Brazil’s Ronaldo’s notorious 2002 World Cup hair patch was not a trend assertion

Ronaldo Nazário, Brazil hero of the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, has an attention-grabbing story about why he determined to go away a semi-circle-like patch of hair in entrance of his head. He modified his look throughout the event, however Ronaldo wasn’t making an attempt to make a trend assertion. Rather he needed the eye to shift from his damage.

“Everyone was going on and on about my leg injury, questioning whether I could play in the semi-final,” Ronaldo was quoted as saying by Fifa.com. Ronaldo had limped out of the quarterfinal in opposition to England, a sport Brazil received.

“I used to be sick and drained about listening to about it. So I reduce my hair like tat, requested my team-mates what they thought, they usually stated, ‘it’s horrible. You can’t hold it like that.’

But knew his plan to maneuver the main focus away from his damage had labored. He scored within the semifinal in opposition to Turkey to take Brazil to the ultimate.

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The haircut turned a rage however Ronaldo quickly gave it up. He additionally apologised to all moms for uplifting their sons to comply with his fashion.

“It was horrendous. I apologise to all mothers who saw their sons with the same hairstyle.”