GDeep™
League is very weak
Most of them come from such poverty and have had to work so hard to make it that once they get the big European contracts, they take the foot off the gas. Which is understandable, and at times, human nature.What could have been.
Such a shame he went off the rails, such a talented player. Weird how so many Brazilians fail to live up to their potential or decline so quickly. Could throw in the likes of Baptista or even Robinho as highly rated players who never quite turned out to be the world beater many thought they'd be. Maybe Robinho's a bit harsh because he had a somewhat decent career..... well until certain thins happened.
Adriano was an extreme case though, massive problems in life, people in his life dying at a young age which he never got over, extreme poverty and crime, could never leave behind where he came from. Again, human nature, it’s all he knows.
Most Brazilians come from the worst conditions imaginable, then from a young age they are separated from families and treated like cattle. Most aren’t going to make it in Europe, or even football.
It’s a tough gig and not the glamorous pop star type rise that I thought when I was younger and you had those images of Ronaldo, Carlos, Rivaldo, Cafu etc in adverts singing, dancing, kicking a ball around in some exotic paradise.