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UK: "Laser lout" targets footballer

Football team Manchester United made a complaint to the Union of European Football Associations after Cristiano Ronaldo was zapped with a laser pen.

The Reds wizard was targeted during the warm-up and in the first half of United’s 1-1 Champions League draw in Lyon.

Manager Alex Ferguson, relieved at Carlos Tevez’s 87th-minute equaliser, said: “We reported it to UEFA. We noticed it before the game. They tried to deal with it but I don’t know how much longer it went on.”

Ronaldo made no comment about the incident, though he did not have one of his better nights on the pitch.

From The Sun (UK). The link has a video capture showing the footballer with a large green spot on his face.