Thiago Silva has accused Cristiano Ronaldo of malice and insisted had he not jumped to safety the Manchester United winger would have broken his leg in this week's friendly between Brazil and Portugal.

The two sides clashed in Brasilia on Wednesday, with the hosts running out 6-2 winners in a thrilling encounter.

The game was marred by a number of heated exchanges involving Portugal skipper Ronaldo. The winger repeatedly flung himself into challenges - much to the disdain of Brazilian defender Silva.

"He's a malicious guy and if I hadn't jumped out of the way he would have broken my leg," said the Fluminense centre-half. "He just lost it because we snuffed him totally out of the game.

"He had the nerve to say he didn't touch me but that's only because I got out of his way.

"Then he realised he was in the wrong and tried to apologise, but I wasn't accepting that."

Real Madrid full-back Marcelo was also left fuming at the antics of Ronaldo, claiming the Portuguse winger caught him with a stray arm at one point.

"Ronaldo was out of order and a bigmouth," he said. "He elbowed me off the ball, then tried to have a shouting match about it."