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The British magazine World Soccer on Thursday, chose Brazilian striker Ronaldinho as the best player of the decade, while the Argentine international Lionel Messi received the award as the outstanding player of 2009.

The British magazine World Soccer on Thursday, chose Brazilian striker Ronaldinho as the best player of the decade, while the Argentine international Lionel Messi received the award as the outstanding player of 2009.

Ronaldinho took the award, based on the 10 annual voting of the readers of the publication between 2000 and 2009.

The Brazilian, voted Player of the Year of the magazine in 2004 and 2005, finished ahead of Messi and Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Barcelona winning the Champions League, League, Copa del Rey Supercopa of Spain and Europe in 2009, took the prize for best team of the year.

Messi, who won the Golden Ball 2009, is the first Argentine to win the award for Best World Soccer Player of the Year since Diego Armando Maradona received the award in 1986, when he led the selection of his country to victory in the Mexico World Cup. The Argentine international beat fellow Barcelona's Andres Iniesta and Xavi.

Pep Guardiola was voted Coach of the Year after leading Barcelona to win five competitions, including three in the 2008-2009 season, his first year in the Barca bench.

Guardiola beat Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath and Alex Ferguson, Manchester United.

He landed in Milan promising lost time in Barcelona ... and in six months it has become 'invisible'. Nobody remembers him ...

Since the summer of 1984 Diego Armando Maradona arrived in Naples, the Italian football had not received a crack with the honors he received Ronaldinho in Milan last August. The difference between the two, however, was abysmal because while the 'Pelusa' stopped short all the accolades and catapulted to the glory of football, Ronnie has maintained and increased, the downhill in his career. In just six months has gone from a dispensable endian. And, worse for him, the arrival of David Beckham has come to be forgotten.

Four matches, which is said to quickly accumulate Ronaldinho on the bench of Milan. And if in the previous three still had the chance to play garbage minutes on Sunday in Rome, Ancelotti already forgot about him. To the point that in the 85th minute, the couple chose to include Darmian alongside Shevchenko and does not cover the three changes approved and leaving the Brazilian in the most absolute misery. Ronnie, who came to Milan wrapped in glamorous and promising to regain lost glory in Barcelona, has been dissolved as a simple lump of sugar and if your up in the team fell in a hurry, the emergence of the lace Beckham is imposing its disaster staff.

Forgotten sportingly medially and buried, barely Ronaldinho as his sad present. He began the season as undisputed owner and theoretical perfect partner for Kaka, but the first debacle (1-2 to Bologna in the opening day of the championship), and showed their weaknesses and decompensation that Milan suffered with the picture that he was obliged to use the trainer. Thereafter, the bottom in the dressing room began to decline and although nobody has dared to criticize him Nor has anyone emerged among their peers who has championed their virtues.

And is that Ronnie has been very little. A television studio in Italy has shown that electric crack marveled at Barca and there is nothing left. Just launch the master fault and limited repertoire of moves. But that change of pace brutal, one of supersonic speed with the ball and the magic that radiated in each occurrence is not guessed by now quite nothing.

Maladjusted, say those who follow him, to life in Italy, Ronaldinho did not miss any opportunity to 'escape' to Barcelona. They assert that misses her life in the city that night and Lombard, who knows, does not offer you the same happiness she enjoyed during his five years of stay in Barca.

And unfortunately, as suspected in October or November, has bottomed out with the arrival of the new year. This has happened because Beckham has given involuntarily, the lace. In Italy if you're dead and fighting the philosophy of the Brazilian collided with a way to understand that football is over. If you can not walk in calcium, is a synonym for death crawl. There is also a superlative Kaká to shine as the first fight, there stretches out a duck call to become the successor to Brazilian Ronaldo has landed there and, who knows how long, one that Beckham, placed in its natural position (the band right) for his great touch and ball for a delivery that falls beyond the glamor unfair that accompanied him in his career, he has remained among the greats of football.

Now Ronaldinho is just a football body. His last goal rossonero dated November 30, when a converted penalty to disguise the inconsequential 3-0 with Palermo that was punishing andalusia Milan. Since then, his fall has been continuous since the arrival of Beckham, alignments. Twelve minutes before the Fiorentina, Bologna seventeen in fifteen to Genoa ... Lazio and the zero for a total of 115 in which only highlighted by a gunshot to the goal of Fiore. If this is the present of a football player who was superlative, the immediate future it is even worse guess. And that is not in Milan and is expected ... sharply.

The English media fad or not, debuted the eleventh day of January in Rome and has since been held in all five matches for Milan. Adds two goals and three assists, but more importantly, has gained not only for fans, but the affection and respect of clothing and a lament for a club to keep beyond the end of their assignment.

Ronnie shared with eleven Becks in his debut, but from there it disappeared from

It seems lie, but it is true. The reality is that nobody at the moment intends to Brazilian ace

His pitiful physical state (in Brazil already know him as the 'Gordinho' for his' Pancho brewer ') has halted all conversations they had between his brother Roberto de Assis and both clubs. We have, for the moment it was decided to wait until being called into the ideal way, because right now looks more like a former footballer total reminiscent of the last stage of Diego Armando Maradona, a player elite that seeks to dazzle with their attendance, their race, their speed, their sombrerazos, shot his ball stopped ... as he used to do game after game in their first three years at FC Barcelona leads the five that now.

Indeed, nobody understands that been allowed to leave publicly displaying a rounded belly who does not play a friendly match four months ago. Of course, Ronaldinho 'Gaucho' was the great attraction of the friendly encounter between the friends of friends against Brazilian ace Messi which was played in the Monumental stadium in Maturin, in Caracas, and we know also that caused madness among Japanese children during another exhibition sponsored by a brand sports in the park Yoyogui, in the center of the Japanese capital, but also such presences have been the reasons for not resuming talks for chips.

This Ronaldinho has reasoned that was put into the hands of a fitness coach to regain the ideal way to arrive in fullness and physical for Beijing 2008 Olympics. The current Barca player tries to show that he is not finished and its desire is to win that title to offer his country and to imply more than one that still has much football in his boots. If all this succeeds, be sure that several clubs that strive to gain their services, but can stay for dress saints because Barca does not want to see or painting.

Diego Maradona believes that the club is seriously wrong if in the end left to Ronaldinho to march to another club.

Asked about the status of Ronaldinho in Barca, and if it is comparable to the differences that kept him with the club during his time as Barca, lacónicamente Maradona replied: "For me and I went with Nunez. Nothing has changed, sister" .

"Ronaldinho is too good kind, too good player like him to critique. It is has given everything to Barcelona and now that has not played not win anything without him, "said the Argentine, who played in the club from 1982 to 1984.

Maradona was allowed a council to give FC Barcelona: "I ask the Barcelona fans who really keep Ronaldinho. That does not pass the same as with Figo, Romario, Rivaldo, and so many others who threw for jealousy in Barcelona ".

The Argentine also predicted that, if Ronaldinho tab "by Milan or any other club when it returns to Barcelona will vaccinate them will get three goals. "