Wayne Rooney Doesn't Blame Ronaldo For Red Card

Wayne Rooney can't stop from thinking about what happened in the World Cup quarterfinals between him and Cristiano Ronaldo. Actually, the red card he received in the 62nd minute of the game is the one that still gives him a hard time. He was trying to get the ball and 2 Portuguese defenders were fighting him. After one of them fell down, Rooney stepped on him. Cristiano Ronaldo saw the whole thing and went straight to the referee to ask for the red card.

Rooney pushed him and was soon after sent off by referee Horacio Elizondo. While leaving the field, Ronaldo was caught by the cameras winking towards the Portuguese bench. And it was all the English tabloids needed to start an anti-Ronaldo campaign in the next few weeks. As a consequence of that, the Portuguese midfielder is scared of coming back to Manchester, since some of the supporters broke his residence.

Still, Rooney insists that what happened in the match was simply an unfortunate accident: "I'll go to my grave and still maintain it was a complete accident. When I fell I had my back to the player. I couldn't see him, or where I was putting my foot. If it had been a definite stamp meant to harm him, the fella' would still be in hospital to this day. But he was up on his feet in minutes, no worse for wear. It was all the sort of thing that happens when you are fighting hard for the ball".

As his alleged conflict with Ronaldo is concerned, Rooney wanted everybody to know that he cares very much on the friendship he has with the Portuguese and was not angry with him after the match; maybe just a little disappointed, but it wasn't for a long time.

"On the coach, on the way home after the game, I sent a text to Ronny (Ronaldo). I told him to forget about what happened. I wasn't blaming him for interfering. Then I wished him and Portugal good luck in the semis and hoped they got to the final. And I meant it", stated Wayne Rooney. Let's see if that counts for something with the Man U supporters.