Ronaldinho has revealed his criticism of the Brazil nationwide workforce was all a part of an odd advertising and marketing method.
The previous Barcelona winger attracted vital controversy when he posted on social media that he had “had sufficient” of “the worst Brazil workforce lately” and vowed to not help the Selecao at this summer time’s Copa America.
After discovering himself beneath fireplace for his supposed lack of religion within the workforce, Ronaldinho has now revealed all the social media put up was all a part of a weird advertising and marketing push for a deodorant model.
“I might by no means abandon Brazilian soccer, ever,” he wrote. “And I might by no means say these stuff you see…
“Really, these phrases got here from actual Brazilian followers, they’re actual feedback that I noticed on the web. Think about listening to those messages earlier than you play? Nope, motivation goes down. Fan help makes an enormous distinction to the participant, I do know what I am speaking about.
“Guys, what our boys want is help right now. The extra confidence we present, the extra confidence they may have on the sphere.”
Among the many many critics of Ronaldinho’s posts was present Brazil and Barcelona winger Raphinha, who was requested concerning the feedback earlier than any clarification was provided.
“It was a shock not just for me, however for all the group,” he mentioned. “I consider you will need to know greater than me, he has by no means made an announcement like that. Quite the opposite, he all the time confirmed help for the workforce. It ended up stunning lots of people.
“I think about him an idol, a reference, as does everybody on the workforce, not simply the gamers however everybody who works right here sees him as a reference. It was a blow for us. Clearly, we do not agree, I do not agree, I am going into my third yr and I see dedication, need, delight in sporting the shirt, I do not agree with what was mentioned, about not seeing dedication, need, of getting common gamers sporting the nationwide workforce shirt. I utterly disagree, everybody has high quality, advantage.”
Requested about suspicions that it might be a advertising and marketing marketing campaign, earlier than affirmation arrived, Raphinha joked: “It might be an promoting marketing campaign or not, however we have been shocked by his speech, we ended up discovering out from Vini [Junior] that he ended up asking for tickets not too long ago to see our recreation, it would not match what was mentioned. It is a shock to listen to this coming from him, however I do not agree, being right here I see sacrifice daily.”
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