However on any occassion and with any player, handling the ball is a yellow unless it's a goalkeeper in his own goal area and it wasn't passed back to him by a team mate.
I was told tonight that Ronaldo thought he heard a whistle and that it might have been a fan in the crowd. Having heard a whistle at the ROF, there is some credibility in that excuse. Me, of all people sticking up for him!!
However on any occassion and with any player, handling the ball is a yellow unless it's a goalkeeper in his own goal area and it wasn't passed back to him by a team mate.