Spain’s Sergio Ramos irritated by Catalan

(GSM) – Spain and Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos could not hide his irritation with a Catalan journalist at Thursday’s press conference.

The journalist asked Gerald Pique to answer a question in Catalan, something the Barcelona player had no problem with.

When Pique asked whether he should translate his answer to Spanish, Sergio Ramos interrupted saying that his teammate should give his answer in ‘Andalusian’, since the journalist “had difficulties understanding Spanish”.

The sarcastic note triggered some laughs at the Salamanca hotel’s conference room, but may well add to the anti-Spanish sentiment among many Catalans. During the last World Cup, support for the Spanish national team was significantly lower in Catalonia than in most other regions.

The Spanish selection gathered in Salamanca to face Lithuania in Friday’s Euro 2010 qualifier.