Ronaldo shoves a referee and gets a 5 match ban, Buffon shoves a referee and gets sympathy. May I ask why?

Mattia Valassi

Juventus Fan since I was born

40w ago

I think I can answer.
I’m a Juventus fan that, I have to say it, once again is quite desperate as another year passes by with Juve going out from the UCL. 
Now, Cristiano Ronaldo shoved the ref in a 3–1 Clasico Real Madrid win, after getting his second yellow card, the first for pulling off his jersey after his goal, the second because of a dive right in the center of the Blaugrana area. 
A guy even that talented that goes out of a game because he first wanted to be cocky showing off his abs and then tried to fool everyone asking for a penalty does not deserve sympathy, especially in a 3–1 advantage situation in a Spanish Supercup final that for Real really is nothing.

Second situation: you have a legendary goalkeeper, a guy that is like Ronaldo for GKs, a guy who spent almost his entire career playing for Juve. Now this guy won it all: Serie A, Italian National Cup, even the World Cup in 2006 but he only has one trophy missing in his collection, the one cup that every great player needs to win: the Champions League. This guy saw Real score three at his home in Turin, this guy left that game knowing he would retire without winning the Champions League, and then played in a miracle: Santiago Bernabeu, Juventus is 3–0 against Real in and heroic effort heading to overtime to try once again to get to that final and win that cup that always flees at the last second. One minute and then is a war in overtime, and the best may win. And then what happens? A penalty. Yes, there probably was a penalty but it wasn’t that much clear and it was the 93rd of an heroic effort by Juve. Would the same ref whistle for a penalty in Barca’s remuntada against PSG last year? I don’t know. But let’s get back to Gigi: at 40, almost retired, he wants to get that cup and once again it seems that he won’t be able to win it, but he goes 3–0 at Bernabeu against the Galacticos and once again he has the chance of a lifetime to achieve the ultimate price and quit his career on the highest level. And a ref destroys everything. I’m not mad at the ref, but I think is normal to have sympathy for Buffon in this situation, being a Juve fan or just a football fun. So there’s your answer, enjoy.

GIGI BUFFON, EVEN WITHOUT THE CL, IS THE GREATEST GK THEN, NOW AND FOREVER (yes, I’m a WWE guy, too)