Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo has denied asking Argentinian referee Horacio Elizondo to take action against Wayne Rooney during the World Cup quarter-final.
Rooney was sent off after stamping on Ricardo Carvalho and then pushing his Manchester United team-mate Ronaldo, with England going on to lose on penalties.
"I only said to the referee that it was a foul, only that. I never asked for the red card," said Ronaldo who scored the penalty to clinch victory in the shoot-out and secure Portugal's first World Cup semi-final in 40 years.