{"id":345466,"date":"2017-08-16T16:36:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T16:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=345466"},"modified":"2017-08-16T16:36:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T16:36:12","slug":"real-madrid-appeal-against-cristiano-ronaldo-ban-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/real-madrid-appeal-against-cristiano-ronaldo-ban-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid appeal against Cristiano Ronaldo ban rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cristiano Ronaldo will serve a five-match ban after Real Madrid failed in a bid to overturn the red card he received in the 3-1 Spanish Super Cup first-leg win over Barcelona.<\/p>\n
The Portugal forward was given his marching orders at the Nou Camp on Sunday after picking up two yellow cards – one for taking his shirt off after scoring and the other for diving.<\/p>\n