will say that they remove the mask,” added the president. The Catalan central replied promising some more mischief. “Next year we will dress up again. We already know that Ángel Torres is merengue and one day he wants to be president of Real Madrid “ He said in the preview of a Classic that, he said, “made him horny.” “There are people who screw him that we win and win having a good time,” said the central defender.
From the Blaugrana dressing room several voices came out and the coach also spoke jokingly about what happened. “In my time there was no Halloween, in any case there was carnival, but it would be good for you to dress up from time to time,” Luis Enrique answered to those present.
The controversy came from October to March. Ángel Torres decided not to go to the executive lunch when the second leg was played in Barcelona after what happened. “Barça disrespected us. I think Piqué misbehaved; everything that happened in the dressing room on Halloween was done by Barça. They got out of hand. I am going to defend my club, I am not going to let them trample it, no matter how big Barcelona is, “he assured in El Larguero de la Cadena SER. A most controversial trick or treat in the south of Madrid that already fulfills a five-year period.