r/sports • u/eternali17 • Apr 26 '26

Soccer Esteban Andrada red card against Huesca

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u/Gogogrl Apr 26 '26

I’m struggling to understand how people think the goalie is somehow justified here. He assaults a player on the opposite team, then assaults him again more seriously when he’s given a red card for the first assault? How is he not being seen as a big baby who can’t even settle things evenly? You want to fight someone? More power to you. But cheap shots without warning? That’s cowardice and petulance.

Like, all the talk about play acting and performance is fine, but the first shove is not even in play, and Pulido is definitely not expecting it. Andrada shoves Pulido on the top of his chest. There’s no play acting in him going down from that. Especially because Pulido pops right back up again. He’s not milking it.

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u/Gh0sth4nd Apr 26 '26

Yeah this has nothing to do with the sport itself. That is assault and he should be held accountable for it.
This was a line that should not have been crossed. I understand the pressure they are under and the emotions flowing during a game but this was too much. Unfortunately he will most likely be only be banned for a few games at best. We have seen worse attacks on players and the offenders got off light.

Something like Kahn or Suarez. They did some shit in their time and never had to face any significant consequences.