Entering the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Cristiano Ronaldo is full of fighting spirit, and he wants to continue his good performances in the league at the end of the season and wash away the sad memories of the European Championships two years ago. However, for a large number of England national team fans, Ronaldo's "immortality" in the 2006 World Cup was not because of his feet, but because of the eye he blinked at the rest area after Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney was sent off by the referee......
It was July 1, 2006, the World Cup between England and Portugal in the quarter-finals, the coach of the England national team at that time was Sven Goran Eriksen, the captain was the heartthrob Beckham who played for Real Madrid, as always, many England fans were very optimistic that this England team had a great chance to go to the end and win the World Cup.
When Rooney was recruited by Manchester United in the summer of 2004, he and Ronaldo maintained a respectful relationship, and the interaction between the two young players on the pitch was also quite compatible, and many media even called them the Premier League's version of "Beauty and the Beast". In addition to assists and ambitions to become the best footballer on the surface, he is also a handsome teenager who often takes self-portraits in the mirror and struts with his head held high, with a bare upper body, a designed hairstyle, diamond earrings, and skinny jeans, which made him replace David Beckham as the strongest marketing face at Manchester United.
Ferguson will sign Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo because he wants to build a young Manchester United, and he hopes that this new group of young players can play and grow together with the help of veterans such as Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, and create a new Manchester United in the post-Beckham era (with the so-called "Class of 92" he represents). In the 2004-05 season, Rooney and Ronaldo did not disappoint Lafayette, although Manchester United did not win anything in the trophy, but Rooney and Ronaldo confirmed their position in the team, and also proved that Lafayette changed blood and picked people's eyes.
In the World Cup, both of them tried to attack each other's weaknesses or shortcomings, Rooney tried to get Ronaldo to eat cards by faking throws, and Ronaldo exaggerated his various body movements. The game went on 62 minutes, when Rooney was stangling with three Portuguese defenders near the midfield, when he pulled with Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho from Chelsea in the English Premier League, Rooney's sanity line suddenly broke, and he stepped on Ricardo Carvalho's groin! The camera then caught Ronaldo looking at the rest area in Portugal and blinking, accompanied by the image of the chagrined Rooney being booed out of the pitch by a group of angry England fans......
The game was won by Portugal, and I can't believe that Ronaldo's "behavior" in the game (including acting and blinking) made the whole England frying pot, and I can't believe that he (Ronaldo) would dare to do this? Of course, the British gossip newspaper also claimed that when the two met next time, Rooney would tear Ronaldo in half, or make Ronaldo's blinking head into a dartboard, so that angry England fans could vent their anger directly on Ronaldo's face!
In this World Cup, Portugal lost to France and ended in the semi-finals, and Ronaldo brought a lot of threats to the French team, especially his ability to take the ball forward or pass or cut on the left side, which made France's relatively aging backline tired, and he also flashed the genius of the inspiration. In fact, Ronaldo at that time happened to be the most lacking kind of player in England, he could have been everyone's darling, but where there is a genius, there will be a shortage of heaven, Ronaldo's "performances" on the field that have nothing to do with football skills have made him suffer countless boos on the field, and also made him have the idea of preparing to leave England, he even told the Portuguese media that after the Rooney incident, he (Ronaldo) will not stay at Manchester United, he will not stay in England to play......
French legend Zinedine Zidane's penalty decided the victory, and Ronaldo burst into tears in Munich, but he also showed mental toughness to get him through the next few weeks, which were full of ridicule, criticism and accusations of treachery. However, in the end, Rooney opened the door to reconciliation, he told Ronaldo that he was so angry when he played because he was sent off, not because he had any grudge against Ronaldo, and the two of them should put this matter behind them, don't leave, and work together to continue to fight for Manchester United!