Ronaldo’s Scandal Costs the Job of Football Manager

Bruno Romani | Mar 04, 2009 | Comments 0

So Ronaldo’s big party last week cost the job of football manager and ex-Rome defender Antonio Carlos, aka Zago. He is the one who supposedly threw the party and went with Ronaldo to the lovely place of adult entertainment. This Tuesday, he held a press conference and acknowledged the fact that the big night influenced on “his decision to leave”. But he said this wasn’t the only reason. According to him, he was getting pressure from people inside the club.

This is ironic. Antonio Carlos is a childhood friend of Corinthians’ president Andre Sanches, and did a good job last year in forming the squad to play the second division. Antonio Carlos got all the heat because Andre Sanches cannot fire himself. Sanches is said to be another face at the big party, and was getting pressured. He found the easiest way.

Now, Ronaldo has been listed for the bench in Wednesday’s night match against Itumbiara. It will be the debut of his club in the Copa do Brasil. Coach Mano Menezes did that in order to put some pressure on Ronaldo since e was the only not getting any heat. It will be interesting to see if Ronaldo’s return to football take place in a small stadium located in a small city in the state of Goias whose local club has as forwards 39 year-old Tulio Maravilha and ex-Betis and national squad Denilson.

Itumbiara, the club