Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic was one of many who defended team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo after the Old Lady's 2-0 win over Valencia in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, describing the official's decision to hand him a red card as "absurd."
Ronaldo was sent off for seemingly patting defender Jeison Murillo on the head, and Pjanic could not understand the decision, per the club's official website (via Goal's Dejan Kalinic):
"Football is a strange game. We could have been 4-0 up after the opening period, then came that absurd sending off.