Friday, December 12, 2008

Uefa set to make Rooney decision

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Uefa will decide on Monday whether to charge Manchester United's Wayne Rooney over his clash with Aalborg's Kasper Risgard in their Champions League game.

Risgard claimed Rooney stamped on him during the 2-2 draw and left marks on his chest, while Aalborg stand-in coach Allan Kuhn was also unhappy.

Uefa confirmed on Friday that it will assess the incident, which was missed by French referee Laurent Duhamel.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson refused to discuss the matter on Friday.

Speaking ahead of Saturday's game at Tottenham, Ferguson said: "I am not going to discuss Wayne Rooney.

"You press guys have created most of it. You are not getting anything from this club at all on Wayne Rooney. That is it, finished."

Uefa told BBC Sport on Thursday that they could take retrospective action once they have reviewed video footage of the incident.

Risgard alleged Rooney, who said after the incident, "that's football, it's a physical game", apologised.

"I don't know what happened but he was jumping on my chest," said Risgard.

"I think he was a little bit frustrated. Anywhere else but here [Old Trafford] and it would have been a red card.

"That's what happens in football. I can see the marks on my chest, big marks. He apologised so it's OK. That's what happens in football."

However, Rooney played down any suggestion of unnecessary aggression.

If European football's governing body does decide to take action Rooney could face punishment and miss part of the last-16 stage in February.

United are set to face one of Inter Milan, Sporting Lisbon, Atletico Madrid, Lyon or Real Madrid after Rooney's equaliser meant they topped group E ahead of Villarreal.

The 23-year-old's 52nd-minute goal also meant United extended their unbeaten run in the Champions League to 19 games - a record shared with Ajax and Bayern Munich.

Aalborg stand-in coach Kuhn said he was not certain Rooney purposely landed on Risgard.

"It is not good for a fantastic footballer," he stated. "You have to keep your head and stay calm in situations like that - but that man was a little bit frustrated.

"I was not sure during the game and I have not seen the pictures, so I cannot be 100% sure, but some of my people have seen it and said it was."

United manager Ferguson said he did not see the incident but did, however, concede it was a feisty game at times and criticised Aalborg goalscorer Jeppe Curth for a challenge on Carlos Tevez.

"Aalborg are not short of tackles are they?" exclaimed Ferguson. "They got stuck in and the one on Carlos was a blatant attack. Probably what saved him was that Carlos got straight up.

"But other than that I don't think it was such a game that you could say it was a filthy match."

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