"Had England played to anywhere near their potential, had they not lost Wayne Rooney to a red card after 61 minutes, they might have punished the outrageous profligacy of a Portugal team stripped not only of their influential playmakers Costinha and Deco, but a sense of decency and, more pertinently, any notion of adventure."
"I didn't think Portugal were up to much, really - Ronaldo was their only threat."
"Cristiano Ronaldo (...) appears to have had quite a large part to play in Rooney's sending off. The England forward undoubtedly landed his boot in Carvalho's gentleman's area, but there was little intent. The referee blew for a foul there, but it was for the subsequent melee that Rooney appears to have seen red. During that, Ronaldo joined the scrum and quite openly goaded his Manchester United team-"mate", who pushed him away. It was a very weak push, but the ref seemed to react to that and showed the red. Foolish by Rooney but artful by Ronaldo in a not entirely pleasant way. He was then caught on camera offering a sly, conspiratorial wink to one of his colleagues that will hardly endear him to away fans at Old Trafford next season. Perhaps that move to Real might not be a bad thing."
