Flojo Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Ronaldo is back. At club level at least.Ronnie has taken the Brazilian domestic game by storm on the comeback trail, and he has registered four goals in his last five games for Corinthians.The road back to fitness has been arduous for the former PSV Eindhoven hitman, after confronting a knee injury that left his future in the game hanging in the balance.His once irrefutable place in the Brazil national team has long since diminished, but Dunga has struggled to identify a replacement in his absence.Luis Fabiano, Adriano and Jo are only some who have tried so far, but Brazil's World Cup campaign has been sorely lacking some vital strikes.Dunga's Brazil have faced accusations of negativity without a striker the calibre of a peak Ronaldo.Is it too late for The Phenomenon to stake a claim for a gold shirt? Should Brazil qualify, is it too much to suggest that Ronaldo would be in South Africa to add to his already record tally of World Cup goalslol at all the crticism and crap hes been through and still being better than all the other striking options, ...this guy on a bad day is still top 10 selectedCo sign, WC 06 commentators were having a pop at him left right and centre but he was 2nd top scorer despite Brazil going out in the quarter finals.2nd goal on that video is filth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambino Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 he's too much. ultimate striker, just wish i could have seen him live.Serious. I bought tickets to that United v Europe XI game solely on the basis they said Ronaldo was playing. Took the piss when I got there and start hearing not only Ronaldo was a no show but Ronaldinho aswell. Had to sit and watch that sh*t Zlatan Ibrahimovic instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duzza Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 he's too much. ultimate striker, just wish i could have seen him live.mesmo... guy was too good, shame bout them injuries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJibbles Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Exactly a year ago one of Brazil's greatest footballers sat despondent in a Rio de Janeiro police station. It was the crack of dawn and after a late night on the tiles and an alleged argument with a transvestite called Andre inside a Rio sex motel, public humiliation beckoned for Ronaldo, the leading World Cup goalscorer of all time.The coming weeks saw Ronaldo dragged across Brazil's front pages for his late-night antics; the one-time Brazilian hero became the subject of vicious criticism, television satire and sarcastic speculation. He was too fat. He was too rich. He was too lazy. And what on earth had he been getting up to with three transvestites inside that love hotel?Twelve months on, however, and all has been forgiven. The man Brazilians call the Phenomenon is back. Since making his debut for Sao Paulo side Corinthians in March, Ronaldo has scored eight goals in nine matches, leading the club's director to suggest making a film about his Hollywood-esque comeback, Brazil's most famous rapper to release a homage to the striker and fans (among them the country's president) to call for Ronaldo's immediate return to the national team.When Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, commented this week that Ronaldo was "eating balls" it was a reference to the number of goals he has been scoring rather than to any off-field escapades with Rio's tranvestite community."I think that if he came back to the national side it would be extraordinary," said Lula, referring to Ronaldo as "fofão" or cuddly, the name of a chubby doll who presented Brazilian kids TV in the 1980s. "I admire people who never give up."Those who, just a few months ago, wrote of Ronaldo's comeback as a cynical marketing ploy have been silenced by his dramatic return. Even Juca Kfouri, one of Brazil's best known and most skeptical football writers, has joined the chorus of praise, describing Ronaldo as the best player in the Sao Paulo championship this year.The latest demonstration that, at 32, Ronaldo is still one of the world's top strikers came on Sunday, when Corinthians took on local rivals Santos in the first leg of the state championship final. With Pele, the Santos idol and Brazil's king of football, looking on from the stands Ronaldo scored twice in Corinthians' 3-1 victory, putting his side a whisker away from the state title.On 25 minutes Ronaldo powered home his first goal with his left foot after killing the ball with a superb piece of control. The second goal, an immaculate chip over the Santos goalkeeper, came on 75 minutes after a nifty back-heel and sent hysteria crashing through the away fans. They were, as Brazilian football fans say, golaços, or 'great goals'. And the unwritten rule in Brazilian football is that, 'He who scores golaços, could end up in the police station with 1,000 transvestites and it wouldn't make any difference.' "It was a goal worthy of Pele," Pele said after the game, with trademark modesty. Ronaldo was equally pleased with himself. "Each goal I score, I lose a kilo," he told reporters.The controversy is not completely behind Ronaldo. The Brazilian version of Playboy recently published a colourful account of Ronaldo's allegedly drunken attempts to sneak into the team hotel earlier this year with a high-class call girl. Smutty jokes about his extra-curricular activities still bring glee to bar tables across the country. But for now at least public opinion is firmly behind the Phenomenon.This week nearly 2,000 readers weighed in on a poll published by the Globo newspaper website, asking whether Ronaldo should be reinstated to the Brazil side. Nearly 70% said Ronaldo deserved the chance to lead his country's attack again.The Brazilian press is now reporting that several European clubs are considering bringing Ronaldo back to the Old World, while president Lula has even suggested that "cuddly" Ronaldo might represent a solution to the world financial crisis.Even that might be beyond Brazil's comeback king. But if Ronaldo keeps eating balls the 2010 World Cup in South Africa suddenly looks like a distinct possibility. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/20...inthians-brazil Still got it!The REAL Ronaldo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojo Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 1st goal - First touch was actually perfect2nd goal - just f*ck off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Medic Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Wow, brilliant skill for the 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 1st goal - First touch was actually perfect2nd goal - just f*ck off+lol @ the goalkeeping for Santos' 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEIRELES. Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 lmao @ the people saying the fake ronaldo's better than the real onenowere NEAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n/a Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 1st goal - First touch was actually perfect2nd goal - just f*ck off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trim Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 c/s the above f*ck*ng hell that second goal was too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wavelength Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 1st goal - First touch was actually perfect2nd goal - just f*ck off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 LOL @ The REAL Ronaldo.There is only ONE Ronaldo.Goal was DISGUSTING. What a legend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yadunknojz09 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lieutenant Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 1st goal - First touch was actually perfect2nd goal - just f*ck offPretty much what i was going to type after watchingWould be sick if he played in SA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephisto Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 LOL @ this guys talent... ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goddaz Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 The speed, the movement, the goals.best striker of our generation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HangTheDJ Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 shouldn't have edited my posthe shits all over zidane10 pages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davicious X Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 shouldn't have edited my posthe shits all over zidane10 pages TBH u wont get much argument when mans lobbing keepers with what I swear is meant to be his weak foot.I mean seriously WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaFives Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 This is a guy who scored 45 goals in 49 games in his first season at the age of 17 including 10 goals in 12 games in the South American version of the Champions Leaguef*ck OFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Batty Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 lol@the one he shinned in the first half though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heero Yuy Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 1st goal - First touch was actually perfect2nd goal - just f*ck offthe 2nd goalew,wer[r['r.lrg,.;,';h,;hg,;hglbgmf]dfbbbbbffdirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 1st goal - First touch was actually perfect2nd goal - just f*ck off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Kane Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Supernatural.Man's only 32 aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephisto Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 PMSL.Guys still taking the piss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Kane Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 LMFAOYou just don't lose talent like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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