Wayne Rooney reveals a failed plot against Cristiano Ronaldo

Wayne Rooney, England captain and Manchester United team revealed a failed attempt to implicate former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid during the Spanish striker and England face Portugal in the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Rooney said highlighted in the newspaper "Daily Mail" the British statement: "I understand what he had done for Ronaldo I got a red card in this meeting, because he wanted to help Portugal to win, even if you have done it to his place, too."

The golden boy: "I will not hide that I secretly already tried to provoke the referee to expel Cristiano Ronaldo in this match, where I talked with him a lot in the first half, and asked him to give him a yellow card of the need to circumvent it to get free kicks."

He continued: "After the game I spoke with Ronaldo to finish it, because the media highlighted frequently caught extrusive, and I wanted to not affect our relationship at Manchester United, but the sad thing is that England lost the encounter on penalties, although we were even better after playing with ten players, but I felt at the time and I blame a loss reasons. "