How John Terry and Chelsea Stars Tricked Diego Costa Into Making Vulgar Comments to the Referee

How John Terry and Chelsea Stars Tricked Diego Costa Into Making Vulgar Comments to the Referee

Edwin Kiplagat
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:11 PM
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  • Former Chelsea striker Diego Costa fell into the trap of making inappropriate comments to the ref after getting tricked by the Blue's teammates
  • While in Chelsea, Costa didn't know to speak English and John Terry and his teammates took full advantage
  • During the early days of his career at Stamford Bridge, his teammates played a prank on him, telling the Spaniard the word for "sorry" was actually "c***".

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Diego Costa and John Terry of Chelsea speak with the referee and Costa in a Wolves jersey. Photos by Catherine Ivill and Jack Thomas.
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Hilarious prank on Costa

According to an exclusive by the Sun, Chelsea legend and then captain of the team, his teammates decided to play a prank on newly signed striker Diego Costa.

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Since he barely spoke any English due to his upbringing in Brazil, Costa was unaware that he was falling into a trap. His Chelsea teammates actually told him the word for 'sorry' was 'c***".

During one of his early games as a Blues player, Costa immediately started a spat with the referee. As he was walking away from the official he whispered the word c***. Costa was asked by the ref to repeat what he said and without any idea of what he was saying, he repeated the word.

The referee was shocked by his reaction and had to call Terry to explain to Costa the proper word for sorry. Terry told the ref that it was indeed a prank and started laughing. However, the referee was in no mood for humour and warned that he would dismiss Costa for a foul and abusive language.

Costa had an impressive career as a Blue, scoring 59 goals in 120 appearances.

Costa returns to the Premier League.

Earlier, Sports Brief reported on Costa's shock return to the Premier League, joining Wolves on a free transfer after their new striker suffered a horrible injury.

Costa has built a reputation of being a combative character in football, many fans and pundits calling him the master of the dark arts. The 33-year-old tenacious and combative personality will be tormenting centre-backs again. Although some may call him a dirty player, he only received one red card and 31 yellow cards in the Premier League.

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Edwin Kiplagat has five years of experience in journalism working as a Sports Editor at Africa Insight Communications and ESPN. Edwin Kiplagat is a Bachelor's Degree holder in journalism from the Multimedia University of Kenya.
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