‘Ronaldo Had To Wear Diapers At Copa America’ – Former Brazil Coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo

By Chris Wright

With his recent retirement fresh in mind, former Brazil coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo has been remembering Ronaldo fondly regaling Spanish newspaper AS with stories of the 1999 Copa America, in which the Selecao's staff had to take special precautions to accomodate the striker's personal fitness regime:

"Ronaldo was already overweight, and we explored every possible way of making him drop some pounds.

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