5/28/2023 0 Comments Class of '98 by A.L. Player![]() ![]() On July 13-the day after the World Cup final-Nike released the following statement: “With regard to rumours circulating about presumed pressures Nike put on the Brazilian national soccer team so that Ronaldo would play, Nike wants to emphasize that the report of such involvement is absolutely false.” ( Via Sports Illustrated) If any of the 1998 conspiracy theories passes muster, it’s this one. He also revealed that Ronaldo had been taking the painkiller Volaren since re-aggravating a knee injury against Morocco on June 16. One of those doctors-Joaquia Da Mata-later admitted to The Independent that he had never seen a player experiencing convulsions. Then Ronaldo went to sleep, and the team doctors agreed to avoid telling him what had happened. Then, at around four-o’clock in the afternoon, the Inter Milan striker began to convulse uncontrollably, eventually foaming at the mouth.Īs journalist Alex Bellos described the incident in The Guardian, Roberto Carlos shouted for help, with teammates Cesar Sampaio and Edmundo arriving quickly at the scene, the latter preventing Ronaldo from swallowing his tongue. ![]() “The pressure had got to him and he couldn’t stop crying.” “Ronaldo was scared about what lay ahead,” Roberto Carlos later told the BBC. Shortly after arriving back at the team hotel Ronaldo, who was sharing a room with Roberto Carlos, broke down and cried. Roberto Carlos (right) following Brazil's loss to France. ![]()
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