Cristiano Ronaldo Handed Five Matches Ban For Pushing Referee In Sunday El-classico

The Real Madrid forward lost his cool after being shown a red card during a 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo Handed Five Matches Ban For Pushing Referee In Sunday El-classico

The Portuguese has been given one game for the initial red card and four more for the subsequent physical altercation. A €3005 (£2727) fine has been added on top of the suspension.

Any appeal will have to wait until Wednesday, the day of the second leg of the Super Copa at the Bernabeu, because of a public holiday on Tuesday.

Portugal captain Ronaldo received two bookings in the space of three minutes, with the second coming for a dive which the referee took exception to.

One-game ban for red card (two yellows) vs Barcelona in Super Copa first leg
Four-game ban for pushing referee Ricard De Burgos

€3005 fine for physical confrontation with an official
€1400 fine to Real Madrid
An additional mandatory €800 fine has been handed to Ronaldo for the red card, with the club billed for €350.

Ronaldo will return for Real Madrid on September 19 against Real Betis.

Games suspended for

Barcelona home (Super Copa), August 16

Deportivo La Coruna away (La Liga), August 20

Valencia home (La Liga), August 27

Levante home (La Liga), September 9

Real Sociedad away (La Liga), September 16

Frustrated with the decision, Ronaldo turned round to protest to the referee, pushing the official in the back before storming off to the sidelines.

Referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea did not seem fazed by the incident but he did mention it in his report and Ronaldo now faces further action.

“Once the red card was shown, the player pushed me slightly in a sign of disagreement,” Bengoetxea wrote in his report.