Pique would enter into this game having a full clean slate, no yellow cards to his name. Looking at last nights match we can see that Pique picked up a yellow for deliberate time wasting (he took 20 seconds to take a defensive kick)
Now I don't want to jump to conclusions, there may be a rational explanation as to why Pique took sooooooo long to take his kick. He was bedazzled by the image of Shakira shaking her hips maybe?? But it seems to me and I'm sure many others that this was a deliberate attempt to gain a yellow, in order to avoid missing the El Clasico match.
Barcelona who many like to believe never dive *cough* Busquets *cough* and ALWAYSSS play by the rules, may find themselves in hot water due to the new Royal Spanish Football Federation Code Disciplinary Code 2011. (Article 112)
“Any player, who during the course of a game, provokes a fifth booking may be sanctioned with, in addition to the penalty provided for in the first paragraph of this article [a standard one-game ban], an extra one-game suspension and fined the amount of 600 euros. In determining the intent of the player, circumstances will be taken into account such as the nature of the breaching of the game rules and the attitude of the player during the match.”
As a Madridsta...I find this all very amusing :)
I apologise if I have come across as extremely biased and a touch evil in this post :)
