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Published 16:10 8 Jan 2019 GMT
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What followed was both parties barging each other as they walked past one another in the box. In this instance, it's really not clear who is the guilty party, but Sergio Ramos couldn't resist getting involved and having a go at Costa.
If Ramos had intended to rile Costa up even more and provoke a reaction from the striker, he succeeded. Costa had reached boiling point and gave Pepe a slap. A red card, surely? Ha. This was pre-VAR, and while Pepe is a shithouse, he has integrity. He wasn't going to go crying to the referee as Cristiano Ronaldo did. He considered this another reason to seek revenge later in the game.
Arbeloa ensured that happened sooner rather than later, as he scraped his studs down Costa's achilles amid a huddle of bodies, with the perfect alibi of the ref not being able to identify the perpetrator.
Real Madrid came out of this game 3-0 victors, and proceeded to the Copa del Rey final, which they won against Barcelona 2-1 at Mestalla in Valencia, thanks to that iconic goal from Gareth Bale.
But the biggest takeaway from this game was a lesson in shithousery from Pepe: how to win while destroying your opponent mentally and physically.
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