Why UEFA have delayed Ronaldo judgement

Uefa will wait to receive the referee’s report before deciding whether or not to extend Cristiano Ronaldo’s suspension after his Champions League red card on Wednesday night .

The Portuguese was sent off after half an hour of Juventus’ 2-0 win away to Valencia after appearing to put his hand on the head of the Spanish club’s defender Jeison Murillo.

He has received an automatic one-match ban which cannot be appealed but Uefa’s disciplinary panel could extend it depending on the contents of the report sent to them.

It is understood that if the ban was extended, any appeal from Juventus would have to be heard before match day three, when Ronaldo had hoped to face his old club Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Ronaldo left the pitch in tears after German referee Felix Brych decided to send him off

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