Robinho Says No to The Olympics
By: Bruno Romani | July 21st, 2008The forward from Madrid just announced he is not going to the Olympics. The club said “no” and one more time the national team loses against the clubs from UEFA. Not that Robinho is playing any good, but the national team has become a space for business and nothing else. Please, Robinho, don’t come back. Brazil needs players who wanna play for Brazil. And, like Kaka and other big (?) names, this is not the case.
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Do you have any idea how much Kaka’ wanted to go to the Olympics to represent his country? It’s all he would talk about for the last couple months, but in the end, it didn’t matter, since Milan wouldn’t let him go…yet they let Dinho go, which I’m sure he’s not thrilled about.
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Its the Olympics, it doesnt excite all players like the World Cup does.
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Hana, I find it kind of strange they allow Dinho but not Kaka.
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Hana,
if he really wanted to go, he would’ve. What Milan would do in case kaka went to the games anyways? Sell him?
I can’t believe the best player of the world has no word in these matters.Posted from
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Bruno, I come from Singapore myself and you know the media here is excited that the Brazilian Olympic football squad is coming (I think it’s because that Dinho will be coming…or maybe it’s just me). But reading news of clubs not allowing their players to be part of the Olympic football squad is well, kind of depressing for me. Yeah, the news of the clubs not allowing the players to the Olympics is also noted here.
I don’t know whether to be really excited when they arrive here tomorrow (it’s Tuesday here at the moment). I was reading the papers today and it even reported their flight details. It was really a coup to get the boys from Brazil but, well! For me personally, this is the first time in my living memory they are coming to my country. Even though this is the Olympic squad but still, it’s Brazil. The fact that they are coming here en route to try to win the Olympic gold for the first time, I don’t know, my feelings are mixed.
And, I was reading that Schalke has reportedly told Rafinha that they will terminate his contract if he really heads to the Olympics. He is 22 this year and this is an U-23 tournament. What’s with that?
I first read about that here - http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/other/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=international_feed/08/07/22/SOCCER_Ger-Bundesliga_Olympics_Night.html&TEAMHD=foreign
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Just read that Diego is planning a meeting with the Werder Bremen officials to try and find a solution in terms of him heading to the Games (http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/germany/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/08/07/22/SOCCER_Ger-Bundesliga_Olympics.html&TEAMHD=germany). So the link I posted previously is not really valid when it comes to the Diego situation.
Given it’s kind of weird that I was reading the newspaper reports yesterday that his name was among those mentioned coming here.
Now I remember something. Bruno, I thought Real Madrid said that Robinho got injured or something and so he couldn’t make it to the Games? Or is there more than it meets the eye?
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yeah diana, it’s sad to see all this. Maybe we should expect more of the women’s squad. And I don’t know how many excuses Madrid has made so far to get Robinho out of the games, but they got what they wanted.
In any case, if you have an opportunity to follow Brazil do so. It’s always cool. And let us know what’s happening there.
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Okay. Now it’s like I have added ’stress’!
You know one of the newspapers I read even published their flight details. If what was printed is true, I suppose Dinho and gang had already arrived here. Plus Diego and Rafinha, though their clubs had said that they will take action.And even I was reading another article today, it didn’t get me excited at all. All these club-versus-country mess is enough to dampen my excitement. Funny when it was first announced on Monday in the newspapers they are coming, I was excited (especially at the thought of Dinho, in my country). Then the joy became deflated very soon after.
The article I was referring to earlier - http://www.todayonline.com/articles/266566.asp
I am aware you guys have not won a gold yet in Olympic football and so I can understand in a way. For us, the 1960 Games was the last time we ever won an Olympic medal (it’s a silver in weight-lifting). Yeah, the newspapers always remind us every four years when was the last time we won a medal in the Olympics. We came so close four years ago in Athens in getting a bronze for table-tennis (or ping pong for some) and there’s genuine belief the drought may end this time in Beijing. We actually ’suffer’ longer than Spain until the Euro 2008 win for them.
By the way, the currency being referred in the article is in our local currency (the Singapore dollar). I am not very sure if I can afford to watch the guys in action. I think the broadcasters may show it on TV. I don’t know, there will a local selection against the boys from Brazil next Monday. The media’s excited here. Not everyday we get to see this. As far as I can remember, this is the first time this is happening in my living memory. It’s the Olympic football squad but still, it’s Brazil.
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Oops. Typo error. I actually meant to say that I am aware you guys have not won a medal in Olympic football yet. For some reason I typed ‘gold’ instead.
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we actually havent won gold in football. we won silver in 84 and 88 and bronze in 96.
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Thanks Bruno. Somehow my brain is all mixed up today.
And the FIFA President Sepp Blatter has finally spoken on the whole club-versus-country mess in the Olympic football tournament. A report of what he said in a letter to the member associations - http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/other/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/07/23/SOCCER_FIFA.html&TEAMHD=foreign
Now it will be interesting to see how the clubs who are trying to stop their players from heading to the Games are going to do now. I know Schalke and Werder Bremen are insisting on taking legal action over Rafinha and Diego respectively. I myself do follow both the Premier League and the Bundesliga and how the Bundsliga clubs reacted to the Olympic call-up is…I don’t know. I don’t want to say it.
The last I remember, Manchester United never protested about Anderson being called up for the Brazil squad.
Oh yeah. An update for you Bruno. I saw Diego on the TV earlier in a report of the Brazil Olympic football squad arriving here. Ronaldinho, Pato was also shown as well. Quite a number of fans were at the airport welcoming them.
And serious, I was not at the airport today. Though I wish I was among the fans. Posted from
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