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Well, you can't really blame the players for trying everything in their power to win. The game had developed to such a multi-million industry and the stakes of winning are so huge that fair play and sportsmanship seems to play second fiddle in the game.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning what Rooney or Van Nistelrooy did. What Rooney did was cheating and van nistelrooy's tackle was, as a sky sports commentator put it, disgraceful.
But at least, one can understand why they did it. They did it to win, at any cost. Many top players, had and will continue to do this. It is something I have come to expect.
Having said that, the behaviour of these players is something the game could really do without.
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