Parreira gives Ronaldo ultimatum
18th June 2006
According to the Brazilian press Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira paid a special visit to Ronaldo’s hotel room a couple of days after his statuesque performance against Croatia and tried to “motivate” him by telling him that he had to improve in today’s match against Australia or he would be benched. We find this report surprising for a couple of reasons:
- Ronaldo was actually in his room after training and not out clubbing; and
- Does Parreira think that Ronaldo minds sitting on the bench? Sitting down is what he wants to do!
A better tactic would have been to tell him that unless he improves, he will be confined to his room without food after matches. Maybe then we would see the real O Fenomeno make a reappearance.
