Luiz Felipe Scolari, who was the coach of the winning team in 2002 World Cup believes that Ronaldo still has a chance to make it to the World Cup. All he needs to do is lose a few pounds.
“If Ronaldo wants to, then he can. He just needs to lose some of the weight and return to a better fitness and he will be a headache to anyone (in defense),” said Scolari.
Although Scolari does not approve of Ronaldo’s current form. The former Brazil coach praised the Phenomenon for going through all the difficulties in his career. In 2002, Scolari chose Ronaldo over Romario at the time. That was a major call but it worked in Scolari’s favor. Hoepfully, Dunga is not thinking the same and replacing Ronaldo with Fabiano.
“Ronaldo is a player who excels. Many people imagine that he is finished but he has the power to overcome that, much more than other athletes,” added Scolari.
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Well said from Scolari.
Come on Ronnie
You can compare Romario and R9, but you cannot compare Fabino and R9
yes u r right Fenton, absolutly u can’t do comparing Ronaldo with Fabiano.
Romario was very great plyer too,he has a fantastic skils ,he was fast drible.
but Ronaldo much more breliant.
I would take Ronaldo and Fabiano up front…
Dunga maybe played to long in Germany, so he wants the Brazilian-Team play like an European-Team… and this is the reason why he loves Fabiano: because he is not a typical brazilian-style striker… more like an europeon-striker…
ronaldo will reach the world cup 2010 with his big belly sticking out
You’re right Caca. But there he’ll score 6 g’s in 7 games and nobody will give a f*ck about his belly and the world shall fall to Ronaldo’s knees again. MUhahahah! ONE LOVE !
u kno wut’s funny lookin back in 2002 wc, Ronnie was technically overweight,but i would pay for him to be that size again right now.
Shut up,caca.
He said : “headache to Dunga ” not defense but Dunga !
And this is no news becuase whole world knows that but some here think he is not fat .
He needs to loose atleast 6-8 kilos in two months if he wants to be considerd but its all in his power if he wants it.
Please dont give me that crap with ilness , if he wants he will loose weight.
Well said,R9R9.
Awesome that Scholari said this!! It’s very encouraging..
By the way caca are you a retard or some imbecile? No,i think sucking arshad’s dick has rendered you both senseless and brainless-which in your case i am convinced you never had after the amount of insults people have heaped upon you on this site.Perhaps you have attention deficit disorder and the highlight of your miserable life is taking pleasure in being insulted on this site. If this is the case and obviously is-get a LIFE you freaking LOSER.
at least some one got his glasses on u knw if u look at it closesly scholari is a much more succesful coach than dunga in every way he won one world cup coach and one bronze medal
Scolary is right!!
Why he isn’t Brasil’s coach anymore ?? !!
He know the Ronlado’s abilities!!
R9R9, he can’t lose weight like other players because his body suffered more than the body of other players. It’s normal that someone’s body which had a lot of operations and especially many rehabs,and especially long rehabs,is not able to work like it did before.And if it’s the body of an athlete which is trained hard since he is 15,16 and plays 15,16 years on a very high level (and football is really a very tough game for the body) then this body is tired finally compared to the body of other footballers who didn’t have so many setbacks and especially hard rehabs for a long time!That’s not an excuse,that’s a medical fact. You can ask a doctor he will tell you a body like Ronaldo’s is tired after everything it suffered and therefore it’s very difficult for him to lose weight to be 100% fit. He has enough time to lose some weight (I don’t think it’s 6-8kg).His doctors say 90kg is his ideal weight,more is not possible,and he has 5 months,until the end of the Copa Libertadores to be fit enough for the WC2010 (I’m convinced he will be fit enough before because of the Copa Libertadores).It’s not like Ronaldo is just lazy to lose weight but expects to be called up for the WC2010. He is not that stupid!!!
yeah at milan when he had optimal weight he was like 89-90 kg. so he doesnt need to lose THAT much. only a couple of kilos
Scolari is right. He is the best player ever played in modern football.
i definately agrre with scolari and i know that ronaldo will be at the wc because if he isn’t it will be a travesty really anyway the choice is still dunga’s i’m sure that if he is fit enough he’ll be in the brazilian squad without a doubt.
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he will be in the world cup because he is better than all the strikers in brasil right now,he will lose some weight.go ronnie
Respect Mr. Scolari-i hope you give him a chance in copa america post the world cup, if you become Brazil’s new coach.