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But then Madrid love having Beckham I think, even if they could save a few pennies by getting rid of the highest payed footballer in the world lol.
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Posted: 2006-07-04 11:48:53
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they do but football on the continent is slighly different to over in england. in england the managers tend to pick player they wish to sign and build a team.
often in spain etc the chairmen of the club decided which players to buy and tell the coach who he has to work with and its his job to sort it out.
i see no reason why they couldnt be in the same team at the end of the day im sure many people dont like all there team mates.
bit like work or school you dont like everyone your with you just put up with them as your all there doing the same thing. no reason why football would be any different.
i think it was sheringham and cole would couldnt stand the site of each other they never spoke to each other yet the won a treble together so i dont think players need to be friends to get the best out of them
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Posted: 2006-07-04 12:07:16
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BERLIN, July 3 (Reuters) - Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo said on Monday there was no animosity between him and Wayne Rooney despite the furore over the winger's actions when the England forward was red carded in their World Cup quarter-final.
"There is no problem at all between me and Rooney," Ronaldo told the website of the Gestifute agency, which represents him. "At the end of the game, we exchanged a series of text messages just as we had on the day before.
"This reinforces that I have a fine relationship with Rooney. Between the two of us, everything is clear," added Ronaldo who plays with Rooney at Manchester United.
In the second half of Saturday's match with England, Ronaldo rushed 40 metres to the referee, apparently to demand a card for Rooney who had battled his way through two players and trod on Ricardo Carvalho's groin as he tried to disentangle himself.
Rooney was sent off by Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo and Ronaldo was captured by TV cameras winking at his bench as the England forward walked off the pitch.
"I complained to the referee about the foul but I didn't ask for a red card," the Portugal winger said after the match.
"How is it possible that I would help to get him sent off? I am not the referee with the power to send off anyone I want, nor do I have the ability to convince him to show cards," he added on Monday.
"The referee produced the red card because he thought that he had to, and my participation in that was absolutely zero."
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Ronaldo had also feigned a head-butt towards Rooney seconds before the match kicked off as he was walking past his club mate to take up his position on the left wing.
British media reported on Monday that the England forward was furious with Ronaldo and attempted to charge into Portugal's dressing room to confront the winger after the match.
But Ronaldo said Rooney had told him to ignore the English press saying "they only want to stir things up".
"Statements have appeared as if they were from him, saying that he didn't want to play with me in Manchester," said Ronaldo. "That's not what he wants. Of course he wants to (play with me). This is absolutely false, he said so himself..."
"In fact, he didn't just send me congratulations for going forward in the World Cup, he also told me we have a great team, and if we carry on as we have, we will get a long way. He wasn't angry with me, or about anything that happened."
Ronaldo, who faced England after recovering from a thigh injury inflicted by a high tackle in the second-round match with Netherlands, is still having ice treatment on the leg but says he will be ready for Wednesday's semi-final in Munich.
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Posted: 2006-07-04 12:51:24
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"In the second half of Saturday's match with England, Ronaldo rushed 40 metres to the referee, apparently to demand a card for Rooney who had battled his way through two players and trod on Ricardo Carvalho's groin as he tried to disentangle himself."
Yeah I thought its was more like a yellow for that incident if that, due to it not really looking deliberate and more of a rough tangle with the players. But obviously another yellow for the push, so perhaps a red, but perhaps a bit harsh due to the more of a tangle then a deliberate groin cruncher
"Rooney was sent off by Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo and Ronaldo was captured by TV cameras winking at his bench as the England forward walked off the pitch."
Tut tut tut lol
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Posted: 2006-07-04 13:04:36
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I think playing for your country overides club loyalties!
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Posted: 2006-07-04 13:27:27
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Yeah but that winking suggests that they had an agenda and that was have Rooney sent off - by any means possible - the easiest way would be to wind him up.
He fell for it and it obviously worked!!
[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2006-07-04 12:43 ]
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Posted: 2006-07-04 13:42:51
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i m sure both sides shared info on there fellow team mates. ive no doubt that neville rooney and rio would have told the rest of the england players that ronaldo doesnt like to be tackled hard or to be physically touched or he goes down, same with the chelsea players i bet they pointed out that carvalliho also doesnt like been challenged in the air very much and that he enjoys rolling around when it happens.
in the same way that those two players will have said to there team mates that rooney has a short fuse if he cant have things his own way or that rio can switch off for no reason at anytime
its part of football and the win at all cost mentality, but it gives everyone something to talk about and people are already looking forward to the new season and champions league so the rivals can square up again
so for football its a win win with more people wanting to watch it
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Posted: 2006-07-04 15:22:11
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On 2006-07-04 13:42:51, goldenface wrote:
Yeah but that winking suggests that they had an agenda and that was have Rooney sent off - by any means possible - the easiest way would be to wind him up.
He fell for it and it obviously worked!!
[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2006-07-04 12:43 ]
I think getting your oposition down to 10 men regardless of which player, is good and worth a wink to the bench.
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Posted: 2006-07-04 15:25:59
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On 2006-07-04 15:25:59, 786KBR wrote:
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On 2006-07-04 13:42:51, goldenface wrote:
Yeah but that winking suggests that they had an agenda and that was have Rooney sent off - by any means possible - the easiest way would be to wind him up.
He fell for it and it obviously worked!!
[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2006-07-04 12:43 ]
I think getting your oposition down to 10 men regardless of which player, is good and worth a wink to the bench.
i can see were your coming from with this and having watched a lot of continetal football from a very young age. this is something thats part of the game and people from the continent would agree with that 100%
in the uk the games never been a 100% like that(thats not to say it doesnt happen as it does)
were just not use to it in the uk as much, but wether we like it or not it is part of the world game and if your going to compete against world teams we maybe need to change our view point as i cant see fifa and the other nations changing theres
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Posted: 2006-07-04 15:30:06
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I wish Rooney hadn't been sent off...
We were playing much better then.
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Posted: 2006-07-04 15:44:15
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