United’s Ronaldo Not To Blame For Rooney’s Dismissal
Manchester United and England fans must be wishing that when Cristiano Ronaldo picked up an injury against Holland his World Cup should really have ended in tears.
United Rant would have captured the feelings of most Manchester United fans with this image. But you have to ask, what did Ronaldo really do?
After a tussle for the ball with Wayne Rooney, Ricardo Carvalho had tumbled to the ground when Rooney apparenty trod on Carvalho’s privates. The ref immediately blew the whistle and as players from both teams gathered around the incident, the referee was seen pointing for a free kick in favor of Portugal. Fair enough.
In a match full of crunching tackles, this misstep (or was it deliberate?) cost England the most…
And then the moment of contention. Manchester United’s winger Cristiano Ronaldo (who has been rumored to want to go to Real Madrid in recent days) ran up to the referee and starting asking him to show Rooney a card. Rooney got angry, shoved Ronaldo (who, to his credit, didnt fall - didnt even get thrown off-balance that much) and as Hargreaves separated Rooney from Ronaldo and other approaching Portugal players, the ref blews the whistle, stepped to the side and showed Rooney the red card.
Who was at fault?
Ronaldo’s actions are not excusable - he has done this while playing for Manchester United as well and while we can’t say that he’s a saint, he’s not the devil United fans wil make him out to be in the coming days. Ronaldo’s actions themselves might have merited a yellow card if he had protested too long. As it was, Rooney lost his temper and pushed Ronaldo.
Should Ronaldo be blamed?
If you want to blame someone for Rooney’s loss, blame the ref. He gave an unbelievably harsh decision and showed a red when a yellow would have sufficed. Someone should tell those idiots sitting up in FIFA’s headquarters making all the rules that it is bloody important to let the game flow and to keep all 22 players on the pitch. If you want to promote fair-play, don’t do it at the cost of ruining the World Cup for half the teams.
And by the way, Ronaldo’s supposed ‘wink’ to the bench does not have much bearing to this incident. Was he trying to get Rooney sent off? Yes he was, but to be fair his teammates privates had almost been scrambled and Ronaldo had been in clear viewing range of the incident.
Claims that Ronaldo was disloyal to his club are as baseless as saying that . For most players, the World Cup is a prize the cannot afford to miss. You saw that with Wayne Rooney doing everything he could to get back into playing condition (despite the concerns of Manchester United), and Owen playing when he was clearly not in the best of shape.
Don’t blame Ronaldo for fighting hard for his country. You can blame him for asking for the card, but really, it was the ref’s call, and if it hadn’t been Ronaldo it could have been any other Portuguese player doing that.
Something must be done about the standard of refereeing in these games
The 2006 World Cup has lacked consistency in officiating, and like in other sports when the faults of the officials start impacting the results of matches you absolutely must look at solutions that allow you to minimize and then remove these inconsistencies. Dives should be punished, and referees should be told to ‘let the game flow’.
Otherwise, there’s little point of playing / watching - we might as well pray to the gods…
Or bribe the bloody referees as Juve did.
Update: See the end of this video for the little pre-match incident between Rooney and Ronaldo. Looks harmless, don’t know why the media is making a big deal out of it…oh right, the media…
[tags]Manchester United, World Cup 2006, England, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney[/tags]
there are few things that id like to highlight that haven’t been put up here yet. firstly did anyone else notice at the start of the match ronaldo came up behind rooney and spat down his shirt? it was shown on the bbc coverage after the match. also another point to raise is minutes before rooneys red card ronaldo apparantly feigned a headbutt and rooney this along with the blatant sly winking at the portugal bench will not make ronaldo’s arrivial back to manchester uniteds training ground a very happy affair. on the other side tho sir alex ferguson will be thanking ronaldo for keeping his striker out of the world cup what with the whole metatarsile thing
Fergie has to Order all the players in a weeks time back to Manchester to thrash out feelings, If Ferdinand Rooney and Neville, cant bring themselfs to forgive Ronaldo, have you thought about what the ManUtd fans might do the first home Old Trafford game of the new season?????
I fear the worst on both counts, this is a Mess, 24 hours ago we were debating on what new Players would hopfully come to Old Trafford, now we face the possiblity of RVN Rooney and Ronaldo hating each other. A Mess indeed.
I think C.Ronaldo is quite a selfish player and it was a highly uncivil act to do in the first place to ask for a card, club or no club, especially with his attitude towards Rooney from the beginning of the match. That is ‘low’ play to get your country to win. Really low!
Ronaldo gave a statemnt to the press after the England-Portugal match saying that he was interested in going to Real Madrid.
http://soccerlens.com/ronaldo-i-want-to-leave-manchester-united
C. Ronaldo,
Remember the Columbian that got shot dead for his performance in the World Cup?????
Come on back to England my friend!
Enough said!
I am sick and tired of cheating, diving ba#$*&@#s playing the BEAUTIFUL GAME.
Portugal are a disgrace and Ronaldo is the biggest DISGRACE to football in a long time!!!
I can’t believe that there is not more noise about this.
All I am seeing is crap like Rooney should apologise to England.
Here is the math: Rooney has a temper + Portual are a bunch of cheats + Plus Scolari’s plan was for Portudal to wind up Rooney and try and get him sent off + Ronaldo is a premier class wanker who is an absolute disgrace to the game = Rooney off + Ronaldo winking to the Portuguese bench + England out.
excuse me, is it ok for a player to step on the balls of another player? is it? thats not playing the “beautiful game” either, i’m sick and tired of everyone ranking on Ronaldo, the boy has talent, face it. Also, why would you want to come back to play for a team where there obviously going to be no love for you when you return, he’s right in wanting to leave Man U, and also sometimes a player has more PRIDE in their country, and could give two S*&ts about a damn club. The world cup is far more important than any prize a club team could give…
It’s sickening to hear that Rooney was unfairly treated bla bla –
Rooney is a testosterone charge moron – this was long coming – he can’t control his temper and his is disrespectful to the ref, his team mates and so forth. He will never be a true great regardless of his talent – because he is a petulant spoiled little brat. There are numerous incidents one can point to in the guys playing career as well as his private life. This is all well documented. How about when he went of; kicking water bottles and acting up. The guy is a truly unpleasant person and he cannot control his temper. The undisputed point is: He stamped on an opponent’s TESTICLES!! Wonders how understanding he would have been if the roles had been reversed and his testicles had been stamped upon? I am sure he would have reacted in the most understanding and sportsman like fashion. As if!! His subsequent behavior would most like have earned him a red card (or more!) anyway. He is a disgrace to his club and his country. When he learns to behave like a grown up he can begin getting some respect. Did he even apologize to Carvalho?
Well Angela, talent doesn’t mean you go around winking at your bench, basically stating “Got him!”
Talent is not the only thing that makes a great footballer. Its Talent + Personality.
He is a selfish player, always has been. Foremostly for himself, and now for his country.
The whole idea of a game is to play as fair as possible, not trying to beat a crippled team. Seriously, does it really make Portugal a great team if they beat a crippled English team? I don’t think so.
Angela, keep your knickers on. C. Ronaldo is the gay lord pin up in Portugal, so you have no chance!
Ronaldo is a born cheat. He has talent, but he resorts to spoiling the BEAUTIFUL game by rolling around like he just got shot any time he loses the ball. He is also one of these wankers who hand motions for a card every time he falls down. You should get an automatic card if you ask the referee to give an opponent a card. Ronaldo is a CANCER to this game and, like every cancer, he must be cut out!
Ronaldo clearly winked to the Portuguese bench as Rooney walked off as if to say “got him”.
The reason for this is that Scolari sent Ronaldo, Carvaliho et al. out to wind Rooney up and get him sent off.
Scolari is a cheat too!
If he was a man, then he would have told his players to stop diving after all that nonsense VS the Dutch.
(Lets get this straight, Rooney is a fool too for being goaded into being sent off).
Roy Keane tried to teach Ronaldo not to fall down and roll around when Ronaldo joined Man U. Obviously, Ronaldo was not listening.
Also, Sir Alex must be banging him because otherwise why would you favour this tosser VS RVN who scores 20 goals or more in the bast league in the world every year! (BECAUSE RVN told Ronaldo to go and cry t his daddy, that’s why!! What a prize pratt Ronaldo is!
He will get his!
It will be interesting to see if he has the balls to come back to England. (A certain Turkish player did not return to Aston Villa after acting like a wanker with Beckham).
To be sure, Ronaldo will try to cheat again VS France. Watch him very closely and see if he is actually fouled when Gallas gets sent off for knocking him over! There should be a highlight reel just on his bullshit!
Do you know any of the players I am refering to Angela or are you one of these knobs who only watches football during the “FIFA” World Cup???
Cheers and Up the ENGLAND (real men who don’t fall down and roll around like a bunch of pussies)!!
Updated the post.
See the end of this video for the little pre-match incident between Rooney and Ronaldo.
Rooney is a disgrace to the game. He has no respect for his teammates as shown when he told his entire bench to fuck off after being withdrawn from a friendly in Madrid. What does this tell you about his attitude? That it is shit. If he gives no respect to his teammates, how much respect do you think he gives to his opponents. It was probably an accident to step on Carvalho but there was no need to push Ronaldo. Players do just as he did all the time and nothing happens. He was just defending his national teammates. Ronaldo did as many others would do.
You Portuguese fans are a good laugh!
You don’t want to admit that your team are a bunch of cheating, diving scum.
It must be hard to stomach that your team should be in the Olympic diving competition!
Lets talk about Carvaliho holding on to Rooney’s leg to wind him up.
What a prize wanker! (Just like cry baby, gay lord Ronaldo!)
Portugal has 14 yellow cards and 2 reds which is BY FAR the worst record of any team in the tournament.
Enough said!
“Cheating, Cheating Portuguese!”
Vive la FRANCE!
Have you noticed this article and all comments posted have totally IGNORED rooney stepping on another players’ privates?? No-one has mentioned it at all..
The actual disgrace to this beautiful game comes from Rooney and his immaturity..sorry but you do not step on anyone’s privates EVER, you know how painful it is. That it just not acceptible, that in itself should have been a straight red card.
Don’t get me wrong, I am a united fan and an England fan but i just don’t understand Rooney, he is the most immature, violent self-centred player i’ve seen in a long time.
YOU DO NOT DO WHAT ROONEY DID AND CRUNCH SOMEONE’S BALLS, EVER! If you’re that angry, tell the ref and let him decide the course of action to take, not you. If everyone tried to impose their own version of justice, the “beautiful game” would turn into “the violent game”, as demonstrated by Rooney
P.S I also totally agree with angela and M Zajac
IT WAS SO FOOLISH BY ROONEY…HE MUST LERAN TO CONTROL TEMPER OR MAN U COULD SURELY LOSE A GREAT FOOTBALLER LIKE CRISTIANO RONALDO WHO I THINK SHOULD GO TO REAL MADRID.