Cristiano Ronaldo is ranked among the world-class football players to grace the football ground. But the thing that shows him bad is that while playing on the ground sometimes he overreacts. Due to which he loses his cool and does something unexpected because of which he ends up receiving red cards.
Cristiano has received his first red card in the Champions League in his 154th appearance in the competition in the game against Valencia.
Here are 5 times when Ronaldo lost his cool on the ground.
- Cristiano Ronaldo Headbutts Richard Hughes
Manchester United faced Portsmouth in a match a long time ago where Ronaldo was seen headbutting Richard Huges. That time Huges was signed to Portsmouth FC. Due to which, one the official handed Ronaldo a red card and sent him off the ground.
- Ronaldo Sends off Multiple Shots against Cordoba
Real Madrid faced-off Cordoba back in the early starting of 2015. In the match, Madrid defeated Cordoba by 2-1. But during the match, a point came when both teams were at 1-1 score. When finally Ronaldo was about to score a goal for his team he not only kicked Cordoba's player Edimar but also hit him in the face. Due to which he saw his way out of the ground after an official handed him a red card.
- Ronaldo Pushes Away Guardiola
In November 2010, Barcelona faced-off against Real Madrid. In the match, the Spanish Giants squashed Madrid 5-0 to secure a win. When Ronaldo was defending the ball from one of Barcà's players an outside happened. And on that spot former Barcelona coach, Pep Guardiola was standing. Though Pep was supposed to throw in the ball, he decided not to throw-in. Due to which Ronaldo came to took the ball after which he pushed away coach. Ronaldo's actions made Barcelona's players infuriated after which many verbal and a little bit of physical confrontation happened between the two teams.
When he kicked the ball over Barcelona's goalkeeper and just as it was a few inches away from the net, Nani (former Madrid player) reached out to the ball for a header. But the scored goal was disallowed as Nani shot it from the point-blank range (offside).
After which Ronaldo got frustrated and throw-off his captain's armband as Nani steal-off probably Ronaldo's one of the memorable goal.
- Ronaldo Infamously Winks at Wayne Rooney
This infamous wink incident happened back at the quarterfinals of 2006 World Cup between England and Portugal. In the match, Portugal defeated England to move on to the semi-finals. One of the England players Wayne Rooney kicked one the opposing players right in the middle of his legs while defending the ball. Due to which Ronaldo and other players from Portugal came running to the victim. Due to this unsportsmanlike action of Rooney, Ronaldo pleaded referee to send him off. After which Rooney received a red card and saw his way back down to the tunnel. And as he was going back, the Portuguese player Ronaldo winked at him which left many people astonishing. Though Rooney received a red card because of his cheap actions, Ronaldo winking at Rooney made him look worse than Rooney.
