Of great actors (and divers) in Football

But the one that takes the cake would surely be Cristiano Ronaldo and his now famous ‘wink‘ in the 2006 World Cup quarter-final match against England. Rooney, after a tussle with defender Ricardo Carvalho, manages to kick him in the wrong spot without the referee knowing it. Next up, Ronaldo comes up to the referee and expresses the ‘poetic injustice‘ being done to the suffering Carvalho, and does convince him in sending Rooney off, a moment which impacted the game as Portugal won on penalties. Later, Ronaldo caps off his ‘convincing act‘ with a ‘wink‘ towards the watching Portuguese bench and also the game winning penalty.

Guys,it worked!

Apart from these, there are also players like Didier Drogba and Dani Alves, who on their day can surely be considered for an Academy award nomination, but the writer feels the above mentioned players certainly do have it in them to pursue a successful career in front of the arc lights, once done with their footballing theatrics!