Rio Ferdinand thought Cristiano Ronaldo was giving instructions when he was on the bench against Young Boys Bern. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer responded firmly to his former teammate.
Reduced to 10 in the first half and while Young Boys Bern had just equalized Tuesday in the Champions League, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made the choice to leave Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo 20 minutes from the end of the match. The Portuguese star was then active on the bench. He was seen alongside his coach in the technical area, appearing to be giving instructions to his teammates still on the pitch. Rio Ferdinand does not understand that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer let it happen. “If I’m the manager, I have to be honest, I tell him to sit down”, dropped the former center-back on BT Sport. Except that according to the coach of the Red Devils, Cristiano Ronaldo did not give instructions at all. He railed with his compatriot, Bruno Fernandes, against an arbitration decision.
“Ronaldo and Fernandes stood there for a short while and shouted at the referee and then they sat down”
“Rio, again… Sometimes he comments on things he doesn’t really know. An opponent should have received a yellow card when he knocked Nemanja (Matic) down. Bruno (Fernandes) and Cristiano, as competitive as they are, suddenly found themselves behind me. They stood there for a short while and shouted at the referee. It was the aggravation of some bad decisions against us. But then Cristiano sat down and Bruno too. We know there’s only one man allowed in that technical area and it’s either me or Michael Carrick or Mike Phelan or Kieran McKenna up there. It was just a protest, about a player who should have been sent off. So I have no problem with them showing a little passion and then coming back down. It’s not like he (Ronaldo) is coaching his players. No “, declared Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who couldn’t put the matter better. No, CR7 does not occupy a deputy role in Manchester.
