In the evening in Paris he had fun, the next morning he trained in Madrid

Playing, naked, parties and injuries. These are the characteristics that are Luisa Nazaria de Lima Ronaldo turned into a football legend. One of the best strikers in the world, which in Italy, when playing for Inter, was named in the phenomenon (Il Phenomenon), opened a soul and revealed some details from his playing career. He had a reputation for a boy who gave himself too much fun.

“In where you play, you make a party, or sign death. I was always pampered, traveled, I was always the one who organized parties and made sure that everyone was satisfied, « he said, explaining his affection for night out and compatibility with training in the period when he was a member of Madrid Real.

“On Monday morning at 10am, I came to training from an evening party in Paris, where I traveled after Saturday’s game. At 7 o’clock in the morning I caught an aircraft for Madrid. I have done this many times, « was an discovered footballer who had stopped his injuries to leave an even greater mark in world football.

He trained a lot to come so far

1999 was horrible for him. “A year earlier, I started to feel a slight tendon inflammation, but I finished the World Cup well. I thought it was something normal and happened to many players. Since 1999, however, it has become worse until it partially burst. At Inter, we made a mistake when we only partially sewed the tendon. No one thought she would scrape for a few months. When that happened, I thought I was hit by a stone or ball. I fell and put my hand on my knee to calm it down. It was then that I found out that something bad had happened. I started crying, not because of pain, but for fear. I wondered, ‘What’s going on with me?’ My career and life is over, « he described the most scary moment of his career as he tore his front bond on his right knee.

The rehabilitation was painstaking, returning in championship style, but not just because of its exceptional talent. « They always told me that I was like an animal, that I had a physical gift. The hell I trained a lot, no one came so far without training, » he admitted that the talent was not enough, discovering which of the defenders was the most scared and broke for the first time.

“We played a friendly match against Benfica with Cruzeir in Lisbon. Its defender Carlos Mozer has played with aluminum studs in size 21 in the rear and 19 front. The attackers had 9 and 11 squatters. He was already like Robocop in the tunnel, I experienced a ‘crime attack on the court, « he remembered forever a senseless and rough compatriot, adding: » I was always clear about my qualities and ambitions. I wanted to score naked and have fun playing football. «