Ronaldo admits to getting psychological support: “We were subjected to great psychological pressure without preparation” – Internacional

Ronaldo admits to getting psychological support: “We were subjected to great psychological pressure without preparation” – Internacional



The former Brazilian striker recounts the experiences of another era in football

Ronaldo Nazario ended his career in 2011 and is still considered today as one of the best strikers in the history of football. Looking back, Phenomenon is now aware of the pressures he was put under in the great love that the profession has gone through, assuming that he was psychologically accompanied by him. “I used to have depression and now I go to therapy. I’ve been doing this for two and a half years and I understand a lot better even what I felt before. The slightest chance of complaining. I look back and see that we have been under very, very, very unprepared psychologically. …also because it was the beginning of the Internet era, with the speed with which information flowed. There was concern for the mental health of players. Today they are more prepared, they give it the necessary attention on a clinical level to face every day, and the players are studied more: the features of each of them, how they interact, And how should they interact … In my time there was none of that,” the former Real Madrid and Barcelona player stressed in statements to the newspaper “Marca”, anticipating the release of a documentary film “The Phenomenon” by Dazen, which will be a main character. The world champion for Brazil in 2002 considers this achievement to be the most important in his career. “In this case, not just for the sporting victory, but for everything. To overtake myself over and over until I got there, with all the drama I’ve had in previous years with injuries, the 1998 drama lost the final [para a França]After a bout.. from a sporting point of view, it was fantastic, a total success,” stressed the former Brazil international, 46.

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