The details of a heated exchange to have played out during Barcelona’s meeting with Celta Vigo on Saturday have today been revealed.
The interaction took place between Iago Aspas and Gerard Martín, on the stroke of the interval.
After the latter was responsible for a challenge from behind on frontman Aspas, the Celta frontman leapt to his feet, furious with both Martín, and referee César Soto Grado.
With the Barcelona defender already on a yellow card, Aspas was desperate to see Martín hit with a 2nd booking, and ensuing red.
In truth, the Blaugrana star was very lucky to get off without as much…
But the extent of Aspas’ anger was nevertheless a touch over the top.
As picked up on by the DAZN cameras in attendance at Balaídos, the hosts’ captain got directly in Martín’s face, before screaming that the left-back was set to be hooked by manager Hansi Flick:
“You stepped on me. He saw it and he’s going to change you!”
After Martín assured that the challenge was “just a little mistake”, Aspas continued to shout aggressively “you stepped on me! You stepped on me!”
Conor Laird – GSFN
