Maybe you can respond to my question about the hypothetical scenario involving Valdes?
Shouldn't be too hard to find. I've posted it three times now. People keep ignoring it, for some reason.
I had not seen it yet. I assume you mean
this. I don't think it's enlightening at all. I accept that intentionality isn't the be all and end all. However, you need to ask why the "offender" does something. If it's because of a tackle, he's not to blame and it's not a foul. So Ronaldo either dived and his landing on Mascherano (not really, Mascherano quite obviously dived as much as Ron and I can't believe this is being questioned) was a result of that, or he was pushed over by Pique,
whether or not a foul, and accidentally landed on the argentine twat and it was never a free kick at all.
I've no idea how the Valdes scenario is meant to clarify this, but I'm a bit drunk celebrating us getting to the final (you won't watch... sorry). Or to be more precise: If Ronaldo clatters into Valdes because he was pushed by Pique, it's either a foul/penalty or a goal. Still, it's not practically a good comparison, because we all know refs are more uncomfortable giving pens than fks.