RIO DE JANEIRO: Ronaldinho was given a welcome even bigger than Brazil great Zico when he was officially unveiled as Flamengo’s new signing to a samba beat on Wednesday.
More than 20,000 fans, entertained by singers and dancers while they waited, swarmed the Flamengo headquarters to greet the gifted, party-loving forward with the toothy grin who was transferred from AC Milan this week.
Not even that number greeted Flamengo idol Zico on his return to Rio from Italy in 1985. Ronaldinho, a World Cup winner with Brazil in 2002, looked overwhelmed by his reception at first but promised the Flamengo faithful titles in return and told them his goal was to help his country win a sixth world crown. “That’s my objective. I decided to return to Brazil for that.
“Many come back to Brazil only to close out their careers,” Ronaldinho, decked in the club’s red and black colours, said as he spoke to reporters for the first time as a Flamengo player.
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