No, watching it in slow motion he deliberately stepped on his nuts. Having said that, how was it not a freekick to England? The 2 portuguese players were all over him, grabbing, pulling yet not a freekick. Rooney is his own worse enemy.
Nice clip of Ronaldo putting his head into the back of Rooneys before kick off. Almost a headbutt. Looks like Ronaldo was not a popular member of the Man Utd team. Ferdinand gave him a bit of a push and a mouthful himself after Ronaldo told the ref to send Rooney off. Ronaldo is an underhanded player and a spoilt brat. I dont see him being welcomed back to Man Utd, especially not by the fans. Almost as if he wants to leave and join another club (Real Madrid perhaps?
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We could have nicked it and didnt. The players did themselves proud with that 10 man display. This time I dont think it was Scolari out thinking Sven, more the players were just better at converting penalties.
We did not have sufficient backup with enough strikers on the bench. If only Defoe had gone. Surprised me that they didnt just move Joe Cole into that role and save the sub for 5 minutes to see how it well it worked. You cannot play long ball with Crouch, hes not good enough.
No surprise that Theo was not used at all. What was he doing there?
We like to do it the hard way...
