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[baldrick]

Boring at the start but watch what he does after he gets his boots on.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=aRHk8ol0vTw&search=ronaldinho+brasil+brazil+futsal+soccer+futbol+football+nike+freestyle+nasty+rap+amazing

[Swiss James]

Absolutely mint.

I read a Cruyff autobiography where he says that sometimes in matches if the result was already in the bag he would hit the crossbar on purpose...but this is another level.

I also like the trick he can do where he eats an apple through a tennis racket.

[baldrick]

I had to watch it over and over trying to see if it was real or not! Its too good.
I remember watching something on footy focus once where they had gazza and chris waddle firing balls through a tyre hanging in a tree, from a good distance away. This is another level though!

[Swiss James]

my mate reckons it's fake now- that the ball comes back too slowly and it makes the same noise every time it hits the bar.

In two minds..

[Sliver]

This is the reason an Aussie like me watching all the soccer read football (OK, so really it should be called football everywhere ecept the stuff they do with every other part of their body except hands) on TV is fast becoming a fan......... awsome. I just hope that this is real.

[Hollywoodaction]

I really don't see how you could think that it isn't fake. It's just an ad for Nike that was meant to be humorous. Ronaldinho is good, but he doesn't have superpowers---well, unless he puts on these shoes. Notice the golden Haliburton briefcase that implies the pair of shoes is extremely valuable, almost as if it was a secret weapon. Heck, the briefcase was even painted gold, the same colour as the logo on the shoes, to imply he was receiving these from some secret Nike laboratory.

[Swiss James]

thanks for recapping the entire first 30 seconds of the advert, I had my eyes shut the entire time.

[Hollywoodaction]

[Swiss James]

the point is that Ronaldinho can do all of the things in the advert except the bit off the crossbar, so it's not that much of a stretch

[baldrick]

Stupid me! How did I not understand the plot of nike advert; that the boots were from a secret and magical boot factory and in a magic briefcase, and they give ron magic powers when he wears them.
Actually I'm quite glad I didn't recognise 'the plot' straight away.....latching onto that could be an indication of spending too much time indoors.

[RACETRAITOR]

I recall one of the Brazilian players who demonstrated an amazing superpower. It could've been Rivaldo, or one of those other R___o Brazilian rockstar players.

An opponent passed the ball to the guy so he could take a corner kick, and the ball hit the Brazilian player in the knee. He managed to channel the force of the ball's impact into his forehead, and he collapsed in pain clutching his face. The other player got a yellow card, I'm pretty sure.

Or maybe his superpower was that he could hypnotise the ref.

[baldrick]

That was Rivaldo.

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