Four Four Two - UK (2020-11)

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“HOWWASPRISONFOOD,RON?”

WhenRonaldinhodrewuphisNewYear

resolutionsfor2020,‘getlockedupina Paraguayan

prisonduringa pandemic’probablywasn’tonhislist.

TheBrazilianwasjailedinMarchforcarryinga fake

Paraguayanpassport– easiertoslipundertheradar

whenyou’reJoeBloggs,ratherthana livinglegend.

Ronaldinhoinsistedhe’dgotthepassportfrom

a sponsoranddidn’tknowit wasfake,buthespent

a monthinjail– playingfora prisonfutsalteamand

nettingfivegoalsina tournamenttowina roastpig.

The40-year-oldthenenduredfourmonthsunder

housearrestbeforereturningtoBrazil,havingbeen

orderedtopaya $90,000fine.He’sgottoclawthat

moneybacksomehow,soherecentlytravelledto

formerclubAtleticoMineirofora sponsor’sevent

andmetupwithmascotGaloDoido(‘MadRooster’).

Thedodgyfowlhashadhisowncontroversies this

year– chidedforsexistbehaviourtowardsa member

oftheclub’swomen’steam– butthedisgraced duo

atleastworefacemasksforthismeetingofminds.

Justaswell:Ronniedidn’thave‘getcoronavirus

froma 7ftchicken’onhislistofresolutionseither.

MEAn WHILE In ...

...BeloHorizonte,thegreatRonaldinhohadanappointmentinfrontofthebeak– notforthefirsttimein 2020

WEIRD

WORLD OF

FOOTBALL

12 November 2020 FourFourTwo