Madrid appeal Ronaldo's yellow card
Real Madrid have appealed the yellow card shown to Cristiano Ronaldo for diving during Wednesday's 2-0 win over Rayo Vallecano.
The Portuguese received his fifth booking of the campaign, which would see him miss Saturday's visit of Eibar to the Santiago Bernabeu, despite appearing to be clearly brought down by Antonio Amaya whilst the score was still level at 0-0.
"Real Madrid will appeal the yellow card shown to Cristiano Ronaldo in the game against Rayo yesterday in Vallecas," the club says in a statement.
Real boss Carlo Ancelotti remonstrated with the officials after the match and described the decision not to award a spot-kick as "incredible".
Ronaldo went on to score his 300th goal for Madrid in just 288 games for the club as the European champions remained four points adrift of Barcelona at the top of La Liga.
He is currently the La Liga's leading goalscorer.
He has found the back of the net on 37 occasions while his rival, Lionel Messi has 33 goals.
Los Blancos are second on the La Liga standings with 70 points after 30 games.
They are four points adrift of top-placed Barcelona who have played the same number of games.
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