TA: If Portugal enters the play-offs, Cristiano Ronaldo will not be brought to the World Cup due to his red card suspension

In the early hours of yesterday morning when Portugal lost 0-2 to Ireland in the World Cup preliminaries, Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off for a retaliatory elbow attack.

In this regard, TA wrote an article about the possibility of the Portuguese captain being suspended in the future.

A red card usually results in a player being suspended for 1-3 games, depending on the severity of the action.

This means that Ronaldo will miss Portugal's final round of World Cup qualifying against Armenia on Sunday. Portugal must win this game if it wants to advance directly to the main draw of next year's World Cup.

According to FIFA regulations, any suspension in the qualifiers will be extended to the main game, and the FIFA Disciplinary Committee will decide whether the player should be suspended for more than one game.

If Portugal finishes second in the group, they will enter the play-off stage. Ronaldo can be suspended in the subsequent play-off games to ensure that he does not miss the main stage of the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup.