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06th Apr 2016

Luis Suarez may regret accepting this brief handshake from Filipe Luis

This won't wash

Patrick McCarry

Whatever your issues with Luis Suarez, he surely didn’t deserve this school-yard prank.

Atletico Madrid fell to a 2-1 loss in the Champions League quarter final with Barcelona on Tuesday night but will go into the second leg with hope.

Fernando Torres claimed an early away goal before his dismissal in the 36th minute. The 2014 finalists battled bravely with 10 men but were undone by two goals from Suarez.

After the match, Filipe Luis claimed that the referee had let Barca away with far too much while cracking down on his own side after Suarez’s kick on a Madrid defender went unpunished.

But the Brazilian was not so sportsmanlike himself, as emptied the contents of his nose into his hands and then offered his hand to the Uruguayan to shake. The deed was done and the game moved on.