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Frantischeck
Club Supporter
Rooney or not
The question is, if England had deserved to get out that early.
I think to need Paraguaians help to score, to tear out dreadlocks in order to beat T&T, not even to beat Sweden... England might have deserved it - Rooney or not. :X
The question is, if England had deserved to get out that early.
I think to need Paraguaians help to score, to tear out dreadlocks in order to beat T&T, not even to beat Sweden... England might have deserved it - Rooney or not. :X
Paulo Da Silva
Starting XI
Andrejs i think that Freekick was indirect. Now if they had given the goal to Beckham(the freekick taker) then it would not count. Since there was a touch (though it was faint) they had to make it an own goal. U understand?
Vinnie Jones
Senior Squad
http:///www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,28749-2254786,00.html
Violence of tackle led to Rooney's red, says referee
From Tom Dart in Frankfurt
Exclusive: Official clears Ronaldo of influencing World Cup decision
AS WAYNE ROONEY continued to protest his innocence yesterday, the referee who sent him off in Gelsenkirchen maintained that it was the violence of the striker’s clash with Ricardo Carvalho and not the vehemence of Portugal’s protests that caused him to produce the red card that devastated England’s hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals.
It is a reprieve for Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portugal winger accused of deviously persuading Horacio Elizondo to dismiss Rooney on Saturday, but more fuel for those who wish to give England’s tyro short shrift for his ruinously short fuse.
Speaking to The Times outside his hotel in Frankfurt, Elizondo, the Argentinian in charge of England’s quarter- final defeat, confirmed that he sent off Rooney for lashing out with his boot and catching the defender in the groin, not for the 20-year-old’s push on Ronaldo. “It was violent play and therefore he got a red card,” Elizondo said.
Ronaldo seemed to exhort the official to take action against Rooney, then winked at the Portugal bench after the card was flourished, though both the Manchester United team-mates were keen to dismiss talk of a feud last night.
“People can say what they want, but this had absolutely no influence,” Elizondo, who had appeared unlikely to take any action until Ronaldo’s intervention, said. “In general I don’t pay much attention to that sort of thing because I don’t care about the pressure on my shoulders during a match.
“For me it was a clear red card, so I didn’t react to the Portuguese players. There was pushing and shoving on both sides, but for me it wasn’t a reason to caution anybody.”
As is standard practice, Fifa reviewed Elizondo’s performance and it is understood that the governing body was pleased with his handling of the match, making him a contender to take charge of the final. However, Ronaldo’s actions might have brought him a yellow card.
Andreas Wurz, the Fifa spokesman for referees, said that, as a rule, if a player exhorts a referee to produce a card, “that player must be cautioned. If the player says ‘book him, book him’, this is not fair play. This is unsporting conduct.”
Elizondo defended himself against accusations that he had failed to book several of England’s opponents for diving. “I got advice from Fifa’s referees committee that if there is a slight touch but it’s not a foul, then to say, ‘come on, get up’, and not give an immediate caution,” he said. “I only give yellow cards for clear diving and I didn’t think there was any.”
The referee also stood by his decision to make Jamie Carragher retake England’s fourth penalty during the shoot-out defeat, the Liverpool defender having his second effort saved after scoring with his first attempt. “I didn’t blow my whistle,” he said. “I had indicated from the first kick onwards to wait for the whistle.”
Elizondo is an avid fan of English football. “I’m always watching the Premier League on TV in Argentina and I know every single result from the first to the last game,” he said. “I watched Portugal’s previous four matches in this tournament so I’m well aware of their style of play and who’s in their line-up, that goes for both teams.
“In general I’m very satisfied with the spirit of fair play in the match. Sven-Göran Eriksson (the England head coach) went to the locker-room after the match and congratulated me for an excellent performance and said that I was right to send off Rooney because it was rough play.”
Urs Meier, the Swiss who disallowed Sol Campbell’s late header against Portugal at Euro 2004, was inundated with hate mail and death threats from England fans after a newspaper published his contact details, but Elizondo, a 42-year-old poetry-writing PE teacher, professed to be unworried if a similar scenario occurs.
“I’ve never thought about it and to be honest I don’t care,” he said. “If people or newspapers would like to create stories like that, it’s up to them. I really don’t care.”
Some people must be feeling stupid right now. Can we move on now? Or you guys want to speculate even more?
Violence of tackle led to Rooney's red, says referee
From Tom Dart in Frankfurt
Exclusive: Official clears Ronaldo of influencing World Cup decision
AS WAYNE ROONEY continued to protest his innocence yesterday, the referee who sent him off in Gelsenkirchen maintained that it was the violence of the striker’s clash with Ricardo Carvalho and not the vehemence of Portugal’s protests that caused him to produce the red card that devastated England’s hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals.
It is a reprieve for Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portugal winger accused of deviously persuading Horacio Elizondo to dismiss Rooney on Saturday, but more fuel for those who wish to give England’s tyro short shrift for his ruinously short fuse.
Speaking to The Times outside his hotel in Frankfurt, Elizondo, the Argentinian in charge of England’s quarter- final defeat, confirmed that he sent off Rooney for lashing out with his boot and catching the defender in the groin, not for the 20-year-old’s push on Ronaldo. “It was violent play and therefore he got a red card,” Elizondo said.
Ronaldo seemed to exhort the official to take action against Rooney, then winked at the Portugal bench after the card was flourished, though both the Manchester United team-mates were keen to dismiss talk of a feud last night.
“People can say what they want, but this had absolutely no influence,” Elizondo, who had appeared unlikely to take any action until Ronaldo’s intervention, said. “In general I don’t pay much attention to that sort of thing because I don’t care about the pressure on my shoulders during a match.
“For me it was a clear red card, so I didn’t react to the Portuguese players. There was pushing and shoving on both sides, but for me it wasn’t a reason to caution anybody.”
As is standard practice, Fifa reviewed Elizondo’s performance and it is understood that the governing body was pleased with his handling of the match, making him a contender to take charge of the final. However, Ronaldo’s actions might have brought him a yellow card.
Andreas Wurz, the Fifa spokesman for referees, said that, as a rule, if a player exhorts a referee to produce a card, “that player must be cautioned. If the player says ‘book him, book him’, this is not fair play. This is unsporting conduct.”
Elizondo defended himself against accusations that he had failed to book several of England’s opponents for diving. “I got advice from Fifa’s referees committee that if there is a slight touch but it’s not a foul, then to say, ‘come on, get up’, and not give an immediate caution,” he said. “I only give yellow cards for clear diving and I didn’t think there was any.”
The referee also stood by his decision to make Jamie Carragher retake England’s fourth penalty during the shoot-out defeat, the Liverpool defender having his second effort saved after scoring with his first attempt. “I didn’t blow my whistle,” he said. “I had indicated from the first kick onwards to wait for the whistle.”
Elizondo is an avid fan of English football. “I’m always watching the Premier League on TV in Argentina and I know every single result from the first to the last game,” he said. “I watched Portugal’s previous four matches in this tournament so I’m well aware of their style of play and who’s in their line-up, that goes for both teams.
“In general I’m very satisfied with the spirit of fair play in the match. Sven-Göran Eriksson (the England head coach) went to the locker-room after the match and congratulated me for an excellent performance and said that I was right to send off Rooney because it was rough play.”
Urs Meier, the Swiss who disallowed Sol Campbell’s late header against Portugal at Euro 2004, was inundated with hate mail and death threats from England fans after a newspaper published his contact details, but Elizondo, a 42-year-old poetry-writing PE teacher, professed to be unworried if a similar scenario occurs.
“I’ve never thought about it and to be honest I don’t care,” he said. “If people or newspapers would like to create stories like that, it’s up to them. I really don’t care.”
Some people must be feeling stupid right now. Can we move on now? Or you guys want to speculate even more?
Johnny_Big
Starting XI
Axolote said:
That says it all...I bet on those games worst things happen...rivals...
