Cristiano Ronaldo gets sent off for kicking opponent, isn’t bothered
January 24, 2015
Real Madrid beat Cordoba 2–1 despite being reduced to 10 men when Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in the 82nd minute after having a casually insane meltdown. Here’s how it played out…
First, Ronaldo hit a Cordoba player in the face and got away with it.
https://twitter.com/dermotmcorrigan/status/559028301562662912
Then he kicked a different Cordoba player in the back of the legs and got sent off for it.
C.Ronaldo might be Balon D'Or but won't ever be the worlds best footballer behaving like this #Shameful & shocking https://t.co/ZxrPGpE3Wt
— Angus Macnab (@angus_macnab) January 24, 2015
He acted like he wasn’t bothered by this.
At all.
Ronaldo reacted to his red card by stroking his badge https://t.co/kVojf3MYfL
— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) January 24, 2015
And that’s how you play it cool after completely losing yours. Cristiano did still apologize to Edimar, the player he kicked, via Twitter after the match, though. “I apologize to all and especially Edimar for my reckless act in the match today,” he wrote.
Pido disculpas a todos y especialmente a Edimar por mi acto irreflexivo en el partido de hoy.
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) January 24, 2015