The on-going tension in Spain regarding the Catalan independence led to footballer Gerard Pique to express his opinion on police brutality and the whole situation, but his views didn’t go well with fans as he was jeered and taunted at an open training session of the Spanish national team in Madrid.
There were around 1,500 supporters allowed to watch the team train and many sang ‘Pique carbon, España es tu nación’ which translates as ‘Pique bastard, Spain is your nation’.
Catalan native did not want Barcelona’s match with Las Palmas to be played after scenes of police brutality against people voting. He described it as his worst day in sport and said afterwards: ‘I think I can keep playing for the Spain team because I think that there are many people throughout the country that are completely against the acts we have seen today and who believe in democracy.
The defender even stated that he is willing to quit the national team if the Spanish manager or the FA thinks he is a problem, ‘’ I have no problem in stepping aside and leaving the team before 2018’’.