{"id":31531,"date":"2026-04-25T09:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/manchester-united-star-sends-message-fernandes-apologizes-to-carragher-football-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:56:31","slug":"manchester-united-star-sends-message-fernandes-apologizes-to-carragher-football-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/manchester-united-star-sends-message-fernandes-apologizes-to-carragher-football-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United star sends message, Fernandes apologizes to Carragher Football | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes has apologized to Jamie Carragher for his penalty miss during England&#8217;s 2006 World Cup match against Portugal. In a conversation with Wayne Rooney, Fernandes recalled his younger days being overjoyed when Ricciardo saved Carragher&#8217;s spot-kick, denying Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in the quarter-final shootout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Liverpool legend initially converted a penalty, but was forced to take it again without waiting for the referee&#8217;s whistle. Ricardo saved the spot-kick on the second attempt, giving Portugal a place in the semi-finals, but they were ultimately eliminated by France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Rooney was sent off early in the game for stomping on Ricardo Carvalho, and Cristiano Ronaldo infamously winked at his then-Manchester United team-mate as he left the pitch in Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking on the Wayne Rooney Show, Fernandes said: &#8220;Obviously everyone remembers 2006 because of that little bit of heat between Cristiano and Wayne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;(It resulted in) Jamie Carragher missing a penalty. I had to say this, but I&#8217;m sorry, Jamie,&#8221; Fernandes admitted before facing the cameras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I had to move away from you a little bit, you always attack me. I can attack you with that penalty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;When you miss a penalty, don&#8217;t say anything about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In 2021, Carragher spoke openly about his personal struggles after being subjected to racist abuse for missing a penalty by Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford in the Euro 2020 final, the Manchester Evening News reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Sven-Goran Eriksson called me up and gave me one job, and that was to take the spot-kick as convincingly as I did in every training session,&#8221; the former Liverpool centre-back said in a column for the Telegraph.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I hadn&#8217;t missed a penalty in six weeks. &#8216;You&#8217;ll take the fourth one,&#8217; Eriksson told me. There was no problem. England were 2-1 down when I walked 40 yards, but I was looking at Portugal&#8217;s number one Ricardo and feeling confident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Knowing exactly where to put the ball, I hit it sweetly to the right and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way. That was my first touch of the game. There was a moment of relief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThen the referee blew the whistle. Horacio Marcelo Elizondo, the Argentina captain, said I had made too quick a decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Take 2. Now I was bluffing with Ricardo. Ricardo had incorrectly guessed that I was going to score in the exact same way. I changed my mind and went to the left. So did he, pushing my attempt away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/2198285\/bruno-fernandes-jamie-carragher-apology\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruno Fernandes has apologized to Jamie Carragher for his penalty miss during England&#8217;s 2006 World Cup match against Portugal. In a conversation with Wayne Rooney, Fernandes recalled his younger days being overjoyed when Ricciardo saved Carragher&#8217;s spot-kick, denying Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in the quarter-final shootout. 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