What has made diving the second biggest problem at this World Cup has been teams like Portugal using it as their main attacking tactic. It is not, as it has been, a way to wring advantage out of a situation the attack has broken down. It is the attack itself. Get close to a defender, throw yourself over his leg.

Oh, and the biggest dive I have ever seen, worse than C Ronaldo’s, worse than any of Pires’ - Michael Owen v Argentina, 2002.

If I was Fergie, I’d want to straighten both Rooney and Ronaldo out quickly. But if I was Cristiano Ronaldo, I wouldn’t want to play under Alex Ferguson for any longer than I actually have to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itYZbad9B0&eurl=

I am not amazed to see this ridiculous campaign, lead by papers like The Sun. What surprises me, is seeing BBC falling into the same trap. I can only laugh, watching thugs like Shearer condemning other player’s attitudes, when everyone knows he tried to fake penalties dozens of times in his career, and the same trying to get other team’s players sent out.

Ronaldo is an amazing player, and if you can be sure of one thing, when you go and see a game of his, is that you will undoublty see an artist, a predestined in the pitch, like you will never see another in many years to come. For Ronaldo, just passing the ball would be a waste of his talent. When he learns to be even more objective, and run to the goal, rather than just along the line, he will become one of the best players ever, if not the best of all times.

For the football fans, and the ones who don’t let themselves be side-tracked by silly stories, I recommend watching the following video, in a display of Ronaldo’s magic and perfume. Ronaldo is an arrogant player in the pitch, but it could not be anydifferent than that. If I was him, I’d be “laughing and rolling on the floor”, everytime I’d pass the defender yet again, using one of the dozens tricks he’s got in his portfolio.

http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2006/07/06/ronaldo-hatred-well-over-the-top/

why single out ronaldo??? the portugal team all dive so will not have a go at them??

ronaldo didnt even wave the imaginary card - just pointing out it was a foul. he did kick the guys bollocks.

i am very very surprised no one has had any sort of go at rooney. the BBC pundits are so unprofessional. almost condorning physical violence and encouraging the booing against him. no mention about rooney and him losing his temper again.

what about going on about Henry for his terrible play-acting…..

its just cause england got knocked out and have to blame someone, we cant just except we didnt play well enough

England have, and in my lifetime, have always had average players. In Rooney we have a chance, as we do with Gerrard, (both divers incidentally), the rest well forget it.

Lampard is a star with Makalele to do his dirty work, as is Terry with Gallas. A Cole is twice the player when playing with Henry and Pires. See a pttern emerging? England ‘golden generation’ is in fact a plastic generation. No quality and no class.

Ronaldo didn’t get Rooney sent off; Rooney did? Sven didn’t miss the pens, that was the players. The reason England haven’t got past a QF is that the players aren’t good enough. Forget what tossers like Hansen, Shearer, and all of Sky Sports tell you, if every foriegner left English football you’d see how poor English players really are. If Ronlado leaves, it’s a loss for the English game. (And that’s from someone who can’t stand the man, but rates the player.) Does Henry dive? Well, if he does, (and whilst all players do Henry is miles better than most), is he any worse than J Cole, Gerrard or Rooney? Why are the English immune from criticism?

Face the facts, England barely played 45 minutes of good football at the World Cup. They didn’t deserve to even get to QF. But why spoil a good scapegoat story with the truth? You know you can’t handle it.

and ronaldo dives a lot but isn’t so much a violent player, but he is a sneaky arrogant person. but all footballers are arrogant - they don’t reach the top by being nice. players just choose the way they conduct themselves on and off the pitch.

article is spot on about the passion - players should be willing to die for the team but what we got was a load of pathetic excuses yet again!

I would understand the hate, if Ronaldo had commited that faul himself, against Rooney or any other player.

What we have been witnessing is simply unbelieavable. A player, already well known by its undiscipline, commits another insane act, and almost everyone falls into the press trap, blamming the player that asked for him to be sent off. How ironic could that be?

LiveSoccer is spot on too. Ronaldo doesn’t give a shit if England hate him - he’ll have big teams like Milan, Real and Barca after him if he’s available.