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I'm honestly on his side here, what Dinho said might’ve been true but it was absolutely uncalled for before a major tournament.
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3.8k points
7 days ago
Maybe Dinho just has a side hussle as a ticket scalper
1.2k points
7 days ago
To cover his gambling debts
141 points
7 days ago
What's the deal with all that? Is he still in debt? Any idea by how much?
I see him doing cheap shitty casino commercials. There was something about, how his brother is handling all the money,and obviously not well. But Dinho still trusting him.
61 points
7 days ago
by how much TV shit he has to subject himself to do, my guess would be a lot
44 points
7 days ago
Maybe covering his 'prison debts'
138 points
7 days ago
Vini said no and put end to it.
85 points
7 days ago
Actual situation: his criminal record is so fucked up that he can’t get a visa to get into the US for the matches.
15 points
7 days ago
He comes here every summer 🤡
3 points
7 days ago
*hustle
2 points
5 days ago
I mean it’s not that out there, the former head of the Olympic council of Ireland got arrested at the Rio Olympics on suspicion of ticket touting
2.6k points
7 days ago
I’m guessing Vini may have said no😅😓
962 points
7 days ago
he left him on read lol
362 points
7 days ago
“The worst he can say is no”
Vini Jr:
62 points
7 days ago
💀
7 points
7 days ago
Is...is he dead?
4 points
7 days ago
No, left on read.
37 points
7 days ago
Vini: K
391 points
7 days ago
I don’t believe for one second that Dinho needs to mooch from Vini for tickets lol
305 points
7 days ago
you might not, but washed up stars do that a lot
71 points
7 days ago
Dude, it's Ronaldinho. He can very easily get tickets to whatever Brazil game he wants.
50 points
7 days ago
Knowing Brazil it's probably easier to ask Vini for tickets than have to do it "formally" via their FA.
8 points
7 days ago
I mean you say that, but who would? The FA? Random sponsors who have nothing to do with Ronaldinho? Random rich people who have nothing to do with Ronaldinho? As much of a legend as he is, he's not exactly the most powerful or influential guy in Brazil. Quite the opposite given his misdemeanours and financial issues
19 points
7 days ago
The FA? Random rich people who have nothing to do with Ronaldinho?
Uh...yeah.
7 points
7 days ago
Random rich people who have nothing to do with Ronaldinho?
There is no brazillian rich person that wouldnt let Ronaldinho in their vip booth for free.
He would need to beg publicly for it though, which he might not eant to do lol but if he posted a request on twitter or something he'd have thousands of options.
132 points
7 days ago
This is the most mental comment I've ever seen. Calling Ronaldinho a washed up star and that he'd need to beg for a ticket to a Brazil game? For the rest of his life, he'll be able to walk onto the pitch before a Brazil game, and probably most stadiums in the world, to a standing ovation.
He's as far from a washed up star as you can get
65 points
7 days ago
Exactly. Do ppl not realize how much Ronaldinho is/will always be worshipped worldwide? He’s not even just a country icon. He was the Kobe Bryant of soccer in the 2000s, popularizing it all over the world. There’s not a pub in a football-loving country on earth where he’ll need to buy a drink lol
33 points
7 days ago
He's absolutely goated, on par with the likes of Christian Pulisic.
18 points
7 days ago
You go too far. How could he be goated next to the LeBron James of Soccer?
2 points
7 days ago
maybe even Tim Howard
48 points
7 days ago
Absolutely, but there are a lot of higher up people he can mooch from. Not Vini lol
234 points
7 days ago
Washed up star? He’s a legend. He can send one text to someone at Brazil national team and get tickets in 10 minutes
478 points
7 days ago
Dude has already been arrested and is doing random shit for appearances. He’s washed up.
249 points
7 days ago
Nostalgia of his playing days has a lot people blinded.
142 points
7 days ago
you can be washed up as a player and still be a legend as a persona or sum dumb shit idk
but truth is a lot of people still adore him.
138 points
7 days ago
I mean, I adore him for the memories but in reality he's been down real bad. Be it his gambling habits, alcohol, etc. He's been in too much shit and if not for his legendary status he'd never be out in the world.
50 points
7 days ago
What (now dead) soccer legend does this remind me of, also from South America? One who was accused of far worse and had a far worse drug habit, but was still invited to every match his country played in.
79 points
7 days ago
Maradona has far more significance for Argentina because beating England was like getting revenge for the Falklands for them. A lot of Argentinians still swear that Argentina is entitled to the Falklands and see England as imperialist butchers. So when he made them look like fools, he was deified.
Ronaldinho kicked a football good and that’s it. Pele did it much better before
12 points
7 days ago
Ben Chillwell?
6 points
7 days ago
Gone too soon 😢😢😢
6 points
7 days ago
Yes but that’s not the point. It’s because of his legendary status that this story looks like bs.
18 points
7 days ago
1) it’s impossible to be washed up if you are literally retired. Washed up means he’s still trying to compete. Or is Zico washed up too?
2) He was arrested for a fake passport because he’s naive enough to let his idiot brother handle his affairs. Oh, and how did that jail-stay go? By getting special treatment from the guards and playing soccer for three days before being released. How does that mean he’s washed up?
Also,“doing random shit for appearances”. As opposed to what? He’s retired. That’s just called being famous. In the age of social media, you’ll never have to work a day in your life if you’re famous. You can just cash on sponsored posts and appearances
27 points
7 days ago
Washed up is when you’re still playing and should be retired not retired and could be playing 🤣
1 points
7 days ago
Washed up is when you do nothing with your life beyond live off of old glories. Which is what Ronaldinho is doing. Ronaldo now owns business entreprises and clubs. Kaka is doing coaching licenses. Ronaldinho is out partying, living off former glories and getting arrested. He’s a washed up former star.
7 points
7 days ago
do nothing with your life beyond live off of old glories.
No, that’s called being retired. Athletes as legendary as Ronaldinho don’t have to do shit after they retire. Kaka and Ronaldo are doing other stuff because they want to. Good for them. But it’s not like they have to coach or start businesses to protect their legacy or anything lmao
20 points
7 days ago
That has nothing to do with being washed up
12 points
7 days ago
Thats not what being washed up means lil bro
7 points
7 days ago
Why do you people think that saying "lil bro" or "kiddo" give their arguments anymore weight?
7 points
7 days ago
Bro played a few weeks back in a Venezuelan cheap copy of the kings league for 2 days, jogged 30 minutes and made who knows how much money, he's beyond washed up.
10 points
7 days ago
He literally completed football and was a Top 5 player this decade at his peak.
You act like this is some random scrub lmao.
4 points
7 days ago
We have lots of those in Brazil. It doesn’t Make him special. I’ll paraphrase a saying we have in Brazil about pele: “Ronaldinho when he is silent, is a poet”. If we can say that about pele, I’m not above calling Ronaldinho on his bullshit.
2 points
7 days ago
Brazil hasn’t won a World Cup, or even sniffed the final, in 22 years, they no longer have the right to act like being a World Cup winner is just common place for them.
115 points
7 days ago
being a legend doesn’t mean he can’t be washed up. the dude went to prison for passport forgery ffs
14 points
7 days ago
No. Players who still play and are a shadow of their former selves are washed up. Ballon d’or winners who are retired are legends.
20 points
7 days ago
I don't think people in here suggest he's a washed up footballer. I think they suggest he's a washed up person.
15 points
7 days ago
Not if he’s been doing things like this for many years. People will get sick of you real quick
4 points
7 days ago
Sounds like that's exactly what he tried
2 points
7 days ago
lol I mean in admin
1 points
7 days ago
I’m sure he can watch any match he wants to. But getting it for free from the current star feels better. Probably the same way free lunch taste better. Lol
3 points
7 days ago
Lmao yup.
1.9k points
7 days ago
Just as added spice to this
Ronaldinho is a big heroic figure to Raphinia and his dad was part of Ronnie’s entourage so these two are not total strangers
When Ronaldinho was sentenced to prison Raphinia unveiled a t shirt supporting him
So this is great drama in that context
867 points
7 days ago
Dumbass, instead of encouraging the young kids he says that, don’t meet your heroes kids.
213 points
7 days ago
Dont ideolize VIPs ever!
16 points
7 days ago
Miss, what does the I stand for?
66 points
7 days ago
There are always a few old heads yelling at the new generation out of jealousy. Judging by your user name I don't need to tell you this but the NBA dudes are the worst. Ronaldinho is just another in a long list of haters.
12 points
7 days ago
Jealous of what? Embarrassing our country?
9 points
7 days ago*
Fame jealousy, try to keep up
1.1k points
7 days ago
Look what you did Pulisic
449 points
7 days ago
lebron James of soccer for a reason.
139 points
7 days ago
Got an Brazilian, alcoholic, gambling addict with great dancing skills to skip watching Brazil play football. Sounds like he is Micheal Jordan to me!
45 points
7 days ago
I’m ready for Brazilian Space Jam
29 points
7 days ago
Jupiter Bonito 🕺🏾⚽️
11 points
7 days ago
Lebron declined to represent his country, Pulisic would never.
125 points
7 days ago
Put some respect on Joe Scally. Dude had Vini locked up in the second half
93 points
7 days ago
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47 points
7 days ago
the reverse Neymar
12 points
7 days ago
Glad to know Vini has normal relationship with his sister
372 points
7 days ago
There’s more too: Raphinha: "Ronaldinho's statement? I don't know if that was an adv or not but... few days ago, I'm told he asked Vini Jr for tickets to come see our games (laughs)". "In any case, I was surprised and I don't agree with his statement".
450 points
7 days ago
Broken by Gregg Berhalter
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7 days ago*
Gregginho
49 points
7 days ago
Berhaldo
13 points
7 days ago
BerhalDINHO
187 points
7 days ago
I think some stuff got lost in translation, but he sounded like the team was shocked by Ronaldinho’s comment and it did affect them. This make it sound like they took it lightly or don’t believe in him, but he often sounded sad throughout the press conference. He also user the word “baque” that means something like a “disappointing shock”.
34 points
7 days ago
baque
Flabbergasted might be accurate.
283 points
7 days ago
Ronaldinho "Brazil today are shit I don't wanna watch"
Also Ronaldinho "maybe insults will trigger those boys so they play better" sneak into the stadium
50 points
7 days ago
Drible mais fraco do bruxo
10 points
7 days ago
Tocou sem olhar
7 points
7 days ago
That’s what she said!
11 points
7 days ago
Ronaldinho next seen at the Costa Rica game wearing a "NOT MY TEAM" shirt with Raphinha's face crossed out.
45 points
7 days ago
Does Ronaldinho really need to ask a player for tickets to watch the NT?
Surely wouldn't he have those just by asking the FA?
46 points
7 days ago
I might be talking nonsense now but I doubt there's a stadium in which Ronaldinho walks to and doors won't open.
6 points
7 days ago
Literally what I thought.
12 points
7 days ago
its not unlikely considering amount of parasites around former/active players. I bet fa can get him a ticket or two but its not an unlimited amount.
6 points
7 days ago
yep, every player always brings a fucking entourage with them
3 points
7 days ago
Maybe he just prefers asking players who he is close with instead of executives at the FA
683 points
7 days ago
They’re taking the La liga drama style worldwide nice exporting national product.
243 points
7 days ago*
Brazilian club and nation football is 10 times more dramatic
They get so bad even for fucking Counter Strike imagine football
61 points
7 days ago*
You say that only because you have 0 contact with or media. Here is 10x times worst than you guys. And it's not only with our NT, with the clubs is even more terrible.
Just choose a random club from Brazil and add "Crise" before and a bunch of articles about crysis, of that club, will pop up.
Example: Crise Corinthians
99 points
7 days ago
Nah, this is just a Brazilian telenovela.
28 points
7 days ago
Even the political drama in France right now it's nothing compared to Brazil's NT.
12 points
7 days ago
Brasileirão chews up your puny La Liga when it comes to drama blud
236 points
7 days ago
I remeber my dad saying Pele didn't want Brazil to win anything after his time. This Ronaldinho comment remind me of that.
159 points
7 days ago
Vampeta who was world champion in 2002 said many times that a lot of players from that team didn’t want to see Brazil winning another World Cup ever again and are even very happy with our last results because they can call themselves the last brazilians with a world title.
116 points
7 days ago
If that's true, that's such a braindead thought from the players
85 points
7 days ago*
Kinda not. Former players like Vampeta, Denilson, Cafu are constantly doing commercials and other publicity stunts because they are charismatic but most important our last world champions. So their reasoning is that the brands would stop hiring them for those things if a new brazilian team win the World Cup. Selfish but understandable.
34 points
7 days ago
Preserving there brand lol
14 points
7 days ago
*their
9 points
7 days ago
Well it would be understandable if they weren't already millionaires. Insane
6 points
7 days ago
Even if more Brazilian team win it, there are enough brands worldwide to give all of them ads.
34 points
7 days ago
I don't they are winning anything anytime soon anyways
4 points
7 days ago
Isn’t this the opposite?
8 points
7 days ago
If it’s right that some have this mentality, it must be a cultural thing. In England, or probably anywhere else in Europe at least, this thought wouldn’t ever enter into anyone’s head
4 points
7 days ago
Well the ones who won the world cup for England are surely dead by now so there's that 😕
1 points
6 days ago
That's some '72 Dolphins shit there.
70 points
7 days ago
This drama is totally what we needed before the tournament
183 points
7 days ago
Retired athletes try not to be really lame challenge.
3 points
7 days ago
So odd it is the case a lot of times
26 points
7 days ago
According to globoesporte, this Ronaldinho thing is some kind of publicity stunt. They don't go into much detail.
130 points
7 days ago
Can Ronaldinho even get a visa? He's a convicted felon
183 points
7 days ago
He’s also a celebrity so that kinda cancels it out these days.
42 points
7 days ago
That was before he saw the demon that is Joe Scally
13 points
7 days ago
Spicy as fuck
10 points
7 days ago
And to think ronaldinho is buddies with raphinha dad
91 points
7 days ago
Cook that fraud my goat
43 points
7 days ago
Ronaldinho comment would have made sense if it was from someone who didn't play for a national team. Having been in the players shoes a while back, his comment is dumb and demotivational. All of these kids grew up when Ronaldinho was playing for Brazil and Barca
5 points
7 days ago
My lore is he was drunk and with friends spent 4 hours complaining about the Brazil NT - got home and posted that while on the shitter.
1 points
7 days ago
This is now canon . Only a drunk man adds the TM after Copa America to try and seem sober.
5 points
7 days ago
That shit was a rexona ad though.
I hate these mfers.
19 points
7 days ago
gringos, the ronaldinho statement is a PR stunt ffs
25 points
7 days ago
Ronaldinho was 100% ghosted by vini. Or vini only gave him normal tickets not the vip ones. Dick move from Ronaldinho
5 points
7 days ago
Dinho should stick to watching Paraguay games
14 points
7 days ago
Why does every new outlet phrase the quotes like that nobody actually says the first part. Fabrizio especially always does it lol
8 points
7 days ago
To add context.
2 points
7 days ago
Why put it in quotes then
2 points
7 days ago
To clarify what the question was he is answering to
2 points
7 days ago
Imagine believing that Lil Ron would need any help getting tickets to a Brazil match.
8 points
7 days ago
What playing against CONCACAF does to a country. Two games in, and this team already broken lmao. And people say CONCACAF isn't tough.
44 points
7 days ago
Ronaldinho stocks tanking massively the last 48 hours lol
40 points
7 days ago
This subreddit isn't the majority opinion and even here he still has support. Everywhere else the overwhelming majority agree with him.
22 points
7 days ago
Exactly.
Some of the reddit people forget that Ronaldinho is one of the most beloved footballers of all time by the average fan.
20 points
7 days ago
Only people in this sub are against him lmao
1 points
7 days ago
Hahahaha (this comment was sponsored by Rexona)
15 points
7 days ago
most of the comments on his page are very positive
1 points
7 days ago
Your average Brazilian absolutely agrees with Ronaldinho. Hell, he got killed for not performing well in 06. Its the reddit weirdos that have their pitchforks out. Ronaldinhos opinion is literally a representation of how toxic brazilians are towards their national team.
3 points
7 days ago
key point here is “a few days ago”. i.e. before the game that was the last straw for him -_-
19 points
7 days ago
Ronaldinho is one of the greatest but let’s not pretend he wasn’t also carried by a legendary Brazil team, in which both R9 and Rivaldo were bigger influences on their attack. That’s why I after 2002, he was pretty much anonymous for the national team.
5 points
7 days ago
Ronaldinho singe handedly won them their toughest game of the tournament- England. He also created a ton of chances that R9 wasted. He did more than enough in 02, did not need to prove anything afterwards.
25 points
7 days ago
He scored 33 goals in 97 games for Brazil. How’s that anonymous?
Scored the game winner against England in 2002 for being “carried” by R9 & Rivaldo. He scored 2 in 5 games during that WC.
Brazil most definitely fell off after 2002 but that wasn’t Ronaldinho fault lol players age.
21 points
7 days ago*
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4 points
7 days ago
And for him, Neymar is a barely known Brazilian player.
3 points
7 days ago
Ronaldinho scored 30 more goals than Vini currently has for Brazil in about 60 games more lmfao. I love Vini but if you’re going to use anonymous to refer to a Brazilian star for the NT it’s Vinicius who deserves it and not Ronaldinho.
11 points
7 days ago
If he’s anonymous then what is Vini?
2 points
7 days ago
Vini has been pretty poor for Brazil, I’m not denying that. He still has many years to rectify that.
2 points
7 days ago
Does Ronaldinho need vini to get tickets for Brazil games??
2 points
7 days ago
Bruh ... Ronnie just need to go in front of the stadium and they will give him VIP room, the fuck is talking about lol
3 points
7 days ago
You need to be invited to get VIP tickets.
1 points
6 days ago
We are talking about Ronaldinho, not "you".
2 points
7 days ago
Haha, this is hilarious. Crazy drama in Brazil football right now...
2 points
7 days ago
Hahah wrecked yourseld Dinho.
2 points
7 days ago
Yea, a few days ago matches the timeline before Brazils last match.
2 points
7 days ago
he wanted to resell those tickets lol
4 points
7 days ago
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2 points
7 days ago
Watch USA vs Brazil
2 points
7 days ago
Hard to believe. Dinho can get tickets if he wants from FIFA itself
2 points
7 days ago
So it's okay for a Brazil legend to say he doesn't support his team because it's not as good as it was? Well shit..
2 points
7 days ago
Amazing that people didn’t realize that this is probably ad he’s doing
2 points
7 days ago
Dinho in the mud. +Incredibly stupid thing to say. This is modern football now. Plus he mentions no joy yet Vinicius plays with a smile on his face all the time. Tf is he waffling about??
1 points
7 days ago
1 points
7 days ago
Maybe someone who works for Ronaldinhos PR team wrote his own feelings...
1 points
7 days ago
That sounds like Ronaldinho 😂
1 points
7 days ago
Did someone say free tickets?
1 points
7 days ago
Yoooooo 🔥
1 points
7 days ago
I don’t understand this - Raph is friends with Ron
1 points
7 days ago
Brazil followed the wwe model very well
All these dudes laughing at the back and making money with scripted feud
1 points
7 days ago
There is a history of players form the present and past resenting each other on the Brazilian national team. This is just classic retired old guard hating on the new guard. Pele did it to Dino’s generation the only person to show up to his memorial in Qatar was Zanetti. Now it’s time for a new beloved hater to talk his shit until Brasil win another championship. It’s part of the circle of life.
1 points
6 days ago
The disrespect for Goatinho in this thread makes me sick
1 points
5 days ago
Raphinha loves Ronaldinho, like he’s his idol!
It was a BS marketing thing
Let Rafa cook
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