Sergio Ramos becomes the second most red-carded player in football history with a total of 26
Sergio Ramos has accrued a total of 26 red cards in his footballing career and that makes him the second most red-carded player in the history of the game. The Real Madrid captain stands alongside Edgar Davids and Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the player who has received the earliest baths in the competition. The Real Madrid captain…
Sergio Ramos has accrued a total of 26 red cards in his footballing career and that makes him the second most red-carded player in the history of the game.
The Real Madrid captain stands alongside Edgar Davids and Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the player who has received the earliest baths in the competition.
The Real Madrid captain was largely untested for much of the first hour at Santiago Bernabeu as Pep Guardiola’s men took on an unusually cautious approach to the last 16 ties.
With no recognized center-forward on the pitch and Gabriel Jesus utilized on the left-wing, Ramos was allowed to indulge his attacking instincts, surging into the box shortly after Isco had put the hosts ahead 1-0 and blazing a decent chance over the bar.
Edgar Davids and Zlatan Ibrahimovic both accrued four during their illustrious careers, with the latter still active at AC Milan – although the Rossoneri last played the Champions League in 2013-14.
Ramos, though, is unlikely to ever reach Colombian hothead Gerardo Bedoya, who accrued an incredible 46 reds over 20 years for club and country.
In the meantime, Ramos will be a big absence for Madrid in the return leg as he is forced to play out his one-game suspension for a professional foul.
Madrid will play the return leg in Manchester on March 17, knowing they must score at least twice if they are to have any hope of advancing past the last-16 stage.
Source: Goal.com
