Can reacts to Ronaldo's red card: We are not women
An off-the-ball clash with Jeison Murillo resulted in Cristiano Ronaldo being sent off, which Juventus teammate Emre Can disagreed with.
Published : Sep 20, 2018 17:19 IST
Emre Can reacted to the dismissal of Cristiano Ronaldo in Juventus' 2-0 Champions League win over Valencia by saying "we are not women".
Ronaldo came together with Jeison Murillo off the ball and after the Valencia defender fell to the ground the Juve star appeared to pull at his hair.
Referee Felix Brych consulted with his assistants before showing the 33-year-old a straight red card in the 29th minute, prompting tears of anguish from the Portugal forward.
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After watching a replay of the incident, Can told DAZN : "That's supposed to be a red?" The Germany international midfielder added: "I just heard he said that it was because of hair pulling. We're not women, we're playing football. If you're going to give a red for that, you can give a red for anything. It was 100 per cent not a red card."
Ronaldo's sister Katia Aveiro took to Instagram to voice her displeasure at the decision, which ended the Portugal captain's first Champions League appearance for Juve.