Tom13 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima! Has anyone watched his new documentary yet? Unfortunately I believe it's only available to stream on DAZN. Edited November 15, 2022 by Tom13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Also, came across this very interesting viewpoint which I believe gained very little (if any) publicity. https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/psv-blamed-injuries-ac-milans-ronaldo-169915 Quote PSV Eindhoven are being blamed for the knee injuries suffered by AC Milan striker Ronaldo through his career. The anti-doping co-ordinator of the Brazilian Federation has accused PSV Eindhoven of creating a monster. "It is all the fault of PSV. In Holland they gave him vitamin integrators when he was very young and among these substances were anabolic steroids that could have boosted his growth more than was healthy," said Bernardino Santi in newspaper Folha. "His muscles grew excessively and this accumulation of mass in a short period of time, when he had not yet completed his natural development, made his muscles incompatible with the structure of his bones. "The effects of steroid use can only become apparent 10, 15 or even 20 years later." Ronaldo played for PSV Eindhoven from 1994 to '96, but the Brazilian Federation immediately distanced itself from Santi's allegations and fired him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 The 90s Haaland. What a player Ronaldo was. I really do wish he’d been around today in an era where sports science is a thing and defenders can’t just kick forwards out of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) His stat of goals scored by rounding the keeper is one of tge best stats in football Edit - 88 of 414 goals Feels like a dying art in modern football Edited November 15, 2022 by villa4europe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 41 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Also, came across this very interesting viewpoint which I believe gained very little (if any) publicity. https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/psv-blamed-injuries-ac-milans-ronaldo-169915 There was a spate of Dutch players who tested positive for steroids in that era, Stam, Davids and Frank De Boer come to mind. I'm sure football has cleaned itself up in the meantime though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Also a good read: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63432094 Quote Ronaldo: The road to redemption with Brazil at the 2002 World Cup The Brazil squad of 2002 have a WhatsApp group called 'Penta'. Twenty years on from victory in Japan and South Korea, Cafu still messages daily as they reminisce about the nation's fifth world title. For Ronaldo, it is a welcome reminder of his redemption. The rise was stratospheric. After scoring 44 goals in 47 games in his first two seasons at Cruzeiro, Ronaldo went to USA '94 as a 17-year-old still bearing braces. He did not play a single minute, instead celebrating like a giddy kid waving an inflatable banana in Pierluigi Casiraghi's Italy shirt following Brazil's penalty shootout win in the final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. A move to Europe, on the advice of team-mate Romario, followed and paved the way for a relentless goalscoring spree with PSV Eindhoven. "You could tell straight away he had a certain thing about him," explains former team-mate Boudewijn Zenden, who would hang out in Ronaldo's penthouse and even bought a Portuguese For Dummies book so they could communicate better. "He was lightning fast and any goalscoring opportunity, the one-on-ones, he always scored. "There was only one way and that was towards the goal, always with pace and always with a good finish. He had tricks and could dribble anybody, but it was always clinical and lethal." Off the pitch, he was always good fun and Zenden remembers dressing his mate up as a clown on a visit to Maastricht Carnival. "As soon as he started smiling, everybody recognised him!" laughs the Dutchman. "He was a really nice guy, always with a smile on his face, always in for a joke." When it came to football, though, Ronaldo was deadly serious. Asked by a reporter how many goals he would score in his first season in the Netherlands, he said without a blink of an eye: "32." "The journalist started laughing," recalls Zenden. "But Ronaldo didn't find it funny." Ronaldo scored 32 domestic goals that season - 35 in 36 games when you add the scintillating hat-trick against Bayer Leverkusen in the Uefa Cup to his tally. Now the press weren't laughing, they were completely captivated. So were PSV fans, belting out his name, while pundits gawped at this teenage phenomenon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Didn't realise zenden was there at the same time so had a quick look, the team also included one Wilfred Bouma The 94 world cup followed by ajax in the 94/95 CL was my first introduction to football outside of England but I remember nothing of Ronaldo until he got to Barca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Tom13 said: Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima! Has anyone watched his new documentary yet? Unfortunately I believe it's only available to stream on DAZN. I've seen it advertised on BBC, is it not on iPlayer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 1 minute ago, duke313 said: I've seen it advertised on BBC, is it not on iPlayer? Oh, maybe then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Was Eurogoals on Eurosport around when he was at PSV? I think I remember seeing him on that show but it could be Romario Im thinking of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I think he deserved to be remembered more than the 'fat one'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 31 minutes ago, NoelVilla said: Was Eurogoals on Eurosport around when he was at PSV? I think I remember seeing him on that show but it could be Romario Im thinking of. For me it was a Saturday morning world sports show I'm sure on channel 4 called something like transworld sports I can remember seeing him on there for barca and inter but not PSV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 51 minutes ago, NoelVilla said: Was Eurogoals on Eurosport around when he was at PSV? I think I remember seeing him on that show but it could be Romario Im thinking of. Eurogoals was a great show, they sometimes didnt have Serie A games but had highlights of a Belgian 3rd tier relegation playoff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Tom13 said: Also, came across this very interesting viewpoint which I believe gained very little (if any) publicity. https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/psv-blamed-injuries-ac-milans-ronaldo-169915 Wow, thanks for this! I had no idea! Ronaldo will always be the goat in my lifetime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 8 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Wow, thanks for this! I had no idea! Nor did I until yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 The performance at Old Trafford with Inter...oh my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 2 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: I think he deserved to be remembered more than the 'fat one'. Much better than the Portuguese whiny bitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 2 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: I think he deserved to be remembered more than the 'fat one'. He's the "real" Ronaldo isn't he? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Tom13 said: Also, came across this very interesting viewpoint which I believe gained very little (if any) publicity. https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/psv-blamed-injuries-ac-milans-ronaldo-169915 So apparently Ronaldo himself denied this. But if they were alleged or argued to be performance enhancing...I guess he would? Edited November 15, 2022 by Tom13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 22 minutes ago, maqroll said: The performance at Old Trafford with Inter...oh my Wasn't it with Real he scored the hattrick and got applauded off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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