It was the worst, weirdest feeling I’ve had in football.
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The day Cristiano Ronaldo put Wayne Rooney in trouble .This was the year 2006 in a world cup game between England and Portugal when Ronaldo asked the referee to book Rooney.

It was the worst, weirdest feeling I’ve had in football.

Rooney wrote in his column for the Sunday Times: ‘I knew it was a red card and back in the dressing room I watched the rest of the game on a little TV, thinking: “If we win this, I’m suspended for a World Cup semi-final and final and if we lose it’s my fault.”

‘It was the worst, weirdest feeling I’ve had in football.

‘I had my phone in my hand and I was getting all these messages about Ronaldo. Of course, when he ran over to ask Elizondo to send me off I pushed him away.

‘In that moment I couldn’t believe what he was doing. But sitting in that dressing room gave me time to calm down and think.

‘I put myself in Ronaldo’s shoes. Would I do the same? Probably. Would I be in the ref’s face to make sure he got sent off? If he deserved the red, if it would help us win – yes, no question.

‘I’d do it tomorrow. I thought: “Actually, I tried to get him booked in the first half for diving.” And the wink thing, I didn’t see anything in that at all. It was nothing.

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