Ronaldinho signing his sentence

Writing. With a signature on the contract for his new club, Flamengo, Ronaldinho has put an end to his European tour. On his arrival in Rio de Janeiro, where he was feted as a real figure, promised to return on the pitch the affection of the fans. Judgement highly unlikely as long as his magic water escaped down a drain. And there was no return. No turning back as a return to Brazil that smells like farewell, which sounds to us. There where old star confirmed that they have ceased to shine.

About to turn 31, the decline has lasted longer than its height. When he arrived at Barcelona ended six years of wandering in the desert returning a league that they missed at the Camp Nou. There wore their best clothes, the self-labeling on its own merits as the best footballer in the world and won almost everything. Seemed to have no ceiling until he bumped into a reality, the current buffered by a glittering past. He lived as a player defending the shield of Barcelona for three of its five seasons.

In the penultimate and last season made headlines for anything but for her show. Its decline coincided with a team that seemed from another planet and also finally finished off his coach, Frank Rijkaard, and a disused football talent as Deco. When Pep Guardiola was pointed at the Gaucho, who did not want in her wardrobe, and the Barcelona managed to connect to Milan for about 25 kilos, a business for Berlusconi impoverished Brazilian performance seen in the Italian city.

His speech when he landed in Italy was similar to his arrival at Flamengo. For this story sounds like Chinese. Wants to return to the canarinha through a championship, the Brazilian who is away from any of the great Europeans. The old continent, which eventually yielded to his feet, he is now a big player who gave the glory barcelonismo many evenings and now yearns to rediscover a level not reached in San Siro. If the aftermath of his fleeting success allows it, maybe someday in a World Cup again, though probably never again be the same.

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