Jol slams Ronaldo "betrayal" of Man Utd pal Rooney
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Tottenham boss Martin Jol has slammed Cristiano Ronaldo's behaviour in getting Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney sent-off in yesterday's World Cup quarterfinal.
In his column for the Sunday Times, Jol blasted: "When Rooney trampled on Ricardo Carvalho, he didn't do it on purpose. Before that he was being impeded and should have had a foul anyway. The referee blew his whistle and paused and was thinking of what to do when Ronaldo ran over and asked him to show a card. It's how Ronaldo always behaves, trying to influence referees, and it turns my stomach when players do that.
"I thought to myself, how could he do that? You could argue that Ronaldo is playing for his country in a World Cup, so it's okay to do anything to win. I don't believe that. What about sporting values? Rooney is his club teammate, and judging by the way they walked out together at the start, joking, his friend? It was a double betrayal, a disaster for football.
"I know everybody will be talking about Rooney but I feel sorry for him. He was not guilty. It was a sad way for one of the potential stars of the tournament to go out of his first World Cup."
In his column for the Sunday Times, Jol blasted: "When Rooney trampled on Ricardo Carvalho, he didn't do it on purpose. Before that he was being impeded and should have had a foul anyway. The referee blew his whistle and paused and was thinking of what to do when Ronaldo ran over and asked him to show a card. It's how Ronaldo always behaves, trying to influence referees, and it turns my stomach when players do that.
"I thought to myself, how could he do that? You could argue that Ronaldo is playing for his country in a World Cup, so it's okay to do anything to win. I don't believe that. What about sporting values? Rooney is his club teammate, and judging by the way they walked out together at the start, joking, his friend? It was a double betrayal, a disaster for football.
"I know everybody will be talking about Rooney but I feel sorry for him. He was not guilty. It was a sad way for one of the potential stars of the tournament to go out of his first World Cup."
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