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Soccer star Ronaldinho says he is just one more Brazil player
14/6/2006 10:53

Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo de Assis, known as Ronaldinho, denied he was the superstar of the Brazil squad in a column published in Argentine daily "El Clarin" saying that he was just one more member of the team.

"I am just one more team member with the same responsabilities: because we all have one thing in common -- we want to win the World Cup," Ronaldinho said.

But he added that Argentina's Lionel Messi, his colleague in Spanish league club Barcelona, will have a worldwide impact when he plays.

"I know that Messi has not yet played and right now he is feeling tension and anxiety. But I would tell him to calm down, to be patient. Everything has its time and when Leo plays it will have a world-wide impact. Messi is very important for Argentina and football in general," he said.

Ronaldinho added that the Brazil team was really a family, that even though it was a platitude it was really true that they enjoyed themselves and spoke the same language in all the senses of the phrase.

"I have been asked many times if I feel more pressure in this World Cup because I have been given the best player award, and I have to say sincerely that I don't," he added.



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