Mythical Portugal-Holland 2006 creation room reveals: «Did you have Ronaldo injured?» – Selections
September 26, 2022 – 10:59 pm
Marco Rodríguez records moments after Boulahrouz’s entry over the young CR7. “Van Basten Laughs”, outline
The Portugal-Holland in the 2006 World Cup went down in history as one of the most memorable matches of the Selection in the final stages due to the difficulty necessary to win the orange of Van Basten, it also faces the disciplinary criteria of Valentin Ivanov. ‘The Battle of Nuremberg’, as that clash of the round of 16 of the competition was also known, ended with the four red cards that the Russian referee showed as 16 yellow cars that came out of his pocket. Despite Maniche’s final goal coming after 23 minutes, Luiz Felipe Scolari’s team offered a strong setback 11 minutes later. Despite being young, Cristiano Ronaldo was already one of the stars of the formation of the corners and was violently hit in the leg by the pitons of Dutchman Khalid Boulahrouz, who ‘passed’ with a yellow card. The fourth encounter took place, the Mexican Marco Rodríguez, now must have been damaged from CR7 having been premeditated. “Remember the game Portugal and Holland? Cristiano Ronaldo was the sensation and he was very young and they nailed him here [na perna]. He leaves injured and at that moment Marco Van Basten [n.d.r. treinador da Holanda] is laughing, laughing! They didn’t tell me, I was there. He laughs! The attacked Felipão wanted him and said: ‘Did you have him injured with kicks?’ The World Cup is not about romanticism, it’s a war”, outlined during the ‘SagaFut’ program.
‘Chiquimarco’, as the now retired referee is also known, revealed that “the game with the most damage in the history of the Worlds ended up getting out of control for the four enemies”. “We couldn’t do it anymore. I grabbed Figo and someone punched him, then came the Dutch… It was chaos!”, recalled Rodríguez.
The truth is that Portugal would head for the ‘quarters’ and measure strength with England.
By Flavio Miguel Silva
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