Real Madrid
attacker Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with a five-game suspension following his
red card in Sunday night's Spanish Super Cup first leg against Barcelona at
Camp Nou.
Ronaldo did
not enter the field until the 58th minute of the contest as Los Blancos head
coach Zinedine Zidane continued to ease the attacker back into action after
representing Portugal at the 2017 Confederations Cup earlier this summer.
The
32-year-old picked up a booking for removing his shirt after scoring Real
Madrid's second in the 80th minute, before being handed a second yellow card for
a perceived dive inside the Barcelona penalty box less than two minutes later.
At that
point, Ronaldo would have served a one-game suspension, but the Portuguese
pushed the referee in the back after the red card was produced, which has seen
his ban rise to five matches.
Marco
Asensio added to Ronaldo's late strike as Real Madrid secured a 3-1 first-leg
advantage ahead of Wednesday night's return at the Bernabeu.
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