Real Madrid supporters are planning a white-handkerchief protest for Wednesday's Spanish Super Cup second leg at home to Barcelona after Cristiano Ronaldo was hit with a five-match suspension.
Although the planned "panolada" protest comes in response to the decision to give Madrid forward Ronaldo an extended ban for pushing the referee after he was shown a second yellow card in the first leg, the president of the official Madrid fan group Pena Capote y Montera said that the ruling marked a trend that has seen the European champions suffer unduly at the hands of officials in recent years.
The group plans to display a banner at the Bernabeu to highlight the feeling that Madrid have been harmed by "scandalous" officiating, with the protest timed for when Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez, 33, enters the pitch ahead of what will be the Murcian referee's first
Clasico.
Madrid, who carry a 3-1 lead into the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu, have a 90 percent chance of winning the Super Cup for the 10th time, according to FiveThirtyEight's Soccer Power Index.
They went unbeaten over 14 games without Ronaldo last season, when they won La Liga and the UEFA Champions League, and likewise have not lost during the 10 games Ronaldo has missed through suspension during his time with Madrid.


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