Saturday, September 26, 2009

What has happened to Ronaldinho!?



Following some of the italian Serie A league games for the past couple of weeks. I couldn't help but notice how the once great Ronaldinho has deteriorated into a fairly average and uninterested player, especially during Inter's 4 - 0 thrashing of AC Milan . Ever since his fallout at Barcelona and the subsequent move to AC Milan, the player who once brought the wonderful tricks from freestyle football onto the big stage in europe has somewhat fallen from grace, starting from the mediocre performance during the 2006 world cup in Germany. This was followed by a fallout with the former barca coach, Frank Rjikaard, and an apparent lack of form and fitness. The spanish media even went on to state that ronnie was 'overweight', hence earning him the nickname 'gordinho' which roughly means 'fatty fat chubby pieface'. Gone are the days when the once great brazilian genius performed tricks during matches that some players wouldn't even try during training! Recently, ronnie has also dismissed talks about a possible retirement from football or the idea of leaving europe to return to play in brazil.. similar to what Adriano and Ronaldo (the fat one) have done.

As freestyle football enthusiasts, we can only hope that Ronaldinho, at 29, still has something left in him that could reignite 'THAT' Ronaldinho we all use to love (or hate if you're a real madrid supporter or argentinean). It was him after all who ignited many kids interest to learn freestyle football, esepcially during the Nike 'Joga Bonito' campaign. Following is a video we found on youtube with a compilation of the tricks and skills from 'THAT' Ronaldinho, who pulled off almost impossible tricks such as the 'flip-flap a.k.a elastico' during competitive matches and still afford to smile even if it didn't work..




Do you think he still has it? Have aliens stolen his footballing talent (like in the movie 'space jam')? or is Ronaldinho finished and past his prime (at 29!!??) Go on, drop us a comment and tell us what you think about this..

By: A. Faisael