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MADRID (AFP) — Ronaldinho, que le FC Barcelone a soutenu mercredi par un communiqué inhabituel pour essayer de calmer le jeu autour de sa méforme et de sa vie privée, devrait rejouer mardi contre Stuttgart en Ligue des Champions (Groupe E).

L'attaquant brésilien du Barça continue à récupérer de la contracture qui lui a fait manquer deux matches et devrait être encore un peu juste pour être aligné samedi contre Levante pour la 6e journée de la Liga, selon les médias espagnols.

Face aux multiples informations sur sa méforme et ses supposées sorties nocturnes avant les matches, le Barça a publié mercredi un communiqué de "soutien" à Ronaldinho, soulignant que son absence était "strictement due à des critères médicaux".

Comme l'avait souligné Libertus, Le Real de Madrid veut engager Kaka. Le joueur brésilien met la pression sur Sylvio Berlusconi. Lors d'une entrevue, il a tenu à souligner son envie de rejoindre le club madriléne.

Berlusconi est formel, Kaka est intransférable !! Pourtant il ne serait pas insensible aux 80 millions d'euros, proposés par Ramon Calderon ... Ronaldinho aurait été rencontré ...

La rumeur s'intensifie dans la botte. Le Milan AC va-t-il voir partir l'un de ses plus beaux fleurons ? Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu ... Le Real va tout faire pour réaliser ce transfert. Le joueur brésilien est désireux de vivre une nouvelle aventure, relever un nouveau défi. Il ne manque que l'aval de l'emblématique président du Milan AC pour que l'opération se concrétise .

Kaka a tout gagné avec le club lombard. Un désir légitime de retrouver une nouvelle motivation le pousse vers le Real de Madrid. Le stade de la rumeur est dépassé, nous entrons dans la période du poker menteur.

Berlusconi avait affiché son intérêt envers Samuel Eto'o. Apparement, le président milanais avait d'autres intentions. Des indiscrétions relatent une entrevue avec ... Ronaldinho . De rumeur ... Non . Le rêve du président milanais ne date pas d'hier et aussi étrange que cela paraisse, le FC Barcelone ne serait pas hostile à cette transaction ...

Les excédents de poids de la star brésilienne, son goût prononcé pour les sorties nocturnes, commencent à irriter certains dirigeants du club catalan. L'intérêt que porte le FC Barcelone, pour Franck Lampard, le stratège de Chelsea, serait l'explication ...

Un double transfert qui pourrait atteindre des sommets. Kaka en digne successeur de Zidane, Ronaldinho pour faire oublier le talentueux joueur brésilien ... Les jours à venir nous révéleront la teneur des informations ...

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The rumours of transfers relating to Ronaldinho and Milan AC took again width. The Brazilian géni was seen in Milan yesterday…

Rossoneri have tried to put the hand on Ronaldinho for two seasons. All their attempts were without success until now. This summer, Berlusconi will return to the load to put to the hand on the number ten Catalan.

, The Brazilian one was this season not saved by criticisms in Spain in spite of its performances which were as a whole excellent. It was shown finger for a problem of weight and the “mini-crisis” which touched Barça. It was indeed in the center of this business with Rijkaard and Eto' O.

Then the question can arise: Why Ronaldinho was it in Milan? For Shopping or to meet the leaders rossoneri… business to be followed!

Rome - Hernan Crespo did his best Ronaldinho impression to score the goal which gave Inter Milan a precious 1-0 win at Roma, their likeliest rivals for the Serie A title.

Wednesday's victory not only lifted Inter above Roma into third place on seven points, two behind leaders Palermo, but also silenced the critics who said the club were in crisis after an unconvincing start to the season.

Crespo is known for his clinical finishing rather than his dribbling skills, but he showed some neat footwork to skip past Philippe Mexes before firing home the only goal just before half-time.

Crespo, 31, said it had been a long time since he had scored a similar goal, casting his mind back to when he was with Parma between 1996 and 2000.

"I haven't scored a goal like that since my Parma days," said the Argentina international.

"I have to say I enjoyed it a lot. I will never be Ronaldinho, but I always give 100 per cent."

Crespo was delighted to give the perfect response to the critics who rounded upon Inter after their disappointing 1-1 draw against Sampdoria last Saturday.

"Too much was said after the Sampdoria game, and we gave a great demonstration of character by winning at the Olympic stadium," he said.

Inter had the chance to double their lead when Mexes pulled down Crespo in the box shortly after the break, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic's weak penalty was easily saved by Alexander Doni.

The late sending-ff of French midfielder Patrick Vieira took some of the gloss off Inter's night.

Following the relegation of Juventus and the points penalties handed out to AC Milan and Fiorentina for match-fixing, Inter are strong favourites to retain the Italian title.

They finished third last season but were awarded the Scudetto after the scandal fall-out. - Sapa-AFP .

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The Ronaldinho who left the World Cup on Saturday looked nothing like the two-time FIFA Player of the Year who attracted all the attention coming into the tournament.

The Brazilian playmaker failed to impress or to score, a streak that continued Saturday against France, which eliminated Brazil 1-0 in the quarterfinals.

Ronaldinho called the elimination one of the greatest disappointments of his career.

"The Olympics and [the World Cup] are competitions that are very important and every player would like to do well in them," he said. "It's very sad when we can't."

Ronaldinho played on Brazil's team that was eliminated by Cameroon in the 2000 Olympics.

He was a member of the squad that won Brazil's fifth title at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. He played five matches and scored two goals, including a spectacular free kick against England in the quarterfinals.

He also led Brazil to titles in the 1999 Copa America and the 2000 pre-Olympic tournament, as well as in last year's Confederations Cup in Germany.

But this World Cup he was far from the star who led FC Barcelona to the Spanish league and Champions League titles this season.

Ronaldinho's last goal came May 6 with Barcelona. The midfielder was held scoreless in three warmup matches in which Brazil outscored its opponents -- Swiss club FC Lucerne, Fluminense's under-20 squad and New Zealand -- 25-1.

Though he has 29 goals in 70 caps, Ronaldinho says his main role with the national team "is to help the other players score goals."

He did that twice in Brazil's 4-1 win over Japan last week.

On Saturday, he made no impact.

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Wednesday, June 7, 2006 (Koenigstein, Germany):

Ronaldinho knows being the best player in the world has its burdens. One of them will be to face defenders extra motivated trying to stop him at the World Cup.

"I've been facing tough defense for quite some time with Barcelona and the national team. It's not going to be any different in the World Cup," Ronaldinho said before one of Brazil's practice sessions in Koenigstein.

Ronaldinho, named FIFA player of the year for the last two consecutive times, will be leading Brazil on its quest to win its second straight World Cup title - and sixth overall.

"All nations try to set up the best defense in the world when they are facing Brazil. We know we will face a lot of difficulty because of that. Everybody plays very defensively against Brazil," he said.

The striker, who helped FC Barcelona win the Spanish title and the Champions League earlier this year, said he doesn't want extra pressure because of his status of best in the world.

"I think everybody in the team has the same responsibility. What I have is a lot of motivation to play my best. I'm going through a wonderful moment and I hope to get to the World Cup at the same level."

Ronaldinho, 26, also said he's not worried about his scoring drought during the team's pre-World Cup preparation. He netted no goals in the three warm-up matches in which Brazil outscored its opponents - Swiss club FC Lucerne, Fluminense's under-20 squad and New Zealand - by 25-1.

Ronaldinho said that his job in the national team was to help the forwards score.

Ronaldinho will be playing in his second World Cup. He was a member of the squad that won Brazil's fifth title at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

Ronaldinho has 46 goals in 88 matches for Brazil. Ronaldinho on Tuesday proudly distributed to teammates the first issue of the Brazilian comic book in which he is a toothy, boyish character possessing the soccer wizardry of his namesake, the Brazilian Soccer Confederation said. The deal for the player's comic book series was closed last year in Brazil. (AP)

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Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a footballer more commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho. Ronaldinho is Portuguese for Little Ronaldo, and the nickname was given to distinguish the then rising star from fellow Brazilian superstar footballer Ronaldo, who was playing for the Italian club F.C. Internazionale at the time. Gaúcho is the nickname for people from the Brazilian player's Rio Grande do Sul region.

He was part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning team and was voted 2005 European Footballer of the Year by the European sports press, the 2004 and 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year by national team captains and coaches, as well as the 2005 FIFPro World Player of the Year by players from leagues all over the world, making Ronaldinho the current holder of all three major individual football awards.

Biography

As a child, Ronaldinho played both futsal and beach football. He made his first newspaper appearance at 13, after scoring 23 goals in a football match.^[1] He made a name for himself as the top scorer at the under-17 world championship in Egypt, then began his professional career at Grêmio, where he played from 1998 to 2001. He made his first appearance for the Brazilian national team on June 26, 1999, scoring against Venezuela to help the team win the Copa América. He scored 27 goals in his first 62 matches for Brazil.During his time at Gremio many clubs were rumoured to be vying for his signature including Leeds.

In 2001, Ronaldinho signed a five-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and started playing at the beginning of the season. However, even though Ronaldinho had been a free agent from July 1, 2001, Grêmio demanded compensation from PSG and received $4.5 million. During his time at PSG, the manager, Luis Fernandez, claimed that Ronaldinho was too focused on the Parisian nightlife rather than on his football.

In 2002, Ronaldinho helped Brazil win the World Cup. One of the highlights of the tournament was a outrageous (if fortunate) 35-metre lob he scored against England in the quarter-finals in Shizuoka, although he was sent off soon after a harsh foul on Danny Mills.

In 2003, Ronaldinho made it known he wanted to leave PSG after they failed to qualify for any European competitions. That set off a bidding war among the top clubs for his services. On July 19, FC Barcelona snapped him up for €27 million, beating Manchester United to his signature. Ronaldinho justified their purchase, leading them to a second-place finish in La Liga during the 03/04 season. Together with Samuel Eto'o, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, and Henrik Larsson, he comprises part of an awesome strike force which reaped the 2004/05 La Liga title for FC Barcelona

On December 20, 2004, Ronaldinho was named FIFA World Player of the Year ahead of Arsenal's Thierry Henry and AC Milan's Andriy Shevchenko. On June 29, 2005, he played a pivotal role as the captain of the Brazilian squad which won its second FIFA Confederations Cup title, where he was named Man of the Match in a 4–1 victory over Argentina in the final. Pelé named Ronaldinho in his 125 Top Living Footballers in March 2004. In 2005 Ronaldinho was named as both the European Footballer of the Year and the best striker in the UEFA Champions League tournament of 2004/2005. Ronaldinho is the third Brazilian to win the European Footballer of the Year Award^[2]. On December 19, 2005, he was again named FIFA World Player of the Year ahead of Chelsea's Frank Lampard and Barça teammate Samuel Eto'o with 910 votes.

On November 19, 2005, he scored two amazing goals to help FC Barcelona to a 0–3 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. After he scored his second goal of the night, his team's third, a large part of the Madrid faithfuls gave him a standing ovation, a rare feat which occurred last when Diego Maradona was in Barcelona.

On December 2005, he and Mauricio de Sousa, a famous Brazilian comic books author, anounced the creation of a comic character of Ronaldinho and some of his relatives, as his brother and his mother. He has a son named Joao, who was born in February 2005.

He was then again in December voted FIFA World Player of the Year by a large margin, beating Chelsea F.C's Frank Lampard and strike partner Samuel Eto'o.

Quotes

• "Ronaldinho is the best in the world right now [...] Without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy."^[3]

Brazil's three-time World Cup winner Pelé, November 2005.