The Nivaldo-Ronaldo StompGate Thing

By: Corey | March 16th, 2010

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Real got back to winning ways against Real Valladolid this past weekend, and it was a bit of a ho-hum game in terms in intensity, but there were plenty of rash tackles and penalty claims none the less, all of which went ignored by La Liga’s second worse referee, Mr. Mejuto Gonzalez. The game saw 6 yellow cards in the first half alone, 8 in total, and yet there were no reds, and no penalties given despite claims from both sides, including a clear hand ball from Sergio Ramos. Yet somehow a violent stamp on a Real player went unpunished. This is difficult for me to do, because I detest the little prat, but as he is a Real player I have to stick up for him.

Cristiano Ronaldo, after going down from a challenge by Real Valladolid’s Nivaldo, was stomped on by the Brazilian, which left some very obvious stud marks in his shin. Nivaldo was not sent off, nor given a yellow card. In fact a foul was not even called, as Mejuto inspected Ronaldo’s shin and told him to get on with it. Below is video evidence of the incident:

Pretty clear what happened there, and it was obviously deliberate. I dont like to defend Ronaldo for his antics, but that was completely uncalled for. It might not have been a foul on the initial contact, but to come back at the player and drag your studs on his leg, that is a violent act. Does the game need video replay for things like this? Sure it does, but one can understand of Mejuto Gonzalez may have missed it, but surely the fourth official or linesman saw it?

Apparently not, as no further action will be taken against Nivaldo for his clear offense, as the Disciplinary Committee decided not to act on the video evidence. What? How can you not act on that?!?! Like I said, I will not be the first to stand up for Ronaldo, he is a prick. But he could have had his shin broken! These kind of challenge must be punished, otherwise they will continue.

Jorge Valdano commented that the club would not pursue the matter either, which was a bit baffling also. After appealing several times this year for the rescinding of Ronaldo red cards, all of which were very justified and had not grounds for revocation, they choose not to press for punishment for a violent action against one of its own players? I dont get it, and Nivaldo has walked away scot free. He even had the gaul to say Ronaldo provoked him into the challenge, and that it was unintentional. Unintentional and yet provoked, does that make much sense? And then he pointed to several instances when Ronaldo made off the ball challenges that should have been penalized.

Pretty remarkable stuff, and it just goes to show how football administrators in Spain (and FIFA for that) still have their heads as far up their asses to kiss their stomaches. Will it take another disaster leg break, like the one Axel Witsel of Standard Liege committed earlier this year to convince the footballing world that these incidents should be punishable based on video replay?

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Sid

Acutally, I was wrong. A friend of mine just told me that it is his real photo. :D
Deepak

I have watched Borat, and that's a mankini but I thought it is Rooney after all lol :D
Sid

I think that is edited. Haven't you watched that movie Borat?
http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Borat-movie-08.jpg
Deepak

Sid is that photo real? That was hilarious!
Sid

No Diego, go back to Wreder Bremen, you suck at Juve. :P
Kaushik

Diego, go to the Barca blog dude
Diego

Sid, Barca beat Inter 2-0 without Messi (and Ibra), grow up.
Zizou

ahh Bassam agrees thats cool :)

well at least someone in spain did good in europe, as long as they don't win it at our stadium i don't mind them getting to the semi's and hopefully knocking out Man u along the way. Messi is too good.
22fan

quintessential example of insanity: hoping for a barcelona loss. i always hope for it, it never happens, and yet i continue to hope for it :D
Sid

Ryan, here is the info on De La Red
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/03/17/1837403/real-madrids-ruben-de-la-red-is-denied-social-security
Ryan

hey Fahaad where are you getting the info on de la red from?
Sid

I will kick anyone who says Barca don't depend on Messi.
carlos

barca have put themselves in the drivers seat with two fairly early goals, by mesi and pedro, it appears like their place in the quarterfinals has been sealed.
Fahaad

De la Red could be back :)

Hala Madrid!
Sid

Deepak, Rooney doesn't want to be outdone as well.
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00501/SNN06ROONEY_501415a.jpg
Bassam

What puts me off Italian football is the lack of support from their fans. Teams like Italy have an attendance rate as low as 25 thousand per game. Germany on the other hand has the highest attendance rate in Europe. Sevilla wasted a great chance of getting through. Unlucky.

As for Ronaldo, i agree with Zizou in the sense that the kids attitude is unbearable. It makes him look bad, and makes the club look bad. With that said, his attitude when he moved here has been slightly better compared to how he was in Man utd. Even his game has changed becoming more of a team player.

I do think that Corey was not only aiming at saying we should stop this for CR9's sake, but for the sake of all players. Messi gets stomped on, so does Higuain and all flashy players. Defenders get irritated by these flashy moves and dribbling, and kick a little stomp to scare the player. That is not football.

FYI. Ronaldo has not been our best player this season. He is at the top half of that list, but i can think of a couple of players that come ahead. Higuain? Alonso? Arbeloa?
Deepak

btw did EVERYONE miss Messi's underwear advert?? Guess he didn't want to be outdone by Cristiano in this department..lol

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/44016102.html
Deepak

Ryan I disagree, it would have been wonderful to get a fourth team for Germany, those Germans know how to play football, those Italians make me sick with there negative football. (Fiorentina is a refreshing exception though)
Ryan

yeah zizou that was a crucial win for italy in terms of the uefa coefficients. I really wanted Italy to keep their 4th slot, because I think the 4th team in Italy will usually be better than the 4th team from Germany (look at fiorentina). I was cheering for inter anyways because I'm tired of english dominance in the CL no offence intended; though a win for Arsenal would be a win for beautiful football.
Fahaad

Guys look at the passing in the final third of our beloved Real Madrid side of 1987/88, http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xclxgs_real-madrid-1987-88_sport , when are we going to play like as a team rather then individuals. right now we are focusing more on individual accolades then for the better of the team.
Zizou

Oh yes Deepak i must say this is a foul and i also fucking hate challenges like this when the ball as gone, they are cowadly and this guy should be sent off and banned for few games. And as Ref's are soooo poor now, players have to over exaggerate to get the foul otherwise the ref's just play on.
Deepak

They decided to punish Ronaldo when he unintentionally broke Mtiliga's nose, and this is not a cause for suspension is beyond me! He clearly pushed him down and stomped him.
Zizou

what i mean by him getting awards is, i don't think you should give awards just based on talent. There's also the way you behave should come into consideration.
Zizou

just have to listen to Vdv's press conference, he said football's a physical game and we just get on with it instead of moaning every time you get fouled. Whenever Ronaldo gets the ball he seems to expect every defender to just stand there and let him past, i don't get why Uefa gave him awards, personally when i see players like him winning awards, i just question what modern football is about now, this is my opninion, but the way he acts i hate it when he gets awards like best player in the world, and all these kids growing up wanting to be like him when he spends have the game moaning and only seems happy when he is playing well. When i say its him spoiling football i don't mean just him, theres a lot of footballers out their who are ruining the game.
carlos

zizou will you clarify how exactly ronaldo is spoiling modern f00tball? and if he is spoiling f00tball why did uefa recognize his contributions to the game by naming him the best f00tballer of the year 2008? that said im appalled that you as a madridista is wishing cr9 harm, he plays 4 madrid now and you should work on your dislike 4 him, bury the hatchet. 4 you to wish our best player harm is beyond all reason.
Zizou

well people like Ronaldo who are ruining the modern game of football don't deserve to even play so when people take him out i have no problem. I get all you will not like me saying this as he is a RM player so just don't listen to my comment when i talk about him as i have no respect for him a tol. Actually i just won't comment on him anymore that would be better i guess.

Sneijder was amazing last night, why did we never play him behind 2 strikers? and i can't remember who i was talking this 2, but because Inter won, Italy now keep their 4th place.
Sause

Fines after the game should be given based on a percentage of the players salary. I'd say 5% of your salary for the YEAR. This kind of stuff would stop instantly.

make it a double edged though. if you dive implement a similar fine.
22fan

^ i understand you dislike ronaldo, zizou but enough with these comments already. if someone "takes out" ronaldo, who do you think is coming off the bench to help us get the results that everyone here likes? giving the amount of moaning and whining we do when we don't win, at least have the courtesy to not wish injuries and "taking out" on a player who is giving his all for the club.

on topic, i think the fact that annoys me the most about this incident was that the justification offered that ronaldo deserved it for his fancy dribbling. i cannot even comprehend or respond to that in a coherent manner.
Zizou

anyone who takes Ronaldo out in anyway is fine by me

yer i read it labomba, Perez really needs to let the manager decide on decisions, if Perez didn't sign my favourite player of all time back in his first reign then i think i would dislike the way he runs clubs but i can't dislike a guy who did that can i.
labomba

On topic,personally I don't agree in post match video judging of games. The punishment should be dished out live in my opinion if the ref doesn't see it nor the other officials, tough, it usually all swings and roundabouts anyway
Actually we were lucky the ref also didn't see the 2 pens
labomba

Here is the article if anyone else wants to post their two penneth worth
http://football365.com/spanish_thing/0,17033,9405,00.html
labomba

Coerey I agree with you up to a point about the selling off of Calderón era signings being just rumour, but it is a rumour that you hear through the media ( I listen to Spanish radio, read serious Spanish newspapers and watch TV football analysis shows) on a regular basis so the 'no smoke without fire' must count for something.
VDV was also for the chop in the summer too if you remember but due to his wife's illness he refused to move her.
I agree it's an extreme to portray Florentino as a megliomaniac wanting to build a champion team in his image but the fact remains that key players were sold that in the benefit of hindsight were needed, whereas Florentino's stars haven't stepped up. (exclude Ronaldo obviously)
There are a lot of additional arguments - for example Sneijder's form dropped after his first year at Madrid, supposedly through his divorce and love of the night clubs, and the concern for Robben's injury susceptability,the patent need to recoup funds on the galactico signings and finally the need to keep Raúl in the team which yet again has affected the retention of good players.
And as for the writer of the article's comment on Granero, much as I'd love a canterano to succeed, at this moment in time, I agree - he's not good enough
Andres

Ronaldo got a huge cut on his leg from that guy's stomping it was bleeding , lol how people managed to make ronaldo the bad guy here is beyond me , unbelievable
carlos

what is inherently wrong with a fouled player rolling? apart from slackening the tempo of the game i dnt c anything majorly wrong with that. now as for the assertion that cr9 overreacted, can any1 say with certainty that any embellishment was involved, we need to note that he was truelly injured and was experiencing real pain, and different people react differently to pain. even if cr9 was embellishing he can afford it, he is the most expensive player.
Bobby

I'll admit the embellishment was a little much but growing up in a football enviroment where i was exposed to the embellishment on Television, If I'm the victim of a nasty tackle, I stay down for a few seconds. Here's why

1. If I get up and right into someones face, that could start a futher confrontation in which not only I but my teammates could get into trouble.

2. If I just get up and get on with it, it doesn't show the true foolishness of the tackle. by staying down it highlights that indeed that was too rash and needs to be reprimanded.

3. Also it gives other's a chance to catch their breath and allows the referee to speak to his linesmen about what they may have seen as well.

That being said Ronaldo does embellish a lot.
Sid

There you go.
Two ex-Madrid men send Chelsea crashing out of Champions League.
MoMONEY

Yea of course Ronaldo deserves the protection. But its crazy that his attitude and past actions have made this the first thing I notice in this instance... Im obviously not alone either... Its really too bad such a talented player is such an ego...
Corey

Cant say I have either Brenton, and I had my ankle broken in training from a studs up challenge just as an example. I also was once tackled like an American football player after rushing past a defender on the wing, and I never rolled around on the ground. It draws attention I suppose, but it does not make it right.
Brenton

I can't remember ever rolling around on the ground in pain, and I've been kicked plenty hard, had my feet stomped on, elbowed in the face, all that. Why do footballers think rolling around is the obvious public reaction to pain?
Corey

MoMoney: Agreed, if Ronaldo stands up and shoves Ronaldo though surely he gets a yellow. I dont like him rolling around and crying out in 'pain', but in this case, he had two deep gashes on his shin and that must of hurt. Messi rolls around too, but he does seem to get on with it more often then not, and I like that. I will never hold back my contempt for Ronaldo's acting, but he should also be protected from challenges like this.
MoMONEY

Not needed of course but it is really common and happens all the time. Maybe fines after the matter if the evidence is clear...

I do love the contrast in reactions though- Messi gets in the guys face, while Ronaldo rolls around for 10 yards and cries.
Bassam

This is not only a Ronaldo related issue. For those people that are soo blinded by life that they chose to support Barcelona, they have suffered as well. Last year with Malaga's WEligton stepping on their little assets foot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEgmH_rP5yM

I'm not sure, and i don't remember, but that guy didn't get punished as well. Teams like the top 4, who have individually gifted and targeted players, should unite together to actually do something to stop this. What a shame.
Thomas

Yet again, the spanish football federation show their stupidity... Awful tackle by an awful player..