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Referee Experiences with Messi and Ronaldo
the match. I got to referee Messi
when he won everything in 2009 in the Club World Cup final.
And? He is just like they say he is.
Around 20 minutes
into the match, and honestly, Barcelona was already losing one to zero.
He gets past two players, pushes the ball ahead, and dives in a
blatant simulation. Yes, yes, yes.
I blow for the foul and book him because, I tell you,
you don't even realize who it is, and even if it was him
and you did realize, it's a card anyway.
And he gets up in a somewhat defiant tone,
saying, 'Why are you booking me?' 'Because you dived.' 'But why are you booking me?'
'Because you're booked.' 'No way, he talked back to you.'
'Look, the best player in the world, I get it, but you have a yellow card.'
'And besides, you don't know who is booking you.'
'Who? The best referee in the world.'
I had to referee the match Brazil against Portugal,
where the captain of one team is Cristiano Ronaldo. Uh-huh.
A very complicated match where they went out to kick each other.
The star of that Brazil team,
Felipe Melo, who was sent off several times.
And on the other side, well,
Cristiano Ronaldo, but with Pepe.
So imagine, in 20 minutes, six yellow cards.
And at halftime, the captain of Portugal, who is Cristiano Ronaldo, approaches me
to tell me, "Mister, we've already realized that you are heavy-handed,
because we were already told that Mexicans are heavy-handed.
In the second half we're going out, we don't want anyone sent off,
we got the message and we're going to play." There's even a shot there where.
The difference. He approaches and they say, "What is he saying to you, Armando?"
Cristiano Ronaldo, Armando Archundio, right? And that's what he was telling me.
And the guy behaved in the second half,
there were only three fouls in total.
What you're telling me, Doctor,
is that Cristiano Ronaldo is a prince. At least with me, I have
nothing to say, and he's used to at least saying… Exactly.
They say he's extremely polite.
And let me tell you something, look, I don't want to drag Messi into this,
but up to this point.
No. We have no evidence. Of anything. Of
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Original transcript (Spanish)
el partido. Tocó dirigir a Messi cuando ganó todo en el dos mil nueve en la final del Mundial de Clubes. Y? Está empezado como dicen que es. Deja caer veinte minutos, iban del partido, que la verdad ya perdiendo Barcelona uno a cero.
Se quita dos jugadores, se la larga la pelota y se tira por una simulación flagrante. Sí, sí, sí. Yo silbo la falta y lo amonesto porque te digo, no te das cuenta ni quién es y aunque haya sido él dándote cuenta, igual la tarjeta.
Y se levanta en un tono medio retador, es decir, me Por qué me amonestas? Porque te tiraste. Pero Por qué me amonestas? Porque te amonestas. Ah, no manches que te contesto. Este, el mejor jugador del mundo, me queda claro, tienes amarilla. Y luego tú no sabes quién te está amonestando.
Quién? El mejor árbitro del mundo. Me toca dirigirle el partido Brasil contra Portugal, donde el capitán de un equipo es Cristiano Ronaldo. Ajá. Partido muy complicado donde salieron a darse de patadas. La figura de ese Brasil,
Felipe Melo, que fue expulsado varias veces. Y del otro lado, bueno, Cristiano Ronaldo, pero con Pepe. Entonces imagínense, en veinte minutos, seis tarjetas amarillas. Y al medio tiempo se acerca el capitán de Portugal, que es Cristiano Ronaldo,
a decirme, mister, ya nos dimos cuenta que usted es de manita fuerte, porque ya nos dijeron que los mexicanos son de manita fuerte. El segundo tiempo vamos a salir, no queremos expulsados, ya entendimos y vamos a jugar. Incluso hay una toma ahí donde. La diferencia. Se acerca él y que dicen, Qué es lo que le dice Armando?
Cristiano Ronaldo, Armando Archundio, No? Y es lo que me me platica. Y el tipo se comportó el segundo tiempo, no hubo más que tres faltas en todo. Lo que tú me estás diciendo, doctor. Es que Cristiano Ronaldo es un príncipe. Cuando menos conmigo no
tengo nada que decir y se acostumbra a que cuando menos decir. Exactamente. Dicen que es educadísimo. Y les digo una cosa, miren, yo no les quiero arrastrar a Messi, pero hasta este momento. No. No tenemos indicios. De nada. De
