Gilberto vows to help Ronaldo
June 14, 2006
“Ronaldo wants to show his best”
And Brazil win 1-0
Ronaldo has rebounded from criticism and bouts of poor form throughout his career, Brazil’s Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva said. He returned from a long-term injury to be the top- scorer at the 2002 World Cup.
“All the time it’s a big pressure on him; all the papers say it’s not his best performance and then he shows the opposite of what people think,” Gilberto said. “More than anybody else he wants to show his best. We’re going to help him.”
“Ronaldo has proved people wrong time and again and I have no doubt he will do so once more,” he said. “Don’t forget that before the last World Cup people were saying he had played his last game for Brazil – and what happened? People must realise there is so much pressure on him, so much expectation. People want to write him off again but Ronaldo wants to show the world he is still a great player who can produce his best on the biggest stage of all.”
Gilberto didn’t play in Brazil’s 1-0 win over Croatia, but he always has some positive words for the team…. nice.
The player keeping Gilberto out of the first team, Emerson, picked up a yellow card in the game, and picked up a few knocks. No sign on him missing Brazil’s next game, though.