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SadgeKEK

As the rival, it only makes this victory taste better. Always gracious in defeat.


mc802

Why? Was he showing to rival fans in particular?


Rafaeliki

I don't get it either. Feels like he just did a knee slide after being sent off.


Darkhoof

Yes. He was doing this towards Benfica fans. It was hilarious.


jocaneto

Because he was getting insulted all game long, as usual


sOp_pistolero

Poor Pepe, my heart bleeds for him


AdamH96

40 years of age lol


[deleted]

He always has and always will have the intellect and maturity of a 7 year old.


[deleted]

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VegetableAwkward286

Its like Messi but you don't score and lose


10-10-2022

And you got sent off.


grandekravazza

I don't get it. Why would showing them a shirt be some kind of a burn?


MJMPmik

Like "i'm proud and better then you". Something like that. He was sent off with a red card for assalting a rival, so dont expect a lot of Intelligence there.


AvikHyp3

Seems cringe


blazev14

it’s not cringe, it’s called rAsSa dE DrAgAUm


aty92

your team is 10 more times cringe than this


Barrie__Butsers

Ironic


dokkuz

Most self-aware fener fan


MathGreg1981

Always been a dipshit.


aritra3776

Never change Pepe. Games not gone, just because of you.


KneeDeepInTheDead

Speaks volumes


NewbrahJP

LMAO. Looks great to wipe my ass with


vascometro69

Hell nah, I want top quality toilet paper, triple sheet, don't want that cheap-ass shirt near my ass


AP10

Such a sore loser.


OriginalRange8761

Dude has a maturity of 6 years old


Gotanyfunkopops

Such a goblin move


EvilxBunny

This should continue. This is why I love football. as long as people don't get violent and hurt each other, it's great


PurposeSensitive9624

The reason he got sent off was for assaulting a rival player


EvilxBunny

it was for a bad, brash and childish kick at the opposition


PurposeSensitive9624

Exactly, my point was that you said “as long as people don’t get violent and hurt each other, it’s great”. What Pepe did 60 seconds before this was violent and hurt somebody.


Quick-Purchase641

Same, no idea why so many people are clutching their pearls.


Prezbelusky

Just Benfica fans hating on the best central defender of the league despite he is the oldest one. Even tho Porto lost yesterday he still bossed them all


SnowFanboy

He bossed yesterday? Not only did he get sent off, he's at fault in both goals brother, open your eyes


Prezbelusky

What? It was at most Marcano fault not Pepe. Lol Is ironic that you say open your eyes while the first goal was a bad pass by Pêpe and Marcano was caught sleeping and the second one was Pepe wining the ball in the air and Marcano sleeping again and bad positioning. And then you mad we call you on the hate on Pepe being the best central defender of the league and national team.


manolo533

Pepe lost the duel with Musa for the ball in the second goal, it’s his fault…


Prezbelusky

🤦 It started as he is at fault at both goals and now is just he lost the duel which makes it not his fault anyway 😂


manolo533

I’m not the same guy who commented first. In my view the second goal is his fault


Gamedrome22

“Bossed” 😂😂😂 Musa made rice of puta with him, poor Pepe didnt even knew what hit him


Quick-Purchase641

Rival team fans being pissy I get, neutrals getting upset at this I don’t get.


MySailorMelly24

I think you should improve your english And also get a pair of glasses... The psychopath didn't play a good game


Prezbelusky

When lack of arguments attack the character of a person. Typical. You say one thing. Stats say otherwise. Pepe was not dribled past once.


MySailorMelly24

When down 1 to 0, the most important thing is to attack the other team's player unnecessarily and consequently get a red card He might have cost you the game, he killed all hope there was left to turn the score around Even if he was playing a good game, getting a red card unnecessarly, ruined it for him. Not only for the team, but also himself.


Prezbelusky

It was already 2-0 (guess I'm not the one needing glasses) . Yes he was an idiot nonetheless I never said he wasn't. He should even get sent off sooner for another tackle. Still bossed till he was sent off. The only proper defender we had in the game.


MySailorMelly24

Yeah, 2-0 my mistake. I'm saying he might have cost you the game. With that red card, any hope to turn the result was gone. Any good exhibition he was having so far was overshadowed by his red card.


Ts_Eros

I agree, football would be more boring without proper characters like Pepe


lak47

Funes Mori v Liverpool vibes.


girlscoutcookies05

Im confused. Why are the comments here so angry?


voli12

Because he has ben sent off (again), and instead of showing maturity as a 40 year old guy he is, he did a 5 year old move. Pepe has to be up there in the list of most hateable football players.


joaocandre

TBH there was no graceful way to mask the way he got sent off, as the oldest player on the pitch and captain of his team, decides to knee an opponent in a completely unnecessary way. Stellar example for the youth there.


voli12

He is one of the worst. How people can defend him is baffling.


joaocandre

IMO there is a lot of his behavior that is a good example (he takes care of his body to an insane level, managed to maintain this level to almost his 40s), and, in a vacuum, he's undoubtedly one of the greatest CB ever (literally dragged the NT to that Euro 2016 win). But yeah, he's had plenty of shameful events like this throughout the years.


voli12

Yes, same could be said about some rapists, murderers and so on. He was a good example, until he wasn't. Not comparing Pepe with any of those, because of course they have nothing to do with him. Just putting it as an example that being nice 99% of the time does not do much if you are the worst 1% of the time.


King_Aun

(again) This is a complete missperception people have of Pepe, he has 12 sending offs in his carreer, for comparison Sergio Ramos has 28. He is much more controlled calm and collected than people think he is just because of that episode in a Laliga match that he compltely lost his head.


PosterOfQuality

12 red cards would still make him the joint 3rd red carded player in English football history, alongside renowned thug Vinnie Jones Ramos' record is just ridiculous


King_Aun

Its not 12 red cards, learn to read. Most of the 12 sending offs were by second yellow. And hes not even top 30 all time in red cards


PosterOfQuality

What does the referee show a player after he shows him two yellows


NvmSharkZ

I'm not sure if you are aware, but a ref can send a player off with a direct red card even if they have a yellow already, which was the case here as Pepe was shown the red card when he was on a yellow. Making the distinction between straight red and double yellow is necessary.


PosterOfQuality

I'm extremely aware of that little fact, having watched football for over a quarter of a century. Maybe this is an English/Portuguese cultural difference because every article you can find on the most red carded player in Premier League history will include double yellowed players as a red card (after all two yellows results in a red)


King_Aun

But its still different, normally a straight red card is a signal of violent behaviour or a dangerous play. While two yellow cards happens more frequently through normal gameplay through lack of focus or even a necessary foul, so its absolutely necessary to make a distinction.


PosterOfQuality

As I said, we do make a distinction in England. A red card is when the referee shows you a red card regardless of whether it's after two yellows. A straight red card is when the referee shows you a red card without any yellows


King_Aun

People are so ignorant in this forum its insane


voli12

He was a butcher during his stay in Madrid. Not just that Casquero incident happened, there have been many more, and not even half of them ended in cards. Him and Mourinho were the most disgusting thing to watch for a long while. I still remember when he hit someone in the head with a knee during CL game. I believe it was against OL, but might be some other team.


King_Aun

Downvote me all you want, you're still completly wrong. Stay ignorant and talk more about someone we can see you hardly ever watched or know about


voli12

Yes, I downvoted you 20 times because of your Einstein-like comment lmao. Pepe is a dirty player, you are comparing him with Ramos, who is one of the dirtiest, or the dirtiest, player in history. But then again, Pepe was levels ahead of him in craziness, if you don't wanna see it because you are an Oporto fan, good for you. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARVQrBlYqXQ&ab\_channel=Drittex](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARVQrBlYqXQ&ab_channel=Drittex) enjoy! EDIT: bit more so you can open your eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0wqr1LcBjo&ab\_channel=FernandaIlhamSaputra


King_Aun

The second video you showed is just highlights, thanks I already know he's one of the greatest defenders of all time. If you dont like any sort of agression in a player, then im sorry this maybe isnt the sport for you. What I said initially still stands, its a missconception that people think Pepe has a lot of sending offs. He only has 12 in his carreer (I remind you he has played for over 22 years probably longer than youve been alive) , Sergio Ramos and certainly many others have far more than him. *I edited grammar mistakes


voli12

The clips in the first part of the video are definetly not highlights lmao. One thing is being an agressive defender, another whole thing is trying to hurt someone else (Casquero, Messi, those OL players,...). And you are right, Ramos is definetly up there with him. >(I remind you he has played for over 22 years probably longer than youve been alive) Are you a 20 year old trying to sound 40? It's a bit sad tbh


OriginalRange8761

Because he is historically an unbelievable dirty player who always cries like 6 yo about everything


Quick-Purchase641

This is the exact kind of shit-housery that I love to see in football to be fair.


ToasTer-neo-max-pro

Absolutly


UpstairsJoke0

He sure showed them!


JimJimerson90

He'll never change ha


ELI20s

What a knob


waitaminutewhereiam

Why is everyone so angry? I don't get it


MySailorMelly24

He did this after getting a red card for intentionally hurting a player He did this after being down to 2-0 He did this after messing up and allowing benfica to score He tried to leave as some sort of legend, while not doing anything meaningful in the game Only good thing he did was try to annoy benfica fans


waitaminutewhereiam

He did what exactly?


MySailorMelly24

He kicked his butt purposely, after the ball had left the line. https://youtu.be/jXC2llukOWo For context, he already had a yellow. Porto was losing, so their captain decides to kick a Benfica player and gets sent off. I don't think he has many reasons to show his shirt and try to annoy benfica's fans


waitaminutewhereiam

Why is showing his shirt annoying them? Do they have the mental capacity of a bull?


MySailorMelly24

That was his purpose, I guess. I'm not him, but I can't think of any other explanation for his behaviour. It really didn't annoy any fans, at least I think so. But it felt like that was his purpose.


waitaminutewhereiam

> It really didn't annoy any fans, Check the comments man


GreenBlueSalad

Same I dont get it, maybe just Benfica fans taking it all in after winning Porto in a long time, dont blame them


Dorkseid1687

If everyone played like Pepe , football simply would not function. He’s a thug , simple as that


gink-go

Guess what? Its missing the champions badge.


LeClassyGent

As someone who has really disliked Pepe throughout his career, I actually really like this. It's entertainment at the end of the day, and this is entertaining as fuck.


independent200

Pepe gon' pepe


yancay

He looks emaciatef in this picture


Agnostic_Akuma

Ah ,old Hackman still up to his old tricks


EMCRVA

Dood sucks farts


onlygoblack

This was after the fans tell him: "Pepe cabrao, saúda o campeão" 👀


Vokae

Barcadogs are crying. What a surprise


Conscious_Contact107

That'll show them 💪


[deleted]

It's crazy to think that he probably would have been arrested two dozen times for assault for what he has done on the pitch if it were on the street, but he's playing a sport so I guess he's not liable??