Ramos’ luck finally runs out
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Sergio Ramos holds the record for the most red cards in La Liga history. Despite being an accomplished central defender, his penchant for committing a silly tackle or unneccessarily getting involved in things that don’t concern him precede him. So when he was cautioned in the 10th minute, Real Madrid fans would have certainly had their hearts in their mouths, hoping that he did not get sent off.
Yet, barely more than 10 minutes later, it seemed as though he was going to make every Real fan’s worst nightmare come true as he tripped Lionel Messi, who was already on the way down, just outside the box. While the debate surrounding whether it was a penalty or not will continue to rage as people question whether the contact continued inside the box or not, one thing was for certain, that was a foul and Ramos should have been given his second yellow and sent off.
But the referee waved play on and the Spanish centreback survived. In the second half too, barely minutes after the restart, he hacked down Luis Suarez and the Camp Nou waited with bated breath as they thought the Real captain would finally get the red card, but the referee, who gave the free-kick this time, didn’t show him a card.
But Ramos’ luck finally ran out as another hack on the Uruguayan striker, with six minutes left on the clock, finally saw him get his 21st red card of his career and fourth against Barcelona. Thankfully for Real, that didn’t cost them too much as they scored barely a minute later and won the game.
