Madrid's resident diva has been handed a two-ban match after breaking the nose of Malaga defender Patrick Mtiliga during their match on the 24th. Ronaldo will now miss his side's games against Deportivo la Coruna this weekend, as well as the game against Espanyol next weekend.
While breaking Mtiliga's nose was completely unnecessary, Ronaldo did act out of pure frustration. Mtiliga was pulling Ronaldo's shirt and grabbing at his arms. A player of CR9's caliber is constantly being targeted by the other team- either they try to injure him to take him out of the game or resort to kick his ankles/grabbing his shirt to get the ball away.
I am in no way trying to justify Ronaldo's actions- taking a swing at a defender who's obviously failing at their job to keep the Portuguese striker out of Malaga's box- I'm just saying that it's got to be frustrating to be constantly attacked. He probably thought he'd get special treatment for being who he is (which he didn't), and now he has to pay the consequences.
A link to a video of the play is here.
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