To his 35 years, seems that Pepe follows seeding the controversy to his step. The ex player of the Real Madrid played this Wednesday against Morocco in the second party of the World-wide of Russia 2018 with Portugal, and went the protagonist of an action more than commented -and criticised- through the social networks, by users that did emphasis in the 'theatre' of the luso.
In an isolated action, Mehdi Benatia attended to recriminar to Pepe a played previous and gave him some manotazos in the back, almost to the height of the shoulder. When noticing them, Pepe left fall immediately and pretended an aggression of Benatia, although to continuation raised quickly to argue with the player of the Juventus of Turín and recriminarle the physical contact.
The cameras of television, as it is natural, attracted it all and the fans of half world criticised through the networks the gesture of the Portuguese, that looked for a card for his opponent of the way more ruin, pretending an aggression that never produced .
Gary Lineker, ex footballer of the selection of England and of the FC Barcelona, and at present commentator of British media, criticised with hardness the action of the central of Portugal and attacked him through the networks, with a conclusive sentence.
"I see that Pepe keeps on being an idiot", commented Lineker, in a message that has received thousands of 'likes' and 'retweets' in few minutes. The case is that the referee of the meeting, the American Mark Geiger, did not sanction the rifirrafe between the central of the Juventus and the one of the Besiktas, by what the verbal discussion and the unlucky gesture of Pepe remained in at all.
Portugal, course to eighth of the World-wide
Taut party the one who lived between both selections, and that Cristiano Ronaldo resolved in the first-half with a good goal, that already is the chamber that annotates in so only two parties of World-wide of Russia 2018. Portugal, with foot and half in eighth of final.