25th red card for skipper Ramos

– Real Madrid’s La Liga run skidded to a halt as they crashed 2-1 at home to struggling Girona yesterday in which captain Sergio Ramos was sent off, leaving them nine points adrift of leaders Barcelona.

Real substitutes Gareth Bale and Vinicius Jr each missed chances to level for the European champions and things got worse when Ramos earned a second yellow card in added time and was sent off for the 25th time. – Reuters

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