When it's 426 days into your countdown and you're looking for inspiration and need to go to a football happy place......
World Cup final 2002 was Ronaldo's final, the original Ronaldo. He had recovered from two serious knee injuries and his career was believed to be as good as over. However, eight goals in that World Cup proved that he was still a wonderful player. The ones I remember most clearly were the two he scored in the final in Brazil's 2-0 win aagainst Germany.
Ronaldo was one of those players I had always wanted to do well. Maybe
it had to do with all his misfortune- the injuries and the episode
before the 1998 World Cup Final. I watched the 2002 Final at 7am in a
hotel room in Ottawa. I'd had, probably, about 3 hours sleep after a
wedding the night before. Seeing Ronaldo score those two goals was an
uplifting, happy moment. And just imagine how he felt. What a comeback
from the footballing and personal abyss.
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