The 32-year-old Barcelona defender was unimpressed with the quality of his opponents during his side’s 2-0 defeat on Sunday evening.
Igniting an old-feud between two of the most successful defenders in Spanish football’s history, Real Madrid center-back Sergio Ramos blasted his Barcelona counterpart Gerard Pique over claims that Los Blancos side that appeared in Sunday’s El Clasico was the worst the latter has ever faced at the Bernabeu.
Pique was at fault for Real’s opener in the 2nd half as the Vinicius Jr. strike that beat Marc Andre Ter Stegen on his near post had taken a deflect off of the boot of the sliding Catalan who had dived full-length in an attempt to close the angle and stop the 19-year-old from opening the scoring.
Sunday’s victory means Real, who came into the game 2-points behind the Catalan side, have leapfrogged the reigning La Liga champions. Also, it ensured that provided both the teams finish the league level on points come the end of May, the better head-to-head record of Real would hand them the trophy.
Their last weekend’s defeat to Levante meant that the home side had no room for error on Sunday as a defeat would have sent them 5-points behind Quique Setien’s team. Still, they weren’t at their best in the first half, giving Pique the ammunition to criticize the quality of Zidane’s men.