Gary Lineker and Micah Richards have hit out at Antonio Rudiger’s habits as Real Madrid squandered the Copa del Rey last 3-2 to Barcelona on Saturday.
Jules Kounde racked upward a considerable added-time winner to send the Barcelona players, group and adherents apt into raptures on 116 minutes, vacating Real Madrid terribly tiny time to reply.
Pedri opened upward the racking upward on 28 minutes before desires from Kylian Mbappe and Aurelien Tchouameni revolved the match on its head via 13 minutes to fiascoes around.
Ferran Torres juggled to equalise via six minutes to added in edict to filch the video game to added time before Kounde’s vibrant winner firing upward amenable to doubt scenes from Real Madrid players in the enacting away moments.
Rudiger, Lucas Vazquez and Jude Bellingham were all reflected unprejudiced red cards by referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea as Real Madrid’s players squandered their heads in the closing phases.
Rudiger’s sending off was by much the most horrendous via the previous Chelsea centre-ago launching ice cubes in the instruction of the refereee while being gripped ago by multiple group-pals.
Former England and Barcelona striker Lineker was staggered by Real Madrid’s disposition during the match, branding Rudiger and the nightclub “humiliating” in the last.
Lineker claimed on The Rest Is Football podcast: “The Copa del Rey was an illustrious video game! It was fraught via creativity, it was a fracturing video game and then it all went a tiny t*** upward for Real Madrid.
“I reckon they’ve squandered their subconscious a tiny tiny offered that they’re struggling. It’s a tiny degrading, a tiny humiliating for the nightclub.
“We saw the things via Vinicius as soon as Rodri won the Ballon d’Or, it did not have a tiny of elegance. And they squandered their heads seamlessly in this video game.
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“Antonio Rudiger got a red card and was throwing ice cubes or something at the referee. Real Madrid are more detailed than that.
“Every individual has moments but they telephone call for to have a tiny word via themselves. It’s testing as soon as you’re so sold to winning, resolving loss is not always easy.”
Speaking around Rudiger’s touchline habits during the closing moments, Richards included: “It’s humiliating. That’s humiliating.
“Real Madrid are a top nightclub and they have inducements. They’re winners but you can’t mien like that.”
Rudiger is difficult a considerable stoppage after his deeds and launched an apology in the results of the squashing loss, he claimed: “There’s most distinctly zero condone for my habits last evening. I’m terribly sorry for that. We tinkered a terribly nice video game from the 2nd fifty percent on.
“After 11 minutes I was unable to help my group any kind of longer and before the last whistle I did a misstep.
“Sorry over again to the referee and to everybody I have unsatisfied last evening.”
