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Teaser - The Interview: Ze Elias (Ep. 130)
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Close Bond with Ronaldo
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Okay. Well, we have to speak about Ronaldo because you two have quite a close bond. You made your debuts in Brazil on the same day. I think I
Training with Ronaldo's Talent
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remember reading. And what was it like training and playing with such a phenomenon as Ronaldo? I mean, just how good was he?
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The following is a clip from this week's Italian football podcast.
Debut Day Victory
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Yeah, with about our first game in the Brazilian championship, it was seven September 93.
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I played with Quorintas and he played with Crusero. It was Crusero against Quorintas. We beat them to zero in Minas Gerais.
Ronaldo's Futsal Strength
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You know, it was always fantastic. He played futsal, you know, this special Brazilian kind of game.
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And he's very strong because he can protect the ball, he can do everything without the defender having the possibility to take out the ball for him.
Unpredictable Playing Style
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Fast, he's very fast. He goes to one against one. You never know which side you go. If you're right or left and make a 2-0, you know the ball between your legs. You never know what he's going to do.
Unforgettable Training Feats
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And in the training, in the practices, it was crazy. It was crazy. He did crazy things, you know. I never saw again during my life, during my career as a football player. He's very strong. I remember one day,
Quick Thinking in Italy
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We are playing in Italy, we call Bartitella, is small field, you know, 11 against 11, but in small field. And they push this game push you to think fast, move fast, because it's small space, and you have always pressure in the ball. I remember, I have a corner, the ball go out in the area. When I saw the ball,
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I say, where is the ball?
Impressive Corner Goal
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Ronaldo took the ball in 10 seconds, they score. And you were a roommate of Ronaldo at Intel.
Life with Ronaldo the Joker
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Is that true? What was he like to live with? No, it's fantastic. He's always joking, always joking. He's a crazy guy, crazy. One time when we was in Chalki against, playing against Chalki in Germany, you know,
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there we go in the forest, you know, the hotel is outside of cities, Germany is very beautiful place, but in the night is very dark.
Ronaldo's Pranks and Big Heart
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And we have some kind of jokes that is, I take one masker, you know, this mask is very ugly masker is a monster. And he called the guys and say, Hey, please, can you take the
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the pillow in the, for me there, and I am inside, you know, with the mask, when the guy's coming, I go out and say, you know, scare everybody. He was this kind of guy. He always joking, always, but big heart, you know, that he think always about the team, about everybody.