Makelele to Ronaldinho: I'm going to send you to hospital Football Intimidation tactics during a game

Ronaldinho was warned he would be sent to hospital in an attempt at intimidation of the star by former Real Madrid enforcer Claude Makelele, who recalled the difficulty in dealing with him.

In his time at Chelsea, the Frenchman took on Barcelona and Ronaldinho when he was at the peak of his powers and remembered how he tried to engage in some mental warfare as well as the physical in their Champions League meeting.

He gave an interview to William Gallas as part of the Transversales programme on RMC Sport in which he looked back on his career.

"At one point in the game I went over to Ronaldinho and said 'I prefer that you show good manners in dribbling against me because if there are any of those PlayStation tricks... I'll send you to the hospital'," Makelele said.

"Do you know what he did? He apologised and asked for forgiveness."