SAN FRANCISCO, August 16, (THEWILL) – Real Madrid supporters have resolved to plan a white-handkerchief protest for Wednesday’s Spanish Super Cup second leg at home to Barcelona against the five-match ban handed to Cristiano Ronaldo.
THEWILL recalls that Ronaldo was banned for pushing the referee after he was shown a second yellow card in the first leg of the Spanish cup in Camp Nou.
The President of the official Madrid fan group, Pena Capote Montera, said that the ruling marked a trend that has seen the European champions suffer unduly at the hands of officials in recent years.
He revealed that the group plans to display a banner at the Bernabeu to highlight the feeling that Madrid have been harmed by “scandalous” officiating.
The protest is timed for when Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez, 33, and other officials, enter the pitch.
“Take out your hankie when the three officials come out, in a signal of protest for the refereeing which Real Madrid is suffering and in condemnation of the unfair punishment for our player Cristiano Ronaldo,” Montera tweeted.
“We madridistas shout: ‘Enough already.’”
About the Author
