Today wasn't the first time Rooney tested a ref

This isn't cast iron, but it is worth talking about

Against Equador in the last minute, a tackle happened, and the Equadorians didn't like it. Whilst they were angry with the ref for not sorting it, Rooney was on the scene, and he went towards the moodiest player and ruffled his hair to wind him up further, and said player reacted

The ref knowing it was the last minute, ran away from the incident and blow for the free kick to be taken. He didn't want the angro of booking or even sending Rooney off, he just wanted to get the game going

That incident doesn't touch what Rooney did today, but it showed that in the heat, Rooney's already flashpoint tempriment is a problem

Posted By: pants on July 2nd 2006 at 04:25:29


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