JUDE BELLINGHAM could person avoided his reddish paper against Osasuna if he’d heeded the words of erstwhile Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
England ace Bellingham was sent disconnected yesterday arsenic his broadside were held to a 1-1 gully against Osasuna.
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Ronnie spent 9 years astatine Real and gave immoderate bully proposal earlier helium near successful 2018Getty - ContributorThe midfielder was near gobsmacked erstwhile helium was fixed his marching orders for what helium aboriginal claimed was a “miscommunication.”
Referee Jose Munuera wrote successful his study that Bellingham said “f*** you” aft a determination went the different way.
Bellingham present faces a 12-match ban, which would spot him miss the bulk of the season’s remaining games.
But helium could person avoided the sending disconnected had helium listened to proposal from Portugal icon Ronaldo.
The 40-year-old spent 9 years playing for Real, scoring 450 goals successful 438 games portion winning 2 titles and 4 Champions Leagues.
And backmost successful 2018, the aforesaid twelvemonth helium near Real for Italian broadside Juventus, Ronaldo explained however swearing towards a referee successful England was an acceptable signifier — but not successful Spain.
Ronaldo said: “I played successful England for galore years. For example. erstwhile determination is simply a foul, the English accidental a batch of ‘f**’ off’ and the refs don’t accidental anything.
“But if you accidental it here, they nonstop you out.”
Speaking aft Real’s gully with Osasuna, Bellingham insisted determination was a “miscommunication” with the referee and that helium meant nary offence.
Bellingham said: “It’s wide that it was a mistake and determination is simply a miscommunication. I retrieve the incidental precise good but I’ve besides seen the video and the video doesn’t lucifer the report.
“I don’t privation to spell excessively overmuch successful item astir what was said but it’s similar a look similar ‘joder’.
“I anticipation that the footage reappraisal tin amusement that is not the aforesaid arsenic the study and going guardant that the federation tin support it nether information due to the fact that it’s immense evidence.
“Obviously we can’t alteration the effect but I deliberation that going guardant determination volition beryllium a change.”
He continued: “There was nary insult. You tin spot intelligibly successful the video. I retrieve the incidental precise well. It was an look to myself not directed towards the referee.
“But evidently determination was a misunderstanding of what helium believes I said to him. It wasn’t an insult astatine all.”
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