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| Real Madrid v Barcelona: Spanish Super Cup, second leg – live! | Real Madrid v Barcelona: Spanish Super Cup, second leg – live! |
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| Real will, of course, be without Ronaldo tonight after he got a little pushy with a referee in the first-leg and was banned for five games. Ronaldo, like Donald Trump, doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut and is VERY unhappy about the whole situation. Unlike the president though, he doesn’t believe there is blame on both sides. Although to his credit, Ronaldo is not an apologist for Neo Nazis. Here he is on his ban: | |
| “It’s impossible to stay quiet in this situation, five matches! To me it seems exaggerated and ridiculous, this is what you call persecution! Thanks to my team-mates and to the fans for the support.” | |
| Impossível ficar imune a esta situação, 5 jogos!! Parece-me exagerado e ridículo, isto chama-se perseguição! Obrigado aos meus companheiros pelo apoio e aos adeptos!!! | |
| A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Aug 16, 2017 at 9:19am PDT | |
| 9.16pm BST | |
| 21:16 | |
| Your teams tonight, courtesy of footballing minnows Barcelona FC (they have their own Twitter account! Whatever next?): | |
| 🔴🔵 #FCB XI1. Ter Stegen3. Piqué4. Rakitic5. Sergio9. Suárez10. Messi14. Mascherano18. Alba20. S. Roberto21. André Gomes23. Umtiti | |
| Real Madrid XI: Keylor, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Kovacic, Kroos, Modric, Asensio, Benzema and Lucas Vázquez #ElClásico | |
| 8.01pm BST | 8.01pm BST |
| 20:01 | 20:01 |
| Tom will be here shortly. In the meantime, why not find out what Cristiano Ronaldo is unhappy about: | Tom will be here shortly. In the meantime, why not find out what Cristiano Ronaldo is unhappy about: |
| Cristiano Ronaldo has called his five-match ban for pushing a referee “exaggerated and ridiculous” and claims he is being persecuted after failing to have the sanction overturned on appeal. | Cristiano Ronaldo has called his five-match ban for pushing a referee “exaggerated and ridiculous” and claims he is being persecuted after failing to have the sanction overturned on appeal. |
| During Sunday night’s Spanish Super Cup 3-1 first-leg victory over Barcelona, in which he had scored, Real Madrid forward Ronaldo reacted badly after being shown a second yellow for diving by match official Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, shoving the referee in the back. | During Sunday night’s Spanish Super Cup 3-1 first-leg victory over Barcelona, in which he had scored, Real Madrid forward Ronaldo reacted badly after being shown a second yellow for diving by match official Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, shoving the referee in the back. |
| A Spanish football federation (RFEF) committee has now dismissed an appeal, meaning Ronaldo will miss Wednesday evening’s Supercopa return leg against Barça and upcoming La Liga games against Deportivo La Coruña, Valencia, Levante and Real Sociedad. | A Spanish football federation (RFEF) committee has now dismissed an appeal, meaning Ronaldo will miss Wednesday evening’s Supercopa return leg against Barça and upcoming La Liga games against Deportivo La Coruña, Valencia, Levante and Real Sociedad. |
| Ronaldo reacted angrily on social media, writing in an Instagram post on his official page: “It’s impossible to stay quiet in this situation, five matches! To me it seems exaggerated and ridiculous, this is what you call persecution! Thanks to my team-mates and to the fans for the support.” | Ronaldo reacted angrily on social media, writing in an Instagram post on his official page: “It’s impossible to stay quiet in this situation, five matches! To me it seems exaggerated and ridiculous, this is what you call persecution! Thanks to my team-mates and to the fans for the support.” |
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