Arindam: - Good evening, viewers. In this episode of ‘Fantastic Football Fever’ program on your favorite ‘Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT)’ TV Channel, we have with us in our studio, a very famous footballer from Brazil. His name is Ronaldinho. Mr. Ronaldinho, thanks for coming to our show. Fans of Brazilian football are missing you in this world cup. You became famous with your superb long distance free kick against England in a World Cup. After that match, you became a star.
Ronaldinho: - How can I forget that match? That match was the turning point in my career. Actually, before taking that free kick, I saw that the England goalkeeper came out half a meter from the goal post. That’s why; I targeted the upper portion of that goal post.
Arindam: - You have scored many goals after dribbling the ball in the penalty area. One thing I don’t understand that why Brazilians as well as Argentine footballers are always expert in dribbling?
Ronaldinho: - That’s the traditional style of Latin American football. There is a difference between Latin American football and European football. In Europe, you will see lots of zigzag passing from one end to the other before the ball reaches the opponent’s penalty area. But in Latin American football, all the players try to cover as much distance as they can with the ball in their feet. If a player cannot keep the ball in control anymore, then only he passes the ball to the other player.
Arindam: - That is suicidal in this competitive football arena. If you don’t give rapid passes to the other players, you will not get goals.
Ronaldinho: - No, you are wrong. The more a footballer keeps the ball in his possession, the more confidence he gains. He also learns rapidly about the weak defenders of the opponent team while dribbling the ball. Next time; all the strikers try to target that zone of the opponents’ defense, where the weak defenders are standing. You can analyze any football match of Brazil. You will always find that in the first 20 minutes, we always play possession game and do dribbling inside the opponent’s penalty box. Then slowly and steadily we increase our pace from the weakest zone of the opponent’s defense and ultimately we get a goal. Latin American footballers believe in hitting the weakest point of the opponent first whereas the European footballers believe in conquering the opponents from all ends without bothering about their opponent’s strong and weak points. That’s why; you will always find a neck and neck battle when a Latin American team clashes with any European team.
Arindam: - Mr. Ronaldinho, we will carry on our discussion, but before that let us hear from Mr. ARINAN about the results of some football matches.
Mr. ARINAN: - Paraguay dominated the entire match against Slovakia. Vera chipped in the ball inside the Slovakian goal post to give Paraguay the lead. In the 2nd half, it was Riveros, who scored another goal for Paraguay with his fabulous shot. Paraguay defeated Slovakia by 2 goals. On the same day, the Romans had a tough time with the Kiwis. The Kiwis scored a sensational goal to take the lead. Luckily, the Romans got a penalty to level the score; otherwise, the defending champions were just playing pathetic football. Italy and New Zealand shared 1 point each with the score line of 1-1. The real encounter was between Brazil and Ivory Coast. Everyone was waiting for some cracking competition between the two teams. But, Brazil got back some rhythm in this match. Fabiano scored one fabulous goal but his second goal was controversial due to his ‘hand-ball’ jugglery. Elano again gave a sweet touch to the ball to score a goal. Kaka acted like Zidane and deserved the Red Card. Drogba gifted Ceaser a superb header to score a goal.
Arindam: - Hmm…Fabiano was lucky to get that 2nd goal because the referee was too much liberal.
Ronaldinho: - Nobody from Ivory Coast appealed for the hand-ball, so, the referee couldn’t cancel that goal as per FIFA rules. But, what Kaka did was totally unprofessional and unnecessary.
Arindam: - Anyway, Mr. Ronaldinho, your Brazil team is already in the round of 16. We hope to see Brazil clashing with Argentina in the ultimate final. We will end our show here.
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