{"id":4403,"date":"2026-06-06T20:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4403"},"modified":"2026-06-06T20:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:43:51","slug":"portugals-rafael-leao-sent-off-for-punching-in-world-cup-warmup-win-over-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4403","title":{"rendered":"Portugal&#039;s Rafael Le\u00e3o Sent Off For Punching In World Cup Warmup Win Over Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Portugal forward Rafael Le\u00e3o was sent off for punching an opponent during a 2-0 win over Chile in a World Cup warm-up on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Le\u00e3o got into a heated altercation with Chile defender Ivan Rom\u00e1n after he felt he had been fouled by a different opponent. Le\u00e3o was spotted throwing a punch and Rom\u00e1n reacted angrily and both were shown straight red cards on the stroke of halftime.<\/p>\n<p><span>Portugal&#8217;s forward #17 Rafael Leao (L) takes the red card during the international friendly football match between Portugal and Chile at Estadio Nacional do Jamor in Oeiras, on June 6, 2026. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Cristiano Ronaldo started the match but was taken off at halftime and his replacement, Gon\u00e7alo Guedes, scored the opening goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Bruno Fernandes doubled Portugal\u2019s lead in the 75th and Lucas Cepeda netted for Chile in stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Portugal is in Group K at the World Cup along with Colombia, Uzbekistan and Congo. Portugal opens against Congo on June 17 in Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Ronaldo is set to make a record-tying sixth World Cup appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Portugal forward Rafael Le\u00e3o was sent off for punching an opponent during a 2-0 win over Chile in a World Cup warm-up on Saturday. Le\u00e3o got into a heated altercation with Chile defender Ivan Rom\u00e1n after he felt he had been fouled by a different opponent. Le\u00e3o was spotted throwing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}