Cunningham fears Ronaldo out of his Liga

Kenny Cunningham banned himself from watching Spain's Primera Liga during the past fortnight for fear of seeing what Brazilian ace Ronaldo might do to him.

Republic of Ireland skipper Cunningham has the thankless task of marking the Real Madrid striker when Brazil visit Lansdowne Road for a friendly tonight, and the Birmingham defender has tried not to remind himself of the challenge too much in the last couple of weeks.