Lewandowski, Pique both see red in Barca win

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Robert Lewandowski and Gerard Pique were some shown reddish cards during Barcelona's 2-1 LaLiga triumph implicit Osasuna connected Tuesday night.

Lewandowski was handed a 2nd yellowish paper for a clumsy foul connected Osasuna's David Garcia successful the 30th minute, portion Pique, who started from the seat successful his past lucifer for the club, was fixed a consecutive reddish paper for arguing with the referee astatine the extremity of the archetypal half.

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Barca brag Xavi Hernandez was besides shown a yellowish paper successful a heated lucifer successful which the visitors took regular contented with calls by referee Jesus Gil Manzano.

Barca trailed Osasuna 1-0 erstwhile Lewandowski was sent off, but contempt being down a antheral levelled the people soon aft half-time done Pedri and took the pb with a Raphinha onslaught to widen their pb successful LaLiga to 5 points implicit Real Madrid.

Pique and Barca had been angered by respective Manzano decisions. The referee had turned down appeals for Osasuna's opening extremity to beryllium ruled retired for a foul connected Marcos Alonso and aboriginal sent disconnected Lewandowski.

Pique made the daze announcement connected Thursday that he was retiring from the club, but days aboriginal vowed he'd beryllium back successful a tearful code pursuing his 616th quality for the nine and past lucifer astatine the Camp Nou connected Saturday against Almeria.

It was Pique's 11th reddish paper of his Barcelona career, and eighth successful LaLiga, and brings the curtain down connected his 14 twelvemonth tally successful Barca's archetypal squad since returning from Manchester United successful 2008.

The reddish paper for Lewandowski, who volition beryllium headed to Qatar for World Cup work with Poland, marked conscionable the 2nd clip successful his vocation he'd been sent disconnected with the archetypal coming connected Feb. 9, 2013, during his clip with Borussia Dortmund.

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