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Guardiola rubbishes Ibrahimovic claims

SoccerNews in English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A 4 Apr 2012

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Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has hit back at AC Milan foward Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s claims of referee bias towards the Catalan giants.

Barca were awarded two spot-kicks during their 3-1 second-leg victory over Milan at Camp Nou on Tuesday, a result which sealed their progress into the semi-finals of the competition.

Ibrahimovic suggested afterwards that football governing body UEFA were assisting Barcelona to qualify, before adding that he understands the frustration of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho in regards to refereeing decisions that seemingly favour Barca.

Guardiola was not impressed with the Swede’s comments, and urged Ibrahimovic to do his talking on the pitch instead.

“Mr. Ibrahimovic can say what he likes. Now he is making friends with Mourinho,” Guardiola told reporters.

“But on the pitch, in the moment of truth, is where he has to speak. They were both penalties.”

“If Mr. Ibrahimovic or Mourinho think we don’t deserve our qualification and that we are winning thanks to referees, I’ll say to them that we are going to play a semi-final for the fifth time in a row. And that actually means something.”

Barcelona will meet either Chelsea or Benfica in the last four of the Champions League.

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  • darlington

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    y cnt peaple say a simple truth… Barcelona’s are world champions

  • Austin

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    Who cares about barca or madrid i no yall see whos is the Champions league final CHELSEA!!!!!Blues for life!!!

  • Jazza

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    Real Madrid kick Barca bad ass…hahaha…Catalan sucks…!

  • Jez

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    Barcelona is diving capital of the world. They are taught well and reap the benefits.

  • peter

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    I appreciate morihno an Ibra but I also understand their obsession with barca and messi as a whole.Barca are more displined and responsible in every section compared to any other team.Morinho and ronaldo are obsessed with Guardioala and Messi repsectively.The composure barca have as a team intimidate everyone who is chasing a glory.Everywhere you can FIND ENEMY OF YOUR ENEMY IS YOUR FRIEND psyche.They all come with big hoe that this time we gonna finish Barca ,but they forget to realize that those patched holes are ant the only one.Smart barca players stand up and send them back to patch up new holes..Morihno is afraid to get out of sapin without what he did in Italy.

  • cmk bacer

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    let chelsea say there mind cus iz unfurtunate they wnt get 2 d finals.as 4 ac luv yall cus u can comfess lol

  • futbol guru

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    JOSE IS THE WORST LOOSER OF ALL TIMES, IGNORANCE AND ILL TEMPERED, THATS NOT FOOTBALL MAN…. AS FOR RONALDO, HE DIVES TOO MUCH, COMPLAINS COMPLAINS AND HONESTLY I LIKE HIS SPEED BUT HE HAS TO GROW UP MAN

  • gerald mosh

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    sho @ Danny pat, @xavia, why would referees choose the Catalan giants over other teams, AC is 1 of the big teams of all times, u no what, the style of soccers we barca play reviels the aggressiveness these other teams have, the likes os AC though.Guys makes peaz if it, Catalans is the great team of the decade.

  • Danny pat

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    @xavia, its not dat barca are getting favours from referee but it the way barcelona plays that couse it, they play accoding to soccer rule and it like playing a chess game, barca are very good in using the partern of knite which is the most tricky and deadliest of all piecies…They alway have a way for alternative way to put ur king on chek just to keep u of balance wich is a good spergt of sportmanship…And if u mid more of my explanations meat me on facebook_user name :facebook.Com/xpozi1

  • Xavier

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    As for Amaka and Ola….u 2 shld always get some facts right, Barca are the best team and no one is arguing with u gus but simplky put, some or most refrees actually do favour Barca when they play against any team as seen in 2009 semi-final clash against chelsea where they were 2 calls for penalty. Jose for me is d best coach becos he has won the UEFA cup with two teams within his first two seasons….a feat Pep can never achieve and as for Messi…he is the greater of Ronaldo but I wld still say ronaldo has impacted in two different leagues but Messi in 1. Why do Barca fans always get angry when this is brought up??? Grow up!!

  • OLA

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    whethere two of them like it or not , we reach semi final. MOURINHO his afraid of Barcelona, he don’t want to meet Barcelona in the final. let us see it, UP BARCA.

  • AMAKA

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    MOURINHO AND IBRAHIMOVIC ARE BAAAAAAAAD LOOSERS

  • AMAKA

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    MOURINHO AND IBRAHIMOVIC ARE BAAAAAAAAD LOOSERS

  • OLA

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    whethere two of them like it or not , we reach semi final. MOURINHO his afraid of Barcelona, he don’t want to meet Barcelona in the final. let us see it, UP BARCA.

  • Xavier

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    As for Amaka and Ola….u 2 shld always get some facts right, Barca are the best team and no one is arguing with u gus but simplky put, some or most refrees actually do favour Barca when they play against any team as seen in 2009 semi-final clash against chelsea where they were 2 calls for penalty. Jose for me is d best coach becos he has won the UEFA cup with two teams within his first two seasons….a feat Pep can never achieve and as for Messi…he is the greater of Ronaldo but I wld still say ronaldo has impacted in two different leagues but Messi in 1. Why do Barca fans always get angry when this is brought up??? Grow up!!

  • Danny pat

    0 0

    @xavia, its not dat barca are getting favours from referee but it the way barcelona plays that couse it, they play accoding to soccer rule and it like playing a chess game, barca are very good in using the partern of knite which is the most tricky and deadliest of all piecies…They alway have a way for alternative way to put ur king on chek just to keep u of balance wich is a good spergt of sportmanship…And if u mid more of my explanations meat me on facebook_user name :facebook.Com/xpozi1

  • gerald mosh

    0 0

    sho @ Danny pat, @xavia, why would referees choose the Catalan giants over other teams, AC is 1 of the big teams of all times, u no what, the style of soccers we barca play reviels the aggressiveness these other teams have, the likes os AC though.Guys makes peaz if it, Catalans is the great team of the decade.

  • futbol guru

    0 0

    JOSE IS THE WORST LOOSER OF ALL TIMES, IGNORANCE AND ILL TEMPERED, THATS NOT FOOTBALL MAN…. AS FOR RONALDO, HE DIVES TOO MUCH, COMPLAINS COMPLAINS AND HONESTLY I LIKE HIS SPEED BUT HE HAS TO GROW UP MAN

  • cmk bacer

    0 0

    let chelsea say there mind cus iz unfurtunate they wnt get 2 d finals.as 4 ac luv yall cus u can comfess lol

  • peter

    0 0

    I appreciate morihno an Ibra but I also understand their obsession with barca and messi as a whole.Barca are more displined and responsible in every section compared to any other team.Morinho and ronaldo are obsessed with Guardioala and Messi repsectively.The composure barca have as a team intimidate everyone who is chasing a glory.Everywhere you can FIND ENEMY OF YOUR ENEMY IS YOUR FRIEND psyche.They all come with big hoe that this time we gonna finish Barca ,but they forget to realize that those patched holes are ant the only one.Smart barca players stand up and send them back to patch up new holes..Morihno is afraid to get out of sapin without what he did in Italy.

  • Jez

    0 0

    Barcelona is diving capital of the world. They are taught well and reap the benefits.

  • Jazza

    0 0

    Real Madrid kick Barca bad ass…hahaha…Catalan sucks…!

  • Austin

    0 0

    Who cares about barca or madrid i no yall see whos is the Champions league final CHELSEA!!!!!Blues for life!!!

  • darlington

    0 0

    y cnt peaple say a simple truth… Barcelona’s are world champions

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