LOOK OUT RONALDO

Last updated : 22 March 2007 By Ed

Belgium keeper Stijn Stijnen has warned the Portugal national team and especially Ronaldo to expect a physical game: "After two minutes we will have massacred him so much he will have to leave the pitch on a stretcher.

"What else do we need to do? Portugal have greater quality and that's why we have to do things our way."

"We have to play with character and not spare our opponents' tibias. I don't think my words are shocking. We're the visiting team.

"I'm not saying Belgium have to break anyone's leg, but we have to be aggressive and we have players to do that."

The Sun reports that this came just a day after George Boateng claimed he is a sore loser. He said (about Ronaldo): "No one likes to have the mickey taken out of them. One day, someone will hurt him properly."