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September 05, 2004
The next Pele.: Rooney. Adu. Robinho. Just read the article. Heartbreaking poverty. Parental sacrifices. The Brazilian youth development system fattening calves for sale in Europe. The real-life threats that poor boys (and their families) face when they rise from the slums to pro soccer success. "Little Rob's" audacious, "malicious" skill. Accolades from Brazilian legends Carlos Perreira (current national coach), Ronaldo and Pele. Can't help but root for him to succeed. "... Robinho ... tells me that he wants to become a craque - a player who can change the course of a game with his own effort ... a playmaker and finisher, at once a creator and a killer. The craque doesn't pass to a man. He passes to ponto futuro: a point in the future." The next World Cup is going to rock when all these young guys debut with their national teams. (Anybody have a video of this guy?)
posted by worldcup2002 to soccer at 11:30 AM - 9 comments
Robinho profile on Soccerage.com Robinho videos! (The first mpg works. Love the quick back-swivel away from the distracted defenders, the burst into the box and the curling shot around the keeper. The other links are zips and some of those are broken links.) I loves me summa dat Google.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:02 PM on September 05, 2004
[plug] btw, Yahoo Soccerpass has free video of complete matches from South American leagues and tournaments, including matches involving Santos FC, Robinho's team. [/plug]
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:24 PM on September 05, 2004
Thanks for the great story worldcup2k2...
posted by smithers at 09:14 AM on September 06, 2004
Oh man, they don't work anymore...
posted by StarFucker at 01:12 PM on September 06, 2004
what don't work no more?
posted by worldcup2002 at 07:06 PM on September 06, 2004
The videos.
posted by StarFucker at 10:03 PM on September 06, 2004
Yea! The links were SportsFiltered!
posted by jmd82 at 12:05 AM on September 07, 2004
We broke the Internet.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:54 PM on September 07, 2004
Sounds like a terrific player, I'll have to look out for a Santos match on FSW, and perhaps LFC will break the bank to bring him over next year, especially if Gerrard leaves for Real Madrid. The article, however, was a poor job, disconnected and difficult to read.