Cristiano Ronaldo says five-match ban for shoving referee is ‘persecution’ as he celebrates Super Cup win
Real Madrid star sits out 2-0 second leg victory in Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona and will miss first four league games
Cristiano Ronaldo blasted his treatment by the Spanish Football Federation as “persecution” after his appeal against a five-game ban was rejected.
The World Player of the Year sat out the 2-0 second leg victory in the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona and will miss Madrid’s first four games of the season in La Liga.
“Impossible to be immune to this situation, 5 games!!” Ronaldo posted to his 108 million followers on Instagram.
“It seems to me exaggerated and ridiculous, this is called persecution!
“Thanks to my teammates for the support and the fans!!!”
The Portuguese captain was controversially sent off as Madrid won the first leg of the Super Cup 3-1 on Sunday at the Camp Nou.
A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Aug 16, 2017 at 9:19am PDT