MADRID, March 5: Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos was handed just a two-match ban despite one of the worst displays of abusing a referee in recent seasons, the Spanish football federation confirmed on Tuesday.
Ramos turned on referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez after he received his second yellow card, and his marching orders, early in the second half during the Spanish league leaders’ 3-2 win at Recreativo Huelva on Saturday.
“S***, you are a s***, you’ve been s***,” yelled the Spanish international defender and he had to be restrained by his team-mates from physically threatening Iturralde Gonzalez.—AFP