‘I’d have done the same’ – Rooney no issue with Ronaldo after World Cup red card

CRISTIANO RONALDO’S notorious wink after Wayne Rooney was despatched off within the 2006 World Cup quarter-finals sparked fury amongst England followers.

However now Rooney has provided an enchanting perception into the scenario, and admitted he would have acted ‘precisely the identical’ as his Manchester United colleague did.

Ronaldo performed a serious function in Rooney being given his marching orders for a stamp on Portugal’s Ricardo Carvalho, with the Three Lions ultimately dropping the sport on penalties.

After the incident Ronaldo cheekily winked to the Portugal bench for getting the England star despatched off, in a transfer that many believed would harm the pair’s relationship at membership stage.

Though Rooney has now revealed he would have performed the identical factor had the shoe been on the opposite foot.

The now Derby County boss instructed Ronaldo after the sport that their focus needed to be on Man Utd obligation, and never let the incident come between them.

He recalled saying to CR7, as per the Day by day Mail: “Hear, you’re going to get a variety of stick from the press, I’m going to get a variety of stick from the press, my focus now’s on Man United.

“There isn’t a challenge with me in any respect, I might have performed precisely the identical attempting to get England a win towards Portugal and it is a large yr for us and we’ve each probability of profitable the league.”

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Evidently Rooney’s phrases labored, with no indicators of a bitter relationship between the pair within the following Premier League season.

His hunch about United being title contenders turned out to be true as effectively, because the Crimson Devils pipped Chelsea to the Prem trophy.

Ronaldo completed the season because the league’s third high scorer with 17 objectives, whereas Rooney’s 14 efforts noticed him end fourth high scorer – with no signal of a hangover from the World Cup controversy.

Ronaldo additionally received the PFA Participant’s Participant of the Yr and Younger Participant of the Yr awards.

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