"Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong saw red at the end of Sunday's 3-2 win over Real Madrid in the final of the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. The Netherlands international was penalised for a foul on Kylian Mbappe, with referee José Luis Munuera Montero explaining in his match report why De Jong was handed his marching orders. "He was sent off for the following reason: for making a tackle against an opponent with excessive force in a challenge for the ball," he wrote."
""I think he half-slipped," he told Ziggo Sport. "It's a very unfortunate moment, and I think you have to be sensitive to that as a referee, despite it being a hectic match. You're supposedly coming in with a straight leg. In the replays, it looks really bad, but when you see it happen, it's not so bad.""
Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong was sent off at the end of Barcelona's 3-2 victory over Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia. The Netherlands international was penalised for a foul on Kylian Mbappe; referee José Luis Munuera Montero stated De Jong was dismissed for making a tackle with excessive force in a challenge for the ball. The match featured numerous tough challenges, and some observers defended De Jong. Dutch legend Marco van Basten said De Jong half-slipped, described the moment as unfortunate and argued that replays can exaggerate how bad an incident looks in real time.
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