Pepe was lashed as a “world disgrace” & a “public danger” by Spain’s press.

Pepe was lashed as a "world
disgrace" and a "public
danger" by Spain's press on Thursday after he stamped Lionel Messi's
hand as his team headed to a 2-1 loss.

1. Madrid daily Marca, the
biggest sports daily, described Pepe as "disgraceful".

2. The sporting press splashed front-page pictures of Pepe's stamp on
a prostrate Messi in the Spanish Cup quarter-final in
the Santiago Bernabeu on
Wednesday.

3."Pepe, a public danger, was
the biggest exponent of an impotent and deranged Madrid," blared the
Barcelona-based sports daily Mundo Deportivo under a photograph of the
incident in the 69th minute.

4."Heroes," the Mundo Deportivo's front page said of Barca.
"Villains", it said of
Madrid.

5.Inside, the paper showed a picture-by-picture account of the
stamping incident, under the headline "World disgrace".