Vidic Alerts Ref To Drogba
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Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic has turned up the heat ahead of the Champions League final by accusing Chelsea's Didier Drogba of play-acting.
"Sometimes he goes in very strong, and sometimes he pretends he is very weak," Vidic said ahead of Wednesday's final. "He plays with your mind and tries to make you think about the next tackle."
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez claimed he had a dossier on the Ivorian's "diving" before their semi-final last month. It provoked Drogba into producing a match-winning performance in the Champions League semi-finals following Benitez's comments.
And while Vidic expressed his respect for Drogba's abilities, the centre-back warned that Wednesday's referee will need to pay close attention to his antics.
He told the Sunday Times: "He can pretend he fell down to win a penalty, but referees know that. The Champions League final is a big game and I'm sure the ref will know his job."
Vidic, meanwhile, refused to blame Drogba for an incident which saw him leave the field with concussion after the striker's knee hit him the head in the Premier League last month.
"I don't protect myself. I leave myself too open for players to kick me or hurt me. "I'm not saying they want to - it just happens - but maybe I need to work on my protection. I want to win the ball and don't care how and maybe because of that I get hurt.
"Everyone puts me among the hardest players, and says forwards when they play me need to protect themselves, but that's not true. "I don't try to hurt people and I don't want to go around saying I'm tough. I go in aggressive, yes, and try to win every ball, but I'm not anything special."
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and so is man utd.. drogba going to prove vidic wrong like the way he prove fatty
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another bentiez trying to play down drogba?? i hope vidic dont regret...
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This will never end.
Vidic talks about Drogba's playacting.
Next,another chelsea player will talk abt Cristiano's play-acting.
More like personal attacks to me.
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i belive after the last match.. they will talk more about rooney acting then ronaldo
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Yes, Drogba playact more than anyone... Going down holding his leg lah, back lah or face lah... and if the referee is from Europe and not an English... You will see him do it even more...
