Following his red card in Real Madrid’s Spanish Super Cup first leg 3-1 win against Barcelona, Ronaldo has been given a five-match ban.
After picking up two yellow cards, Ronaldo was ordered out. One for taking his shirt off with 10 minutes remaining, and the other for diving after referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea ruled that he tried to win a penalty when he was challenged by Samuel Umtiti.
As a result, Ronaldo reacted angrily in what looked like he pushed Bengoetxea after being issued his second yellow card. The Spanish Football federation (RFEF) decided to hand him a five-match ban. One for the double booking and the remaining four for pushing the referee.
The ban is expected to start with the Super Cup second leg against Barcelona coming Wednesday.
This means that the Portugal international will miss La Liga fixtures away at Deportivo, at home to Valencia and Levante and then away at Real Sociedad.
Real manager Zinedine Zidane described Ronaldo’s second yellow card as “ludicrous”.
He said: “I’m annoyed that Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off, it might not have been a penalty, but still, giving him a card is ludicrous.
“Let’s see if we can make arrangements for him to be available on Wednesday. I am truly proud of my players, they played well as 10 and really wanted the win. Now we turn our attentions to the return leg and we need to relax.”
The match ended in 3-1, thanks to Marco Asensio’s late strike.