Turning Back The Clock: Remember When Ronaldinho Was Brilliant?

A commentator mentioned this game on television last night and it brought back a flood of memories. Memories from the days when Ronaldinho wasn’t just good, but @#$%ing brilliant. A player unlike the current crop duking out for world’s best. Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi can do amazing things and are magnificent players, but their overwhelming gifts are that they do the great stuff that much better than everyone else. Ronaldinho was on another planet; he did things that no one dared imagine, much less try.

The above is from that infamous Clasico match in 2005 at the Bernabeu when some of the home fans stood up and gave Ronaldinho a standing ovation for his virtuoso performance – perhaps the ultimate sign of respect. And now, he can’t even get a call to the national team. Still plenty of time left at 29, but it certainly looks like football has lost one of its true geniuses well before his time.

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