Real Madrid's Rudiger won 6 games, Bellinghamhong canceled
April 29, 2025, 03:13 PM and

Real Madrid's Antonio Rüdiger won six games after the team's 3-2 Cup Copa del Rey finally beat Barcelona, ​​while teammate Jude Bellingham's dispatch was revoked.

Rudiger, Bellingham and Lucas Vázquez also accepted the ban on two matches - all fired at the end of Madrid's overtime loss as the team reacted angrily to the decision of referee Ricardo de Burgos bengoetxea.

De Burgos said in his report that the already replaced Rüdiger was sent off in the 120th minute, "because an object was thrown from the technical field" and "must be bound by various members of the coaching staff and showed a positive attitude."

Vázquez has also been withdrawn from the game, dismissed for “entering the field of competition” for protesting the decision of officials, while Bellingham mastered the final whistle “to approach our position with a positive attitude and must be backed by his teammates.”

On Tuesday, the Spanish Football Federation's Discipline Committee ruled that Rudiger would hit six games while Vazquez was suspended for two games.

"I have absolutely no excuse for my behavior," Rudiger said on social media on Sunday. "I am so sorry for this... After 111 minutes I can't help my team anymore, and before the last whistle, I (sic) a mistake. Sorry again for the referee and everyone who was disappointed with me."

Rudiger then underwent knee surgery, and sources told ESPN that the defender was expected to last up to two months, excluding his involvement in any situation for the rest of the Laliga season and taking him into the club World Cup this summer.

After hearing Real Madrid's argument, the Disciplinary Committee found that video evidence showed that "unlike the reality of the report on Bellingham in the referee's report, there was no evidence that "positive attitude" or teammates stopped him.

This means there is a "material, obvious error" in the report and Bellingham's red card was overturned.

In Rudiger's case, the committee rejected Madrid's argument that the player's "spontaneous regret" should be considered when determining his punishment, ruling that his social media posts did not have enough evidence.

Madrid entered the Cup under pressure, was eliminated in the quarter-finals earlier this month and trailed Barcelona in the Laliga Championship.

After Madrid refused to attend their pre-match press conference, training and official Photocall, the match was held in a tense atmosphere in protest against comments from referees De Burgos and Var Pabablo González Fuertes.

The club said officials showed "hostility and hostility" towards the team when answering questions about the referee's videos broadcast on Real Madrid TV.