Sergio Ramos and his 25 Real Madrid red cards: a retrospective

Sergio Ramos may have won the Champions League twice, three titles in La Liga, the World Cup and two European championships, but the defender is once again for the wrong reasons. On Sunday night, the 31-year-old was sent off for the 22nd time in his Real Madrid career for Lionel Messi. This ended a whole calendar year without a red card for the flammable character. Discover the Ramos catalog here:

1) Espanyol 1-0 Real Madrid, La Liga, 18 September 2005

Two yellow cards in the 61st and 87th minutes were a good start for Ramos' red card when he was sent off at the Barcelona Olympic Stadium. He began to get yellow doubles rather than straight reds, and his subsequent suspension pioneered a remarkable beginning: Jonathan Woodgate's step forward.

2) Real Madrid 2-1 Olympiakos, Champions League, 29 September 2005

Just 10 days later, Ramos received the second red of his career in Madrid after being fired for a clash with Olympiakos substitute, Giannakis Okkas, reacting with anger in the 91st minute as a result of 39, a challenge launched by the Cypriot. The consignment took place just minutes after the young Roberto Soldado spared redness in Madrid with a late winner.

3) Real Sociedad 2-2 Real Madrid, La Liga, 27 November 2005

Madrid needed two goals in the last five minutes to save a draw in Anoeta after Ramos was sent off in a match where both teams were reduced to 10 men.

4) Real Madrid 3-3 Villarreal, La Liga, May 7, 2006

The last match of Zinedine Zidane was ruined by a red card without fail for Ramos after a handball in his own surface. Diego Forlán duly converted the penalty before Julio Baptista scored a tying goal for Madrid.

5) Real Madrid 1-1 Atlético Madrid, La Liga, 1 October 2006

Ramos was expelled for the first time from a Madrid derby while two customary fouls earned him his two usual bookings. It seems that the experience of his teammates Roberto Carlos and Fabio Cannavaro had little impact on the young Spaniard.

6) Sevilla 2-0 Real Madrid, La Liga, 3 November 2007

Two delicate tackles gave Ramos two yellow cards, five minutes on either side of the half. The defeat relegated Madrid to third place, followed by Sevilla.

7) Recreativo 2-3 Real Madrid, La Liga, 1st March 2008

Ramos was sent off in the 55th minute after a nudge on former Liverpool striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle. He had been booked as a result of a reckless challenge at two feet five minutes earlier.

8) Mallorca 1-1 Real Madrid, La Liga, 5th April 2008

The Spaniard received his second red card in just over two months, two more times before receiving his orders. A handball in the 46th minute was followed 20 minutes later by a deliberate move. Despite two points lost, Madrid remains in the lead and will win La Liga this season.

9) Real Madrid 4-3 Málaga, La Liga, 9th November 2008

Ramos received a red forehand for a blatant step on Eliseu's chest while the Portuguese defender was on the ground.

10) Atlético Madrid 2-3 Real Madrid, La Liga, 7 November 2009

The Spaniard has been sent off for the second time in the Madrid derby. This time, he was immediately dismissed following Sergio Aguero's final match.

11) Ajax 0-4 Real Madrid, Champions League, 23 November 2010

After receiving a reservation for throwing the ball in the first half, he was shown a second yellow for the same time-loss tactics in the second period of injury. With the group winning, the skeptics thought that the dismissal of Ramos had been deliberately deserved, so he could serve a suspension in the last match of the group to death.

Image: Ramos is ruled out during the meeting between Real Madrid and Galatasaray in November 2013. Photo: Juan Medina / Reuters

12) Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid, La Liga, 29 November 2010

David Villa was penalized with a yellow card 20 minutes from the end. Ramos then attacked Lionel Messi in overtime. Additional handbags with Carles Puyol and Xavi earned him his first red card in el clásico.

13) Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid, Copa del Rey, 25 January 2012

A first yellow card to protest a free kick was followed by another for a nudge to his international teammate Sergio Busquets. Ramos had already been denied a header goal for a foul in the balloon accumulation in the night when Madrid had crashed out of the Copa in the semifinals.

14) Villarreal 1-1 Real Madrid, La Liga, March 21st, 2012

During Ramos' 300th appearance in Madrid, he set a new record for the club, with his two yellow cards signifying that he had been sent off more often in La Liga than any other Madrid player in history. He received his orders after a nudge on Nilmar, one night, the manager Jose Mourinho and Mesut Özil also saw the red for Madrid.

Real Madrid 4-0 Celta Vigo, Copa del Rey, 2 January 2013

After getting a useless reservation during a slight altercation with the Celta players, Ramos got a deserved second yellow for a challenge that undoubtedly deserved a red. As they fought over the ball, Ramos got fired Augusto Fernández, catching him in the chest.

16) Real Madrid 2-0 Rayo Vallecano, La Liga, 17 February 2013

Ramos received two yellow cards, was sent off and scored in the first 20 minutes. After doubling the Madrid lead in the 12th minute, he was scored twice in 42 seconds, five minutes later. He first shot Robert Trashorras' shirt before committing a deliberate handball.

17) Real Madrid 4-1 Galatasaray, Champions League, 27 November 2013

After a foul on Umut Bulut, the Spaniard won the final straight for defense in the 26th minute. His dismissal meant that Ramos received on average a red card every 20 games for Madrid.

18) Osasuna 2-2 Real Madrid, La Liga, December 14, 2013

The first of two Ramos yellows, accused of dissent after he was accused of having committed a fault on Álvaro Cejudo, could be considered unlucky. It could have been argued that he could have shown him a red card right for his second offense: a forearm swaying in the face of his marker. Madrid was 2-0 in their dismissal but managed to equalize thanks to a late goal from Pepe.

Image: Ramos is returned to clásico after a fault on Neymar. Barcelona also won a penalty that tipped the match in its favor. Photo: Reuters

19) Real Madrid 3-4 Barcelona, ​​La Liga, 23 March 2014

There was not much contact between Ramos and Neymar after the Barcelona striker cut the Madrid defender in the 64th minute, but the slight heel kick had catastrophic results. Neymar fell to the floor in the penalty area, Ramos was sent off despite his usually furious admonitions and Lionel Messi raised Barcelona's level. Twenty minutes later, the Argentinian repeated the plunge to complete his hat trick and blow up the title race in La Liga.

20) Las Palmas 1-2 Real Madrid, La Liga, March 13, 2016

After surviving the 2014-15 season without a red card, a seemingly reformed Ramos was about to succeed two seasons in a row before a yellow stop at Gran Canaria put an end to this race. After receiving a yellow card in the first half, the captain of Real Madrid then crunched the back of his counterpart Las Palmas, Momo, in the last moments to seal his 20th red card career.

His first return to the game after a suspension following the red card at Las Palmas was held in El Clásico. Ramos spent the rest of the match looking for another, but Alejandro Hernández put his hand in the 84th minute to finally reach the back of his pocket and show the second yellow, when Ramos slipped unnecessarily into the back of Luis Suárez. . The last winner of Cristiano Ronaldo still won the Real and relaunched the race for the title, putting an end to the series of 39 games without defeat of Barcelona.

22) Real Madrid 2-3 Barcelona, ​​La Liga, April 23, 2017

Having managed to pbad a calendar year without seeing red and with his team to equal 2-1 in a clásico that could help decide the title of the league, the noses of Ramos widened when Lionel Messi picked up the ball towards the sideline. Fortunately, a wild thunderbolt did not completely connect the Barcelona striker – if it had been done, he could have been seriously injured, "but it still sent him into the air before hitting Bernabeu's floor. Referee Alejandro Hernández has not hesitated to direct Ramos to an early morning swim, Ten Real has equalized by James Rodriguez but could not take in. The sumptuous goal of Messi allowed Barça to to carry 3-2.

23) Deportivo 0-3 Real Madrid, La Liga, August 20, 2017

Ramos earned a booking after an angry confrontation with Depor's Fabian Schär, who was also warned. The center back raised his hands on the Swiss defender's face after 53 minutes of play and was lucky not to receive red. After the match won, Ramos got a second yellow card after stopping after using his elbow in an aerial challenge with Borja Valle de Deportivo.

24) Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Real Madrid, Liga, 2 December 2017

After missing three games with a broken nose, Ramos returned to Real Madrid against Athletic Bilbao, wearing a mask. At the 11th minute, he had reserved a forearm to Raul García. He then caught Artiz Aduriz from the arm three minutes from the end. Ramos is now the all-time La Liga record holder for the red cards after his dismissal for the 19th championship.

25) Real Madrid 1-2 Girona, La Liga, 17 February 2019

After having spent a remarkable calendar year without seeing the red between 2017 and 2018, the Spanish defender was back in form in February 2018. Real Madrid lost to Girona and desperately trying to force the equalizer. box of the opposition and attempt to score with an aerial kick. However, after having already been booked for a handball for which Girona scored a penalty, the defender received his second yellow for a high foot in the final minutes of the match.