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Villarreal midfielder Robert Pires has been suspended one game for insulting a Spanish league referee following a loss to Xerez.
The Frenchman reportedly used profanities in anger at referee Rubinos Perez, who allowed Xerez's late goal in a 2-1 victory Sunday to stand despite an apparent handball coming in the buildup.
Pires said: "I didn't say what the referee wrote in his match report. There were a lot of people, a lot of noise and I can understand that what he heard might sound like an insult against him and his family, but that's not the case."
Villarreal dropped into last place and remains without a victory this season.
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