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El Clasico. Ramos feels red card was excessive

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Barcelona's Lionel Messi is fouled by Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, dubbed 'el clasico', at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Real Madrid captain and defender Sergio Ramos feels he did not deserve a red card for his foul on Lionel Messi in Sunday’s 3-2 defeat against Barcelona. The Spain international was dismissed in the 77th minute for a two-footed tackle on Messi in midfield, with referee Alejandro Hernandez showing no hesitation to pull out a straight red card in the top-of-the-table LaLiga clash.

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