Cristiano Ronaldo's eventful cameo against Barcelona produced one of football's most bizarre heatmaps
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Even in the chaotic life of Cristiano Ronaldo, Sunday's Spanish Super Cup first leg clash at the Nou Camp was quite eventful.
The Portuguese star was left on the bench as Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane looked to ease him into the season gently after his Confederations Cup exploits, but when he came on as a substitute for Karim Benzema shortly before the hour mark then all hell broke loose.
After Lionel Messi's penalty had levelled the scores for Barcelona following a Gerard Pique own goal, Ronaldo struck to restore Real's lead.
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However - in a move surely designed to copy Lionel Messi's celebration from last season's Clasico - he took off his shirt to celebrate and was then booked.
Then just two minutes later he was adjudged to have dived in the box by referee Ricardo De Burgos, promptly earning a second yellow and then a red card. He responded by giving Burgos a shove, a move which has led to a fine and five-game suspension .
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But it is what Ronaldo did during the game which caught the attention of our friends at Opta, whose touch and heatmaps reveal Ronaldo's remarkable night.
As seen in his touchmap, he had just 11 touches during his 24 minutes on the pitch, with three of those being shots and four being passes - only two of which were successful.
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He also completed one dribble and conceded one foul - which were the run into the box and the dive which led to his red card.
Then his heatmap shows that he seemed to spent most of his time in positions favoured by a left-sided attacker and a right-back.
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He floated around in his own half a few times, but largely spent most of his time (the brighter spots on the pitch) in and just on the edge of the penalty area.
He'll be spending more time in the stands now though...