Shaun Wright-Phillips reveals the secret plan to keep Cristiano Ronaldo quiet in the 2007 FA Cup final between Chelsea and Man United
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00:00We keep Ronaldo quiet, we win the game 1-0.
00:02You both started, right, in 2007.
00:04What was going through your mind?
00:06Wow, first of all.
00:07First one at Wembley.
00:08Yeah, wow, basically, like to be given a nod
00:12ahead of like Duffs and the Robins
00:14and the people that were there.
00:15It's like, okay, there's some real belief in me,
00:18sort of thing.
00:19But Mourinho was very clever.
00:20I always found him premeditated
00:22about everything he did down to training
00:26and what was going to happen next.
00:27And he came up to me earlier in the week
00:29and he said, like, I think I'm going to start you
00:31in this final.
00:32Really?
00:32And he said to me, his exact words were like,
00:35I know you love attacking
00:37and I know I want you to attack.
00:38But he said, we need you and Paulo
00:40to focus more on defending.
00:42He said, if you can attack, then you attack.
00:44But I promise you, we keep Ronaldo quiet,
00:46we win the game 1-0.
00:48And that was basically what me and Paulo did.
00:50We just aimed to keep Cristiano Ronaldo tired.
00:53And if I could break, then I would.
00:55But my focus was solely on him.
00:58Smart. I must have started on the left.
01:00He didn't tell me I was starting,
01:01so he must have made that decision late.