Guardiola proud of 9-man Barcelona after Getafe win
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola refused to criticise the match officials after two of his players were sent off for their defeat of Getafe.
Barca had Gerard Pique sent off halfway through the first half and were reduced to nine men deep into stoppage-time, when Rafael Marquez saw red for bringing down Kepa Blanco, which led to the award of a penalty for the visitors.
Guardiola said criticism of referees is pointless.
"We shouldn't always doubt the referees - we need to enjoy this wonderful league and spend less time talking about referees," he said.
Guardiola refused to discuss any of the decisions, but said referees can be expected to make mistakes.
"It's not worth talking about it - they make mistakes and get things right like everybody else," he added.
The former Barca captain praised his side's ability to win in adverse circumstances.
"I am very proud," he said. "Getafe are the worst team to play against with 10 men, but we took a step forward and my players behaved marvellously.
"It is one of the best days we have had, one of the games with most merit."
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Results & Fixtures
Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Feb 18th | |||
| Getafe | Espanyol | - | 17:00 |
| Real Madrid | Racing Santander | - | 19:00 |
| Sevilla | Osasuna | - | 21:00 |
| Real Zaragoza | Real Betis | - | 23:00 |
| Sporting Gijón | Atlético Madrid | - | 23:00 |
| Levante | Rayo Vallecano | - | 23:00 |
| Granada | Real Sociedad | - | 23:00 |
| Barcelona | Valencia | - | 23:00 |
| Athletic Club | Málaga | - | 23:00 |
| Sun Feb 19th | |||
| Getafe | Espanyol | - | 00:00 |
| Real Madrid | Racing Santander | - | 00:00 |
| Sevilla | Osasuna | - | 00:00 |
| Real Zaragoza | Real Betis | - | 00:00 |
| Granada | Real Sociedad | - | 11:00 |
| Athletic Club | Málaga | - | 15:00 |
| Sporting Gijón | Atlético Madrid | - | 17:00 |
| Mallorca | Villarreal | - | 17:00 |
| Levante | Rayo Vallecano | - | 18:45 |
| Barcelona | Valencia | - | 20:30 |
| Mon Feb 20th | |||
| Real Zaragoza | Real Betis | - | 20:00 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 58 |
| Barcelona | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 48 |
| Valencia | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 40 |
| Levante | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 32 |
| Espanyol | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 32 |
| Atletico Madrid | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 |
| Malaga | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 31 |
| Osasuna | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | -9 | 31 |
| Athletic Club | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 30 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 28 |
| Real Sociedad | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 27 |
| Getafe | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 27 |
| Sevilla | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 26 |
| Real Betis | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 26 |
| Villarreal | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 26 |
| Mallorca | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 25 |
| Granada | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -14 | 25 |
| Racing Santander | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | -8 | 23 |
| Sporting Gijon | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -23 | 19 |
| Real Zaragoza | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -20 | 15 |
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Comments (6)
Yeah man, Barca cheats all the way. Remember how they won the champions league using hands & fouls?
Barca are big cheaters. They bought Getafe to win the match and make look that refrees are not biased.
haha the biased madrid refs and papers still cant beat barca ha madrid still playin there dirty politics once a franco club always a franco club madrid cabron saluda triplete campeones, it hurts dont it that catalan barca are the FIRST EVER spanish club to win the treble and complete the triplet hahaha, barca the best club in the world at this moment and florentino and madrid papers an refs are violently jealous!!!
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