Jack of Blades
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Joined: 30/9/2005 From: Nowhere Important
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ORIGINAL: BBC Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo says there is no ill-feeling between him and Wayne Rooney after the England striker was sent off in Saturday's quarter-final. Winger Ronaldo appeared to encourage referee Hector Elizondo to dismiss his Manchester United team-mate after Rooney stamped on Ricardo Carvalho. Rooney pushed Ronaldo away before being dismissed but Ronaldo said: "Between me and Rooney, there is no problem. "At the end we texted each other and between us everything's been cleared." He added: "The things that have been said regarding me and my team-mate and friend Rooney are incredible. I'm not a referee and I don't have the power to send a player off Cristiano Ronaldo "He wished me the best of luck in the World Cup. He told me we had a great team and that if we continued to play like this, we would go far. "He wasn't angry with me and, moreover, he told me to completely ignore what the English press has said, that all they wanted was to create confusion, but we are already used to that." Ronaldo insists he is not to blame for Rooney's dismissal, despite appearing to wink at the Portuguese bench once the red card had been shown. "I am not a referee and I don't have the power to send off a player," said Ronaldo. "I had nothing to do with the fact that the referee showed the red card." Ronaldo, who scored the winning penalty in the dramatic shoot-out, also says he has no intention of leaving Manchester United, despite being linked with a move to Real Madrid. "There have been comments published in which I reportedly said that I didn't want to go back to Manchester United," he said. "That is completely false. Of course I want to go back. It's just typical of the English press but I don't lose any sleep." Don't know what to say.
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