I am pretty sure the ref sent him off for pushing CRonaldo, not for stamping on the poor guys gonads.
For that, I don't think it was a sending off. I haven't quite decided if it looked like Rooney did it on purpose (I didn't watch the highlights, too depressing), he could have just stood up, but we'll never know...
I think Portugal might have wanted penalties (hence not having a striker on for some of the match), as they knew how good Ricardo was at all.
Tops of to him, good keeper..still hate him though *grin*
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