Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo accused of 'leg-breaking tackle' in BrazilCristiano Ronaldo's tortuous night for Portugal during their 6-2 mauling by Brazil was further compounded after defender Thiago Silva claimed that the Manchester United player nearly broke his leg.
The game pitted Brazil's Kaka against Portugal's Ronaldo, and while Kaka orchestrated many of Brazil's attacks, the Portuguese star did little else in his team's defeat in Brasilia.
Earlier this week, Ronaldo said that he was so good he could fill the first three places in the Fifa Player of the Year awards, but his time in Brazil finished on a sour note as the game came to a close.
Ronaldo had several run-ins with the Brazil players while Silva refused the Manchester United playmaker's hand after one particularly nasty challenge in the closing stages.
The 24-year-old defender said: "I don't accept his apology. He has the cheek to say I jumped over his tackle. But if I did not jump he would have broken my leg.
"Being considered the best player in the world, he must have more respect. It is difficult to accept what he did.
"He is a little [naughty], yes. But that is football. And we need to know to deal with it."
He added: "He was nervous because he couldn't create anything."
The win, which included a Luis Fabiano hat-trick, was a relief for under-fire coach Dunga, whose team had failed to score in five of their last seven games.
Elano, who also found the net, was quick to rub further salt into Ronaldo's wounds ahead of the Manchester derby at Eastlands next week.
He said: "Cristiano Ronaldo scores big goals and does excellent exhibitions but for me I would choose Kaka as the world's number one.
"We certainly overcame Portugal in this duel and I will always help Kaka to overcome Ronaldo."
Ronaldo is a firm favourite to emulate last year's winner, Kaka, by lifting both the European and world player of the year titles.
"I am the first, second and third best player in the world," Ronaldo joked earlier this week. "But there are other good candidates, like Kaka, [lionel] Messi and [Fernando] Torres."
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