Arya News - Barcelona wrapped up their 28th La Liga title with a 2-0 victory over Espanyol in the Catalan derby on Thursday, which is the second time in three seasons that they have achieved the feat in the home ...
Gonzalez also spoke on the match itself, expressing his belief that Espanyol were unfortunate to be defeated by their city rivals.
“I think the result was not fair. We knew what game we were going to meet. We had very clear situations, we attacked very well. If we had taken the lead in the first half, the game would have changed a lot”
Gonzalez fumes at red card decision, reveals Lamine Yamal conversation
One of the big talking points of the game was Leandro Cabrera’s late red card for lashing out at Lamine Yamal. Gonzalez gave his thoughts on the matter, and also revealed what he said to the Barcelona superstar following the incident.
“We’re ruining football. He has no strength to injure anyone or hurt them. The logical thing would be for it to be a match. To fall to the ground like this, you have to do it well. We already know that the subject of theatre is well handled there, not now, for years. It is an avoidable action, but neither to fall to the ground, nor of expulsion or aggression.
“I told him that he had jumped, nothing more, and to stop throwing himself and provoking.”