RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil striker Ronaldo said on Friday that his two agents, who have been charged with taking part in a corruption scheme in Rio de Janeiro, were innocent and complained that footballers were portrayed in his homeland as being ignorant.
The Real Madrid player, in an interview with the Esporte Total programme on the Bandeirantes television network, also complained that “a lot of nonsense” had been written about the 1998 World Cup final against France, when he played only hours after being taken ill.
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