Real Madrid’s Bellingham says there was miscommunication after shown red card for using expletive against referee
The HinduJude Bellingham was sent off in Real Madrid’s 1-1 draw at Osasuna after he used explicit language while protesting the refereeing on Saturday. Coach Carlo Ancelotti defended his player and claimed that Munuera made a translation error of Bellingham’s use of an English expletive. “He said ‘ off,’ not ’ you.’ I don’t think that was meant to be offensive.” Bellingham spoke after Ancelotti and insisted that his use of the expletive was not meant to target the referee. “It is an expression that I have been saying since I was 16 or 17 years old for better or for worse.” Munuera wrote in his refereeing report that Bellingham told him, “’ you.’” Ancelotti had already received a yellow card for complaining about what he thought was a handball by an Osasuna defender in the host’s area that was not punished.
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