#3 ‘The Wink’
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In what can only be described as an act of blatant disrespect, Ronaldo fell out with a large proportion of Premier League fans for his actions during England’s quarterfinal clash with Portugal during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Rooney’s apparent stamp on Ricardo Carvalho saw Ronaldo have a spirited conversation with the referee and then wink towards his bench as Rooney received a red and was sent off.
Being Manchester United teammates at the time, this wasn’t received well by many of the fans, and after he compounded England’s misery by scoring the winning penalty in the subsequent shootout, he was given some rough treatment by fans of other Premier League sides as well.
It was absolutely unnecessary for Ronaldo to wink cheekily in that manner or vociferously complain to the referee; Rooney was being sent off either way. All this seemed to achieve for the forward was earn him a bad reputation.
