Ronaldo sees red in Juventus Champions League debut

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Ronaldo sees red in Juventus Champions League debut

Lionel Messi netted a hat trick for Barcelona against PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday, so you could rest assured that Cristiano Ronaldo would have wanted to put on a show in his return to Spain on Wednesday.

The refereeing crew for the Champions League Group H fixture between Juventus and Valencia had other ideas, though, sending off the Portuguese superstar for what they believed was an attempt to strike defender Jeison Murillo’s head.

Ronaldo was trying to escape from the defender for a cross, and Murillo fell to the ground after a minor tangle. Offended by the attempt to dive, Ronaldo confronted the Valencia player which set everything off.

NO @cristiano did not deserve red @juventusfcen, utter injustice pic.twitter.com/2ekqaoavvh

— Neal Collins (@nealcol) September 19, 2018

After German match referee Felix Brych consulted with his linesman, he walked over to Ronaldo and issued the red that immediately sent the 33-year-old into tears.

As with most things Cristiano Ronaldo, Twitter was set alight after No. 7 was sent off.

154 Champions League games
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Cristiano Ronaldo leaves the pitch in tears after being sent off. pic.twitter.com/8OVS4yNi6A

— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) September 19, 2018

Cristiano Ronaldo just got a red card for shouting at a defender for diving. Game’s gone.

— Adam Digby (@Adz77) September 19, 2018

Ronaldo gets a red card half an hour into his Juventus Champions League debut. Tears flowing.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) September 19, 2018

Ronaldo definitely didn’t get the Ronaldo treatment there… pic.twitter.com/wECErujKQ0

— Dominic Sramaty (@Sramaty650) September 19, 2018

Haven't seen a close-up of the replay, but hard to tell what Ronaldo did to get sent off there… unless he pulled Murillo's hair?!?

— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) September 19, 2018

Ronaldo red card = tears pic.twitter.com/PjFXpZ4xno

— 442oons (@442oons) September 19, 2018

Haven't seen a close-up of the replay, but hard to tell what Ronaldo did to get sent off there… unless he pulled Murillo's hair?!?

— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) September 19, 2018

That Ronaldo red card has to overruled… shocking refereeing

— Mario Falcone (@Mario_Falcone) September 19, 2018

So yup, he does pull Murillo's hair for a fraction of a second. Not a clever thing to do and, yeah, you can get sent off for that. Having seen it properly I'm not convinced it'll get overturned on appeal, even if a lot of refs would have left it at a yellow or a talking to.

— Paolo Bandini (@Paolo_Bandini) September 19, 2018

Trying to see what Ronaldo got sent off for pic.twitter.com/8bUM0u9ugI

— Coral (@Coral) September 19, 2018

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