Heavy disciplinary price for Real for red cards in Celta defeat

Real Madrid paid a heavy disciplinary price for the red cards shown to defenders Fran Garcia and Alvaro Carreras and forward Endrick in the second half of its 2-0 defeat to Celta Vigo on Sunday, reported Xinhua.

Garcia has been given a one-game ban by the Disciplinary Committee of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), which he will serve this weekend away to Deportivo Alaves after being sent off for two yellow cards.

However, Carreras and Endrick have received two-game bans, with Carreras punished for saying "eres malisimo" (you are really bad) to referee Quintero Gonzalez after his sending off.

Endrick, who never actually got onto the pitch, was also shown a red card and given a two-game ban for "getting up off the bench and leaving the technical area, while shouting at the fourth referee and needing to be held back by members of the technical staff."

The pair will miss the last La Liga game of the year at home against Sevilla on December 20.

Dani Carvajal, currently sidelined after a knee operation, was also given a two-game ban for insulting the referee in the tunnel to the dressing rooms after the game.

The suspensions leave Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso without a fit specialist right back or left back for this weekend, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ferland Mendy both injured, while Garcia will be his only available left back against Sevilla.