En una entrevista reciente con Mundo Deportivo, Ronaldinho reveló que Pep Guardiola, en vez de querer avanzar sin la estrella brasilera como se creía, en realidad quería que se quedara antes de irse al AC Milan.
“Pep pidió verme cuando llegó en el 2008”, dijo Ronaldinho. “Me reuní con él y me dijo que me quería en el equipo, que me quedara porque contaba conmigo.”
“Aprecié eso, pero sabía que mi ciclo en el Barca había terminado, así que decidí irme.”
Here's a tip: if you're at a match and you want a player to give you their jersey, bring something to bribe them with, like pork.
Hey, it worked on Sergio Ramos.
Real-captain Sergio Ramos ruilt shirtje met stukjes varkenslendehttps://t.co/bfWxoSEv6rpic.twitter.com/vGqFJpnW5g
— AD.nl/sportwereld (@ADSportwereld) February 2, 2017
Real Madrid’s 3-0 victory over Real Sociedad has silenced many critics, especially after both Sevilla and Barcelona dropped points. Real now have a four-point lead with a game in hand at the top of La Liga. But such is the nature of the beast at the Santiago Bernabeu that Zinedine Zidane is still facing questions over a poor January that included a stretch of one win in five matches and elimination from the Copa del Rey.
Barcelona, the defending Copa del Rey champions, are on the cusp of being able to defend their title after defeating Atletico Madrid 2-1 in Madrid. Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi put Barca up 2-0 by halftime, but Antoine Griezmann managed to pull one back for Atletico in the 59th minute.
Over 48,000 inside the Vicente Calderon witnessed a nightmare start as Suarez opened the scoring for Barcelona in the seventh minute. With Javier Mascherano returned to the defensive midfield role, his crunching tackle saw the ball roll free to Suarez.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the king of footballer brooding tweet selfies. Here's one with his head in a bush. Here's one on a couch/bed thing in a very uncomfortable-looking position. Here's one with him wearing a coat incorrectly.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a nearly perfect human. He's chiseled, rich, famous and very good at reminding us that he is all of those things. He is still human, however, and just like all humans he occasionally loses his temper and becomes a pottymouth.
That's what happened when, recently, he made a (rare) poor touch and was booed by his own fans at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.
Per MARCA:
Real Madrid’s mini-crisis heading into the weekend was completely reversed in a matter of hours. First, Barcelona travelled to Sevilla to play Real Betis. In a match that Barca were heavy favorites in, they found themselves trailing 1-0 in the 79th minute.
Then, after Neymar had been dragged down in the box with no foul given, a Betis defender sent the ball into his own goal. It clearly crossed the line, but a desperate clearance from inside the net was adjudged to have prevented the goal by the referee.