.... Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists players who dive and pretend to be injured are "killing the game".
Ferguson, who during Ronaldo's time at Old Trafford, defended the players "play acting" an estimated 1,635 times ,,,, has finally come to the conclusion ... IT'S WRONG.
Ferguson: "This unwritten rule has come into the game and opportunist players have just overdone it. They have overcooked the whole thing.
"Last week Evra was through and into the last third of the pitch, the referee stops it and (Michael) Ballack gets up. It could have been a serious problem so he stopped the game.
"Then when Evra is fouled, Chelsea don't kick the ball out, the referee plays on and we lose a goal.
"It is a grey area and something has to be done about it.
"The players are killing the game. The players' unprofessionalism is killing the game. Not the referees. The problem is how much the referee can tolerate when the players lie down pretending to be injured.
"There is no doubt that this unwritten rule about players kicking the ball into touch has been exploited to ridiculous degrees now."
* Ferguson added: "Ronaldo maybe a 'diver' now he's gone to Spain, but he never dived ONCE while a Man Utd player."
(* We made that last bit up)