A tearful Ronaldo, making his Champions League debut for his new club, was sent off in the first half at the Mestalla for an innocuous scuffle with Jeison Murillo.
With UEFA not operating an appeals system like the one in the Premier League, Ronaldo was automatically punished with a one-match ban, ruling him out of Juventus' home match against Young Boys in two weeks' time.
It
was feared that Ronaldo could be banned for more than one match if the
incident was deemed to be violent conduct. This would have ruled him out
of Juventus' visit to Ronaldo's former club Manchester United on matchday 3.
Ronaldo ban set to be one game which means he will play against Manchester United at Old Trafford #MUFC pic.twitter.com/TZ2f6IvWpw— The United Stand (@UnitedStandMUFC) 20 September 2018
The outcome of disciplinary proceedings against Ronaldo will not be officially known until UEFA's control, ethics and disciplinary panel meets next Thursday.
According to the sources, disciplinary officials have already viewed television footage of the incident and do not consider it as worthy of increased punishment, even though Ronaldo took a long time to leave the pitch.
Miralem Pjanic scored two penalties, one either side of half time, to give the ten men a 2-0 victory.
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