San Lorenzo scared of brutal Pepe in final with Madrid

Hehe, Thegoalmac can reveal that San Lorenzo president Matias Lammens has reacted to comments that his side will be overly physical when they meet Real Madrid in the Club World Cup final by suggesting it is his team who should be worried about coming up against Pepe.

This is going to be one hell of a match though, especially with this particular physicality issue with Pepe and all. Anyways I hope we will see a beautiful and fair game of football. See what San Lorenzo president said after the cut.


"I do not think it will be violent, neither of the two teams need to worry," Lammens said to reporters. "In any case, it is San Lorenzo who should be worried about Pepe!"

The club chief also revealed the contrasting thoughts between the two clubs over who should referee their meeting, admitting that he would like to see an official who hails from South America.

"We feel that it would be better to have a referee of another continent that is neither Europe nor South America," Lammens told reporters following San Lorenzo's semi-final victory.

"Real Madrid's favourite is the Portuguese, Pedro Proenca. For us, the Chilean Enrique Osses would be fine, so maybe it'd better be one from another continent. An African referee would be fine.

"How about the weight of Real Madrid with Fifa for that decision? South America also has an important influence on Fifa.

"But in lobby terms, perhaps Real Madrid surpass us. But all the requests should be addressed equally. It would be wrong to hear only the requests of the most powerful ever."