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Ferguson: "Sudije ne stite igrace kao sto je C. Ronaldo"

17/08/2007 15:51

Referees Don't Protect Players Like Ronaldo - Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson believes that flair players such as Cristiano Ronaldo - who are constantly kicked and fouled - need more protection from referees.

However, he also criticized referees for not backing the quality players, and instead going easy on those who came on the pitch with a view to foul.

"I think that he was falling in the trap of 100 years' experience of football that the perpetrator gets less punishment than the retaliator," Fersuson told Sky Sports News

"Of course, Cristiano has fallen into that trap again, particularly with that referee as two years ago he got kicked all over the pitch against Man City and was sent off.

"It's a bitter lesson for the lad."

Ferguson continued to question the attitude of the referees during games.

"I don't know what the directions seems to be, but maybe referees are a bit more tolerant of physical contact and I have noticed this in the last few months, with late challenges that go unpunished," he said.

"Whether they get instructions to allow that, I don't know, but I thought these things are black and white. Late challenges should not be allowed.

"We saw it again on Wednesday night, he was letting it go and it went unpunished time and time again.

"Players like Ronaldo are going to be victims, the fans are going to be victims because it will end up with somebody getting a serious injury.

"It's very difficult to completely punish Ronaldo, or be angry with him in a way, because some of the things that happen to him are not right."

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