Ramos admits booking was on purpose against Ajax
AMSTERDAM: Sergio Ramos has risked being banned for an extra game after incredibly appearing to admit that he got himself booked on purpose during the closing stages of Real Madrid’s victory over Ajax on Wednesday night.
The Madrid captain recklessly took out Danish forward Kasper Dolberg as the Dutch side attempted to break, getting absolutely nowhere near the ball. He seemed furious with Dolberg but his anger completely dissipated the moment the card was brandished.
The yellow was Ramos’ third in this season’s Champions League, meaning he will now serve a onegame suspension in the second leg of of the last-16 tie and be free to play in the quarter-final, which will likely be a tougher test.
Viewers watching believed that that was exactly the result that Ramos was looking for with Madrid now clear favourites to advance after a big away result and the Los Blancos skipper has now confirmed their suspicions.
“Not to underestimate the opponent, but sometimes you have to take these decisions and that’s what I decided,” he said in a postmatch interview with El Chiringuito TV.
BT Sport’s commentators immediately noticed something was up with one quickly asking if that was ‘the booking he was looking for’ following the blatant foul.
“That’s very obvious that he was looking to get booked there,” the other responded. “He’s just gambling everything there. He knows it’s not enough to get sent off, he just gets the booking he needs.”