Cristiano ronaldo, who many tipped to win the UEFA Champions League with Juventus this season has been shown a straight red card for absolutely no reason.
Having scored his first competitive goals for Juventus over the weekend, Ronaldo came into the game with much confidence. However, he saw red on the half hour mark.
Ronaldo and his teammates were, justifiably, incredulous. And strangely, this decision didn’t come from a referee who’s new to the highest level of competition, but from the crew of German official Felix Brych, who is very experienced in the Bundesliga and Champions League.
The only explanation I can come up with is that one of Brych’s assistants told him that Ronaldo had intentionally struck Jeison Murillo in the face. But on replay, it’s clear that any contact from Ronaldo’s arm to Murillo’s face was not only inadvertent, but not particularly hard either.
It’s an inexplicable decision, and it wouldn’t be surprising if Brych or one of his assistants didn’t work a Champions League match for a while.
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