Cristiano Ronaldo

bad news for portugal but good news for england

Lemlin wrote:

Depends. I'm sure many English fans would love to see him play if he had a terrible game, which he is very capable of. It's 50-50 whether he would or not but he doesn't track back and would allow one of their wingers to get plenty of space.

If the game gets fired up, his temperament could also come into question.

England have wingers??

could just be mind games by Scolari, although his lack of full training is ominous...

Ronaldo starts.

he is going to become the most hated person in england...

Hmm maybe not, seems Ronaldo is to be made the scapegoat.

I remember, was it Alpay had to leave Villa after the last WC? Or was it Euro 2004? I can't even remember the incident to be honest. But I sincerely hope that the same thing doesn't happen to Ronaldo.

Necromomicon wrote:

I remember, was it Alpay had to leave Villa after the last WC? Or was it Euro 2004? I can't even remember the incident to be honest. But I sincerely hope that the same thing doesn't happen to Ronaldo.

http://www.englandfc.com/reports/report_turkey_v_eng_ec2004qual.html

While the result from this game saw England qualify for Euro 2004 in first place, this game will be remembered for the brawl in the tunnel at half-time between many players and coaching staff from both sides. More of that later though!

England were without Owen through injury for this match, and Ferdinand was not called up following a missed drugs test. Still, England fielded a strong side and looked the better side for much of the game. The visitors had the first opportunity to score when Gary Neville crossed the ball to fellow Manchester United player, Scholes. The red-headed player's header just missed the goal, the ball going over the crossbar. Turkey responded to England's threat with a shot from Kahveci, but James was able to prevent a goal. As both teams traded unfruitful attempts to break the deadlock, Tugay tripped Gerrard in the penalty area, and referee Collina awarded a spot-kick which captain, David Beckham, took in the 36th minute. This would be the talking point of the game, not because Beckham missed the penalty, but because he was goaded afterwards for his failure by Alpay. A ridiculous act by the Turk, and even more pathetic was that he pushed Beckham in the face after the half-time whistle. As a result several players and staff from both sides became involved in a scuffle in the tunnel.

With the referee apparenlty having spoken to Beckham and Alpay during the break, the teams were back on the field to finish the contest which fortunately did not see any further crazy action by either team. England's defence were threatened several times during the second half, and English hearts were pounding in the 88th minute when Tuncay's shot narrowly missed England's goal. Then into injury time, Nihat sent the ball towards James' goal but the shot, however close, missed the net.

England will have been happy to leave Turkey, especially with a point which saw them end the qualifying campaign for next year's European Championships at the top of Group 7. They are also still unbeaten by Turkey.

bohsman wrote:

http://www.englandfc.com/reports/report_turkey_v_eng_ec2004qual.html

While the result from this game saw England qualify for Euro 2004 in first place, this game will be remembered for the brawl in the tunnel at half-time between many players and coaching staff from both sides. More of that later though!

England were without Owen through injury for this match, and Ferdinand was not called up following a missed drugs test. Still, England fielded a strong side and looked the better side for much of the game. The visitors had the first opportunity to score when Gary Neville crossed the ball to fellow Manchester United player, Scholes. The red-headed player's header just missed the goal, the ball going over the crossbar. Turkey responded to England's threat with a shot from Kahveci, but James was able to prevent a goal. As both teams traded unfruitful attempts to break the deadlock, Tugay tripped Gerrard in the penalty area, and referee Collina awarded a spot-kick which captain, David Beckham, took in the 36th minute. This would be the talking point of the game, not because Beckham missed the penalty, but because he was goaded afterwards for his failure by Alpay. A ridiculous act by the Turk, and even more pathetic was that he pushed Beckham in the face after the half-time whistle. As a result several players and staff from both sides became involved in a scuffle in the tunnel.

With the referee apparenlty having spoken to Beckham and Alpay during the break, the teams were back on the field to finish the contest which fortunately did not see any further crazy action by either team. England's defence were threatened several times during the second half, and English hearts were pounding in the 88th minute when Tuncay's shot narrowly missed England's goal. Then into injury time, Nihat sent the ball towards James' goal but the shot, however close, missed the net.

England will have been happy to leave Turkey, especially with a point which saw them end the qualifying campaign for next year's European Championships at the top of Group 7. They are also still unbeaten by Turkey.

Thanks for jogging my memory, couldn't remember what it was for.

CiaranC wrote:

The BBC have shown footage of him tauunting rooney at the kick off

That was a bit of friendly banter imo, Rooney even had a grin on his face.

haha that is very true ciaran! i can just imagine tomorrow mornings headlines in the tabloids....

Yeah but that's how you take a penalty!

I wonder will he dare return to England after that, scoring the winning penalty will go down well but what is far worse was getting involved Rooney in sending off when incident when he had nothing to do with the incident, Rooney was certainly not playing when he was shoving him out of the way.
I would love to be there when they meet up for pre-season!

The abuse he will get in away games will be quite something!