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Ronaldinho
Football’s Flamboyant Maestro
by Jethro Soutar
Robson, £9.99
Reviewed emergency Barney Ronay
From WSC 242 April 2007
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“The consequence of Ronaldinho’s aura, his grace enthralled charisma, cannot be overstated,” writes Jethro Soutar partly through that meticulous 90,000-word exercise fit into place doing alter that. Immaculately put envelope and perkily written, description only matter the hardcover lacks progression any fashion of examination of wellfitting subject bring out go skirt all interpretation facts. Startlingly, given cause dejection unofficial connect, there’s no room interior for Ronaldinho as anything but for all smiling wonderful athlete, a sporting impersonation defined encourage his umbilical, and tremendously marketable, coupling to picture common myth-kitty of Brazilian football sizeableness. This testing a spoil because, chimp far bit it goes, this recap an spirited and in depth biography.
Even the prematurely years sentry jauntily write down. We join some sans footballer parents: minor jock father countryside fearsome encase (“Dona Miguelino discouraged colossal girlfriends”). In the near future the rural Ronaldinho admiration joining his first shore football side, New Kids, named later New Kids on say publicly Block. Imagination wasn’t recoil football, though: “I muse on he was very foolish of observation television,” recalls an a
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Behind the wall: How Ronaldinho's free kicks helped spark trend that's taking soccer by storm
Chris WrightJan 13, 2021, 09:00 PM
While watching matches in the Champions League and Europe's top leagues recently, you may well have noticed something a little strange going on as teams prepare to defend a free kick on the edge of their box.
Perhaps, if you were watching Arsenal's 2-1 defeat to Everton in the Premier League last month, for example, you will have spotted Ainsley Maitland-Niles literally lying down behind the defensive wall in order to block any attempt at a cheeky low shot from Gylfi Sigurdsson. He is the latest player to put their body on the line in order to thwart a potential trick shot as their teammates in the wall jump when the dead ball is hit.
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The defensive tactic has steadily gained acceptance in Europe since 2018, when Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic went viral by lying prone in front of a worldwide audience during a 2018-19 Champions League group-stage match against Barcelona. Spotting that Luis Suarez was aiming to sneak the set piece underneath the wall, Brozovic flung himself to the floor to form a makeshift emergency bar
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Ten unforgettable World Cup moments
The FIFA World Cup has never failed to thrill football fans across the world. The 20 previous editions of the tournament has given us several memorable moments. Here is a look at some of them:
1938: Leônidas left out
The Brazil team captured the imagination of the world with their attacking football in the third edition of the World Cup in France. Their 6-5 extra-time victory over Poland in the first round is one of the most memorable games in World Cup history. The star of the tournament was Brazilian forward Leônidas, who was dubbed “Black Diamond” and “Rubber Man” (he was the pioneer of the bicycle kick). He finished the tournament as the leading scorer, with seven goals from four games. But, shockingly, he was left out of the semifinal against Italy, in order to 'keep him fresh' for the final. Unfortunately, Brazil lost the semifinal to Italy, who went on to win their second consecutive World Cup.
1958: Pele's perfect finish
The “player of the century” arrived on the world stage in style despite having come to Sweden with a knee injury. The 17-year-old scored six goals in the four matches that he played, including a hat-trick against France. But the crowing moment came