Barcelona ‘Keeper Jose Pinto Banned For Whistling
By Chris Wright
UEFA have banned Barcelona ‘keeper Jose Pinto (who appears to be sporting the ‘Bo Derek circa 1979‘ look of late) for imitating the referee’s whistle during their recent Champions League tie with Copenhagen – which apparently constitutes improper conduct these days.
Copenhagen forward Cesar Santin seemingly sprung Barca’s offside trap and was marauding toward Pinto’s goal, just as the cunning stopper hatched his evil plan.
After the game the Danish side released the following statement:
“Santin stopped during his free run on goal when he – as he explained later – had heard the referee’s whistle. The French referee had not whistled for offside, though, and so Copenhagen missed out on a clear scoring opportunity.
FC Copenhagen, via television pictures, became aware that Barcelona’s goalkeeper Jose Pinto appeared to imitate the referee’s whistle during that time and then showed his satisfaction towards Barcelona’s bench.
We have condemned the incident, which goes against every principle of fair play and respect for the game and opponent.”
Calling it a ‘clear goalscoring opportunity’ is a little strong, and secretly, I’m actually fairly impressed that Pinto somehow managed to whistle louder than a stadium full of 30,000-odd supporters.
(via Off The Post)
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How the hell did he imitate the Referee’s whistle so well? Give the man a medal, not a ban.
hahaha….great comment George!
They just can’t stop their gypsy stories, can they?
“….to whistle louder than a stadium full of 30,000-odd supporters.”
or 75,852 to be exact! ;)
That is border-line impressive!
Such a blow. Off to the bench for 2 games Pin…oh yeah, you’re already there.
“Calling it a ‘clear goalscoring opportunity’ is a little strong”
How the hell is that strong? He was one on one with the keeper and would most likely have scored. Barcelona should be docked points since Guardiola admitted that Barcas goalies practice this on training those dago cheats.
It’s hard to tell whether or not, it was a great chance. It is though good for football, that Pinto gets two days on the sideline for unsportsmanlike conduct! It’s a shame that Barca, the so called greatest team of the world use such a cheep and unfair way to win an important CL-match againt no. 1 in their group. If Santin had scored the game would have been totally different…
so this talentless motherfucker does have a talent after all.
well , managers whistle
thats what do they call genius !
Some of these lads should take a clue of American NFL football. Just keep playing anyway. If the play was whistled dead, then wtf…it is what it is. If it WASN’T whistled dead (officially), then GOOOAAAAAALLL!
Or a doink off the woodwork.
Tom Jones says “dago cheats”
Two words for you my enlighened fellow, Steven Gerrard.
[...] went toe to toe. The root of the dispute between Guardiola and Stale Solbakken would seem to be Jose Pinto’s very sly whistle when Barcelona played Copenhagen in the Camp [...]
@ fat nakago
you can get a red card for ignoring the referee’s whistle
[van persie @ CL match Barca-Arsenal]
idiotic btw!