Cristiano Ronaldo suspension update as UEFA wait to decide Juventus star's fate

Sport360 staff 11:24 20/09/2018
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  • Dismayed: Cristiano Ronaldo reacts to his red card.

    UEFA will wait to receive the referee’s report before deciding whether or not to extend Cristiano Ronaldo‘s suspension after his Champions League red card on Wednesday night.

    The Portuguese was sent off after half an hour of Juventus‘ 2-0 win away to Valencia after appearing to put his hand on the head of the Spanish club’s defender Jeison Murillo.

    He has received an automatic one-match ban which cannot be appealed but UEFA’s disciplinary panel could extend it depending on the contents of the report sent to them.

    Press Association Sport understands that if the ban was extended, Juventus’ appeal would have to be heard before match day three, when Ronaldo had hoped to face his old club Manchester United at Old Trafford.

    Ronaldo left the pitch in tears on Wednesday night after German referee Felix Brych decided to send him off.

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