I read another report that Ronaldo was claiming that there's no bad blood between him and Rooney, that the press was blowing this out of proportion, that Rooney wished him luck in the semi-finals, that they were still friends. But I'm not buying that at all. I know if I were Rooney I'd be irate over the situation. I'm not saying I'd split Ronaldo in two, as Rooney allegedly said he was going to do, but I'd be very pissed.
On that play, Rooney was double-teamed, had one guy tugging his jersey, then they all fell. I'd like to look at a replay again to see the groin shot to make a fair judgement. At first viewing I didn't catch it. Even so, the ref was slow to pull out the red card and did so after Ronaldo went to complain.
But on the other side of the coin, Rooney might've been cursing and swiping and clawing throughout the entire match. These incidents are never one-sided.