JOSE MOURINHO last night warned Cristiano Ronaldo: "Don't spoil the FA Cup Final with your diving antics."
Mourinho has infuriated Sir Alex Ferguson and Ronaldo with his verbal attacks on the Manchester United winger.
The Chelsea manager branded his fellow Portuguese "immature, ill-educated and disrespectful" before issuing an apology last week.
But now Ronaldo is looming large as the biggest threat to Chelsea's hopes of coming out of a season which promised so much with just the Carling Cup.
And Mourinho turned up the heat by throwing the spotlight back onto his reputation as a tumbler. The Blues boss said: "I hope Ronaldo enjoys the game like I hope I'm going to enjoy it. I hope Portugal can be proud of having so many Portuguese people involved.
"The game should be correct, I would be very disappointed if some of the players were diving and provoking - and trying to get people red cards.
"Ronaldo is a very good player and I hope he plays good football and certainly doesn't get injured.
I just wish the kid to enjoy his game and to play well and properly.
"But I want him to be the big player he is and the big player he wants to be. And that means being fair with his opponents."
Chelsea's Didier Drogba, Joe Cole and Arjen Robben have all been hammered for their ability to hit the deck this term but it was evident that Mourinho believes Ronaldo is the prime culprit that referee Steve Bennett must watch out for.
Mourinho added: "I would be very, very sad... very, very disappointed if the FA Cup Final is not a good event, a fair event, without cases, without problems, with a good winner, with a proud loser.
"What I want is to make the game a real game, a real final - a final that the new Wembley deserves. We start the game with 11 players, and I hope we finish with 11.
Normally we are a team that is correct and are not guilty of bad behaviour.
"I want to win, yes. Manchester United wants to win, everybody wants to win. It is my responsibility, and also the responsibility of Sir Alex, the players, Mr Bennett and his assistants, to do everything to make it a great game. Everybody has a responsibility."
Mourinho is still sweating over the fitness of Ashley Cole, who was outstanding against Ronaldo for England in Euro 2004 and last year's World Cup, and in November's clash at Old Trafford.
Cole is willing to have a jab in his problem ankle before surgery scheduled for Tuesday but is nowhere near match-fit.
