The iconic Real Madrid captain didn’t wait long to make waves in Mexico. For better or for worse.
Sergio Ramos is one of those players who leaves no one indifferent: you either love him or hate him, and generally, our position depends on the jersey he wears and our affection for the team. Real Madrid fans will forever love him, Barça fans will forever hate him, for example.
Now with Mexico, the Spaniard started strong, scoring three goals in five games in his new colors, but he also showed his dark side in the last match against Pumas: he was sent off in regulation time, but he could have been sent off much earlier due to poor handling.
“He must be an example.”
This exclusion is also the story of a football legend who elbowed a young man he idolized. An anecdote recounted by Efrain Juarez, the Pumas coach. “Yesterday, Ramos elbowed a boy (editor’s note: Bennevendo) who had said the day before that he was his idol. It doesn’t go down well,” he fumed.
Ramos wasn’t sent off for that, but he deserved to be. He was sent off for a kick late in the match, and he now faces a lot of punishment. According to TV Azteca, a local media outlet, Mexican league regulations state that such an exclusion can carry a suspension of up to… 15 matches.
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