Guest on the podcast »Mario’s path” hosted by Mario Suárez, Diego Costa (37 years old) returned without filter to the most notable moments of his career. His time at Atlético de Madrid was notably detailed during the interview. The Spanish-Brazilian striker has not forgotten his expulsion at the Camp Nou against FC Barcelona, when he was sanctioned with eight matches in La Liga after a red card inflicted by Jesús Gil Manzano for alleged insults in 2019. In the arbitration report, Manzano claimed that the attacker had addressed him in crude terms: *“I sh** on your p**** of mother ». A version that the player brutally contests.
*“Son of a b**he’s a liar. It was a lie he told. I requested the recording. How many times have I heard Messi say that to referees? He put me in 8 games, they are bad people”he said in the podcast. True to his image, the number 9 also spoke of his electric duels against Real Madrid defenders, in particular with Sergio Ramos and Pepe. “They were real dogs”. Then, the former Colchoneros notably admitted that he liked to provoke this type of rough confrontations, almost regretting that the Catalan defenders were not looking for him as much as their Madrid rivals.
