In Brazil, Ronaldo is just another fat guy walking around, says Kaká

Commentator of the World Cup in Qatar on television BeIN Sports, from England, the former player Kaká made a controversial statement in a round table he participated in this week. When asked about how the national team is being seen in Brazil, he replied that many Brazilians do not support the national team and also do not recognize its talents.

“It’s very strange to say this, but in Brazil, many people don’t support Brazil. Right now, many people are talking about Neymar, but in a bad way. Maybe it’s something related to politics, but we, as Brazilians, sometimes we don’t recognize our talents”, he said, to the astonishment of the other participants of the program.

To emphasize what he had said, he mentioned former striker Ronaldo Fenômeno, world champion in 2002 with him and one of the big names in world football in recent years.

“If you see Ronaldo Fenômeno walking here [no Qatar], man, he has something different. When he goes to Brazil, he’s just another fat guy walking around,” he said, drawing laughs from his colleagues.

“The way he is respected inside and outside Brazil is different,” he added.

The interview reverberated on social networks with many criticisms of Kaká. According to netizens, Ronaldo Fenômeno would be recognized and worshiped wherever he went in the country.

“Kaká is now able to invent stories in other countries? Ronaldo, literally, cannot even walk down the street because he is so harassed by the people that he would be and the guy needs to invent this there to defend his point. That’s it”, posted Guilherme Sacco on Twitter.

Others understood what the former São Paulo player meant, but highlighted the wrong choice of example.

“I think what he said makes sense and is very true, but he used the worst example on planet Earth to justify his line of reasoning. In this World Cup, there are many people celebrating the injury of our best player and cheering for Argentina “, published Rafaelcunha94.