article_snippet: Eight minutes before half time, Ronaldo picked up the ball on the left and skipped past Alves but with Javier Mascherano and Gerard Pique closing Alves down, Ronaldo went tumbling.
article_snippet: Television replays showed that Gerard Pique momentarily left Gerard Pique boot dangling, perhaps to entice a Ronaldo fall but the referee's decision to book the Madrid man was correct.
article_snippet: Ronaldo (right) was booked for diving in the first half of El Clasico .
article_snippet: Ronaldo might have been worried after a clash with Mascherano on the hour mark.
article_snippet: Ronaldo was flattened by Ronaldo but appeared to retaliate, with Mascherano exaggerating the contact made by the Madrid attacker.
article_snippet: Ronaldo tries to block a clearance from Gerard Pique of Barcelona .
article_snippet: But the referee was not fooled, only booking the Barcelona man for the initial foul.