Loukkaantuminen pari minuuttia kentälle tulon jälkeen tuntui jo pahalta. Miestä kannetaan paareilla todellisissa tuskissa, tuntui vielä pahemmalta. Ura todennäköisesti ohi...
Muistan kuinka tuli ihailtu Ronaldoa, vaikka pelasikin Interin riveissä joskus vuosia sitten. Se kosketus palloon ja maalintekotaito oli jotain, jota et näe joka päivä. Polvivammat olivat jo silloin arkipäivää. Ronnie palattua kehiin ja maalattua Interille, vieraspaikkakunnilla ympäri Italiaa tuuleteltiin, kun mies teki maalin. Muistan kuinka Ronaldo-Vieri kaksikon piti dominoida serie a:ta brassin paluun jälkeen ja sen kun Il Fenomeno teki 2 maalia paluuottelussaan San Sirolla. Sitten petturimainen siirto Espanjaan, mutta silti best of them all. Lopulta takaisin Italiaan, mutta pelkästään kokeakseen samat loukkaantumiset uudestaan. Milano ja Ronaldo eivät todellakaan koskaan kohdanneet toisiaan..
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Edit. ACMilan.comista
ADRIANO GALLIANI:
"Unfortunately it was not a good night due to Ronaldo's injury. Ronie has now been brought to the Galeazzi hospital in Milan and for the moment they have found a serious problem to his kneecap ligament. As soon as it happened I came off the stands to go down to the dressing room and check on his condition. He felt a lot of pain, but now we only have to stay calm and wait without drawing any quick conclusions. When Ronie cried, I hugged him, the tears fell on me too, but I told him we would stay close to him. Milan have already shown in the past they don't abandon players who suffer injuries, and the same will go for Ronaldo. Tonight Ronie allowed us to get a point with the penalty, but we are concerned about his incident. At the moment they are visiting him, but the complete diagnosis cannot be made at once, we'll have to wait the next few days. Ronie went on the pitch with the desire to help the team, in the last few days as soon as he got better he made himself available, and he also contributed to tonight's result which at the end of the season might turn out to be important for the table. Now we must stay close to him.
As soon as Ronie was taken off on a stretcher, I immediately called president Berlusconi, who asked me to keep him informed. We'll wait for the next few days to get a definitive diagnosis and let's hope he doesn't need an operation, but if it's necessary he will get operated.
Concerning the match, we got a draw, a result we can accept considering we are playing every three days, but at least now we have played as many games as everyone else. We only need one point to reach Fiorentina in fourth place, and if we finish level at the end of the season our better head-to-head record would favor us. Now we have sixteen matches to recuperate this point."
CARLO ANCELOTTI:
"We're all very sad and worried about what happened to Ronaldo, I don't want to say his career is over because only time can put the word end to his career. From our part, we can only stay close to him. His team mates left the stadium quickly to reach the hospital to check on his condition, I think it's the right way to stay close to a player who's suffering. Being close to him can help him cope at such a delicate moment of his career.
On Sunday he hadn't played very well, but yesterday in training he did well, he seemed more sharp, more reactive, more ready. At the start I hadn't evaluated the possibility of bringing him on the bench, then I changed my mind because I saw him doing well and he did well once he came in.
Too bad, because Ronie wanted to do well, he's always worked with seriousness, and availability. He's always shown great professionalism. Ronie always behaved very well and always tried to give his contribution to Milan, that's why he doesn't deserve some of the things that have been written and said about him."
http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Primo_Piano/2008/02_Febbraio/13/MilanLivorno.shtml
