Nov
30
2008
Football video: Cristiano Ronaldo sent-off for silly handball against Manchester City
C-Ron drops a clanger
What was he thinking? It is not like he handled the ball to gain a goalscoring advantage - he just patted it down. Was he protecting his pretty face? Whatever his reasons, it was a completely idiotic way to pick up a second yellow card.
It seems Manchester City are not his favourite opposition. The Portuguese winger was also sent-off in the Manchester derby in January 2006. On that occasion he was given a straight red for a lunge on Andy Cole.
Video spotted on 101GreatGoals
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By Joe, December 1, 2008 @ 3:48 am
I am about as far as you can get from a Ronaldo fan but it looks like for whatever reason he didn’t track the ball and he put up his hand to protect his face. I don’t see what sort of advantage he could have taken, so maybe the sending off is harsh.
By AL, December 1, 2008 @ 10:55 am
He clearly misjudged that jump and put his hands up to prevent the ball from smacking him straight in the snout. A real SOFT-C**K move to pull in a great derby
By jason harding, December 1, 2008 @ 1:31 pm
Ronaldo handled the ball to deliberately get sent off, frustrate Ferguson and engineer his departure to Real Madrid.