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By Sean Walsh Italian referee Marco Di Bello will be part of the officiating team for this Wednesday’s Champions League clash between Real Madrid and RB Leipzig, despite receiving a ban in Serie A recently. Di Bello was the referee who controversially sent off three Lazio players in their 1-0 loss to Milan on Friday night. Luca Pellegrini was the first player to receive his marching orders, picking up a second booking on 57 minutes for cynically bringing down Christian Pulisic and ending a counter-attack. The left-back had hoped Pulisic was offside but the assistant referee’s flag did not go u…

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