? ?When Spanish football club
Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren’t buying a
pretty face. "I am {{U}}?(51) ?{{/U}}," admits the Brazilian superstar.
"But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I {{U}}?(52)
?{{/U}} have is charm." ? ?Indeed he has. His buck teeth,
flowing hair, big smile, and of course his {{U}}?(53) ?{{/U}} skills are
always eye-catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker scored two goals in a
3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was BarCelona’s sixth win in a
row and, thanks to their Brazilian’s 10-goal contribution, {{U}}?(54)
?{{/U}} looked like a poor season could now end a success. ?
?Ronaldinho - full name Ronatdo De Assis Moreira - is one of many South
Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before
{{U}}?(55) ?{{/U}} them off on the world stage. ? ?Great
things were {{U}}?(56) ?{{/U}} when Gremio signed him as a seven-year-old,
and he soon became friends with Ronaldo, who was then the other young star of
Brazilian football. It was Ronaldo who first called him Ronaldinho, which
{{U}}?(57) ?{{/U}} Little Ronaldo, and the name stuck. ? ?He
first {{U}}?(58) ?{{/U}} for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002
World Cup where he showed his real worth, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in
Brazil’s quarter-final victory {{U}}?(59) ?{{/U}} England. ?
?"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game
is based on {{U}}?(60) ?{{/U}} . Often a forward does not have the time to
decide whether to shoot or pass. It is instinct that gives out the
orders." ? ?While ?he ?may not have ?David
?Beckham’s good ?looks, ?Ronaldinho ?has ?a
{{U}}?(61) ?{{/U}} reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint
Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke {{U}}?(62) ?{{/U}} rules by
going out and enjoying the city’s nightlife. ? ?"Without doubt,
Ronaldinho is the most {{U}}?(63) ?{{/U}} player I have ever come across,"
says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main {{U}}?(64) ?{{/U}} for any
coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team." ?
?But Ronaldinho doesn’t think he has done anything wrong. "I am just a
young person who enjoys {{U}}?(65) ?{{/U}}," he
says.
? ?When Spanish football club
Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren’t buying a
pretty face. "I am {{U}}?(51) ?{{/U}}," admits the Brazilian superstar.
"But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I {{U}}?(52)
?{{/U}} have is charm." ? ?Indeed he has. His buck teeth,
flowing hair, big smile, and of course his {{U}}?(53) ?{{/U}} skills are
always eye-catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker scored two goals in a
3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was BarCelona’s sixth win in a
row and, thanks to their Brazilian’s 10-goal contribution, {{U}}?(54)
?{{/U}} looked like a poor season could now end a success. ?
?Ronaldinho - full name Ronatdo De Assis Moreira - is one of many South
Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before
{{U}}?(55) ?{{/U}} them off on the world stage. ? ?Great
things were {{U}}?(56) ?{{/U}} when Gremio signed him as a seven-year-old,
and he soon became friends with Ronaldo, who was then the other young star of
Brazilian football. It was Ronaldo who first called him Ronaldinho, which
{{U}}?(57) ?{{/U}} Little Ronaldo, and the name stuck. ? ?He
first {{U}}?(58) ?{{/U}} for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002
World Cup where he showed his real worth, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in
Brazil’s quarter-final victory {{U}}?(59) ?{{/U}} England. ?
?"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game
is based on {{U}}?(60) ?{{/U}} . Often a forward does not have the time to
decide whether to shoot or pass. It is instinct that gives out the
orders." ? ?While ?he ?may not have ?David
?Beckham’s good ?looks, ?Ronaldinho ?has ?a
{{U}}?(61) ?{{/U}} reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint
Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke {{U}}?(62) ?{{/U}} rules by
going out and enjoying the city’s nightlife. ? ?"Without doubt,
Ronaldinho is the most {{U}}?(63) ?{{/U}} player I have ever come across,"
says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main {{U}}?(64) ?{{/U}} for any
coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team." ?
?But Ronaldinho doesn’t think he has done anything wrong. "I am just a
young person who enjoys {{U}}?(65) ?{{/U}}," he
says.
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