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Ronaldinho is one of the greatest figures in world football . The former FC Barcelona player aroused the admiration of a large part of the spectators who had the opportunity to see him play. The arrival of “Dinho” in Mexican football caused a lot of fury. The Gallos Blancos de Querétaro had the luxury of having the historic Canarinha player on their squad, but keeping the Brazilian happy was everyone’s task, even if that meant give you some preferential treatment.
Training is an important part of a soccer team. The performance that players have during the week can grant them the possibility of being a starter during each day. But there was a problem: Ronaldinho was not a fan of training.
“Working with Ronaldinho was quite an experience. The hardest thing to understand was that he no longer wanted to train , he was happy playing and that’s why he didn’t He was going to train on Mondays, something that his teammates did not understand. On Mondays he did not go because Ronaldinho was the image of a couple of Grupo Imagen companies and recorded sponsorship themes “, recalled Joaquín Beltrán in an interview for From the Halftime Network.
He did not train, but the magic was still intact
Even though Ronaldinho was not part of some training sessions, the Brazilian soccer player knew how to take the measure of Mexican soccer . In fact, “Dinho” began to be one of the leaders of the team.
“ Later it became customary that he did not come to train on Mondays and the players began to understand that dynamic. When Dinho and his teammates felt comfortable, it was also when he was at his best in Mexican soccer because he was the leader in assists at some point in the season, with important goals to qualify for that first Liguilla “, he recounted.
Querétaro’s attitude towards Ronaldinho
Unlike the Brazilian star, his teammates from the Gallos Blancos de Querétaro if they had to strive for a position in the squad. But far from questioning the preferential treatment towards the “Canarinha” player, the club’s soccer players pampered Ronaldinho even more and even took him out of training for his “proper rest”.
“Ronaldinho was already so happy in the group that There was a Monday when he thought of showing up at training and his teammates yelled at him to leave , what was he doing there? They caught him by cabal that he did not go to train on Mondays and the team had very good results. Totally Ronaldinho ended up going home that Monday because of the cabal“, recalled Beltrán.
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