Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has denied ever saying
that Roma players begged him for mercy during last seasons meeting
in the Champions League.
In the build-up to Tuesdays re-match between Man Utd and Roma, the
press printed extracts from Ronaldos book, which supposedly said
that some Roma players pleaded with the winger not to do any more
dribbles.
However Ronaldo has rubbished these reports and says that
everything has been misinterpreted.
Read my book and you will see on page 112 exactly what happened,
he stressed. A Roma player did ask me to stop dribbling, but
obviously he was joking just like some English players do when they
ask me to switch to the other side of the pitch.
Roma played well and had some good chances and we arent the side
we were in April. But we are improving and we will be better at the
Olimpico in December.
Ronaldo also accepted that the elbow he received off Roma striker
Mirko Vucinic, which caused him to require stitches for a facial
wound, was not deliberate.
It wasnt an intentional foul, Ronaldo said. It was just one of
those things that happen during a game.
I dont like black eyes, but Vucinic didnt do it on purpose and
these things happen in football.
