Real Madrid defender, Antonio Rudiger is facing a significant ban after throwing ice at the referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea during his side’s Copa del Rey final defeat to Barcelona on Saturday night.
Jules Kounde’s goal in extra time gave Barcelona a 3-2 victory against Real Madrid.
Following Kounde’s goal, tensions boiled over on the Madrid bench in the closing stages of the game.
Rudiger attempted to confront referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea.
His team-mates, Lucas Vazquez and Vinicius Junior then ran onto the pitch and aggressively threw their arms in the direction of the official before Rudiger followed up and threw an ice cube from the touchline, just metres from where Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti was stood, towards the centre of the pitch.
De Burgos Bengoetxea came over to the touchline and gave red cards to Vazquez and Rudiger, who then attempted to storm over to the referee.
Six people, including two Madrid players, Ferland Mendy and Jesus Vallejo, then stepped in to try to calm the Germany international before he was led away from the technical area.
However, in his official post-match report to the Spanish Football Federation, De Burgos Bengoetxea confirmed Rudiger had thrown ‘an object which missed me’, while Jude Bellingham was sent off after the final whistle for an ‘aggressive attitude’ towards the officials.
