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Madrid (EFE).- Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese national football team player, has been sanctioned by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee with a one-match ban - which he has already served in the qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup against Armenia - and two more, but conditional on his behavior.
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Therefore, Cristiano Ronaldo will play the first match of the 2026 World Cup, as long as he does not commit another disciplinary incident. Expelled against Ireland in Dublin on November 13th, Cristiano had never before been sent off with a direct red card in his 226 matches with the senior national team.
In the Ireland – Portugal match, Cristiano saw the expulsion after an aggression against the Irish defender Dara O´Shea by the Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg, who first showed him a yellow card, but then showed him the red card after consulting the VAR.l
