Following El Clasico, Real Madrid and Barcelona players got to meet Hollywood megastar Julia Roberts at the Bernabeu.The 49-year-old actress, guest of honour for the match, received an individual tour of Madrid’s home stadium and took photos with both sets of players after the game.Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both got a photo with the ‘Pretty Woman’ star, as did the likes of Marcelo, Luka Modric and Zinedine Zidane.Even Florentino Perez got a quick snap with Roberts, who held up a Real Madrid shirt with ‘Julia Roberts 1’ on the back.Potentially bad news for David de Gea. Perhaps they want Roberts instead of the Manchester United goalkeeper to replace Keylor Navas this summer.
Julia said something strange to Ramos
Another player who got a photo with Roberts was Sergio Ramos.
The Spanish defender was, of course, sent off in the second off for a reckless challenge on Messi.
This was the 22nd red card of his Real Madrid career and, as he left the pitch, he made a gesture to his old rival Gerard Pique while saying “Talk now. Talk now”.
Not his finest moment.
However, despite his foolish red card, Julia lavished Ramos with praise for his performance.
"You played amazing,” she told the centre-back, “as usual.”
Eh?
Perhaps she’d been momentarily distracted and failed to see the incident.
Watch: When Julia Roberts met Sergio Ramos
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Ramos let Real Madrid down
Ramos let his side down. When Zidane needed players to keep their heads, Ramos lost his and paid the price.
Barcelona went on to win the match 3-2, with Messi scoring a dramatic winner in stoppage time, and Luis Enrique’s side now find themselves right back in the title race.
We’re not sure Julia will receive another invite from Real Madrid to watch a future Clasico.
You can watch the highlights of Julia Roberts' Madrid trip in here...