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'Bogus': Real Madrid fans in shock as Luka Modric issued first-ever straight red card (VIDEO)
Ballon d'Or winner Luka Modric was shown a straight red card for the first time in his career, after a VAR decision adjudged the Croatian to have ran afoul of new La Liga rules governing tackles to the achilles tendon.
Modric was issued with his marching orders just before the hour mark after he mistimed a tackle and raked his studs down the achilles of Celta Vigo's summer import Denis Suarez.
Referee Estrada Fernández consulted with a pitchside monitor after being notified by VAR officials as to the potential serious nature of the foul, before sending the Croatian to the sidelines.
