1. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

• by Soccer America , Dec 6, 2006

"He's [Cristiano Ronaldo] the most fouled player in the country without question. All the statistics are there. What is more serious in our game? Preventing the best players from playing or going on for three days about a dive that wasn't a dive?"
-- Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson responds to accusations from Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate's complaints about a penalty kick awarded after Cristiano Ronaldo went down in a 2-1 Man U win last weekend. Ferguson also noted that Ronaldo was "hacked from behind" the first time he got the ball in the game. (Reuters)