Ronaldogate: what happened July 12th 1998?

  What happened July 12, 1998? Well, at 21h, there was this final World Cup, won by France against Brazil (3-0) and a whole people out in the streets believing in the legend of the “black, white, Beur” was then sings on the Champs-Elysees. Hours earlier, that is Lésigny this from happening, the Château de […]
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What happened July 12, 1998? Well, at 21h, there was this final World Cup, won by France against Brazil (3-0) and a whole people out in the streets believing in the legend of the “black, white, Beur” was then sings on the Champs-Elysees.
Hours earlier, that is Lésigny this from happening, the Château de la Grande Romaine, room 290, one share Roberto Carlos and Ronaldo. That day, the final day, the attacker knows a violent crisis, far from innocent and who does not always ends to cause.
And question. The man with four goals so far in the competition is the number one asset of the team, one that can come by order of the title. That Sunday, he will never be himself. Everything started off well with the pre-game routine followed to the letter.
At the lunch menu, the Carioca was entitled to steak, salad, mashed potatoes (potatoes), rice and beans. Around 13h began his nap, it will last three hours. After the shower, it feels good stiff but did not actually. He will join his teammates dining room last snack before joining the Stade de France.
Leonardo and one of the two doctors in the Selecao, Mata, tell the player that he got many things in his sleep. He did noticed anything, but life from the national team is whack, it does not recover from beside his final, that of doubled after 1994.

What happened on July 12th, 1998? Well, at 21hrs, there was the final of the World Cup. France went on to win the game thanks to a brace by Zidane and a late strike by Petit. Afterwards a whole nation believed in unification, celebrating the win across the country. 

Hours earlier, Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos were sharing room 209 at the Château de la Grande Romaine, Brazil’s basecamp during the World Cup. That day Ronaldo had a fit. The striker with four goals to his account would never really recover, but he figured in the lineup replacing Edmundo, who had initially been in the starting line up.

At lunch, the Carioca player ate a steak, salad, mashed potatoes, rice and beans. Around 13h Ronaldo took a nap, it would last three hours. After a shower, Ronaldo felt stiff. Then versions diverge: did he have some kind of fit? Was he stressed out?

By all means, Ronaldo emerged from the bowls of the stadium and lost the final 3-0.