Ronaldinho, captain ... and'10 '

Dunga gives the command and finally signing peace with Ronnie.

The fitness coach said that he is not one hundred per cent in Beijing, "but at a 50% and can unbalance a game by himself."


Ronaldinho Gaucho has regained his throne in the seleçao and will be the leader and the great star of the canarinha in Beijing. Dunga has decided to confer on'10 'and captain's armband, enacting, in this way, reconciliation between technical and player. With this decision, the selector, little given to diplomacy, has displayed his full confidence with former Blaugrana.

The same technician in March 2007 that stripped him of'10 ', starting a war that ended with the resignation of player to participate in the americas Cup, now has given the mission of leading the Olympic seleçao in the search for novel gold medal.

There was a great interest in Brazil to see what would be the policy of technical gestures with regard to its conterráneo gaucho. Above all, after which the chairman of the CBF, Ricardo Teixeira, on their own to convene the new star rossonera to go to the Games, in a decision that lifted a huge controversy since it was called into question the leadership of Dunga.

The screening, passing through from their lowest in office, has defended the last month, ensuring that the call for Ronaldinho took him, along with the chairman of the Conferaçao. Tax or not, the matter is that since they confirmed the presence of Ronnie in Beijing, Dunga has adopted a line of maximum cordiality and was not tired of praise to crack, by the commitment he has shown as being in the Games.

The player began to prepare for the event two weeks ago in Porto Alegre, under orders from Paulo Paixao, the coach of the seleçao. While Ronaldinho will own all day 7, in the debut of Brazil to Belgium, Paixao has assured that the footballer, who does not play a match official since March, is still far from his best level. "Certainly not going to be 100%, everything involves a process and will only reach its peak during the season," said Paixao. Despite this, the coach has a blind faith in Ronaldinho and cree que marked differences in Beijing. "We are talking about a football player who was already twice the best in the world, and reaching the peak for him is different than the others, being 50% and can unbalance a game, gets to play as well," he added.

Dunga is convinced that Ronaldinho will be a destabilising footballer, in a competition of short-haul, which is crucial factor experience. Selector and player have recovered the line, at a time when both experiencing difficulties.

Dunga is very challenged, only Brazil is ranked the fifth in the South American playoffs for the World Cup and his position in jeopardy if not back home with the gold medal hanging on his chest.

For his part, Ronaldinho, before realizing its signing by Milan, was embraced the CBF to try to straighten his career. What, in principle, was a marriage of convenience is likely to become a honeymoon.