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Sex, PS2 blamed for Brazil star's WC failure

Soccer stud Ronaldinho showed off moves in Germany...off the pitch; Brazilian reportedly tired at World Cup after all-night PS2, sex romps.

When Brazil entered the 2006 World Cup as the favorite to take the championship, many pointed toward two-time FIFA player of the year Ronaldinho as the reason the team was the top seed. When Brazil was knocked out by France in the quarterfinals, fingers again pointed toward the star--who was held scoreless and did not play nearly up to his billing--this time to blame. British tabloid The Sun says that Ronaldinho's poor showing was due to some off-field lovefests and plenty of PlayStation 2. In an interview with his girlfriend, French model Alexandra Paressant, the femme says that the soccer star would break team rules and sneak into her hotel room to "make love all night" and unwind by playing 2006 FIFA World Cup on the PlayStation 2. The Star implies that it wasn't the marathon sex sessions that left him worn out for competition. "Instead, [Paressant] says, his habit of playing PlayStation after their romps may have knocked his form."

114 Comments

  • danihavok

    Posted Nov 23, 2006 9:59 am GMT

    agree with La_Rhonda!

  • eric-2-2-er

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 5:05 pm GMT

    Hello?

  • sigma8

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 11:09 am GMT

    "HE DID NOT PLAYED WITH AN XBOX OR A NINTENDO, HE PLAYED WITH A PS2 BOAHAHAHA, EAT THAT !!!!"
    I don't know what console you like, but whatever one it is (even if it's my favorite one), I want it to fail.

  • sigma8

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 11:07 am GMT

    This is dumb. If he was using the PS2 to "unwind" then what is the alternative? Coming to the pitch as a stressbucket? I'm pretty sure he knew he was in the World Cup. Maybe he wasn't able to handle it, but it would be stupid to blame videogames. If it wasn't PS2, maybe he would have spent the time drawing on an Etch-A-Sketch, and then we could blame Etch-a-Sketches.

  • princeofgames90

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 7:09 am GMT

    He looks like a monkey man and blaming his habbets come on he sucked from the beggening

  • aDDiKt24

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 9:09 pm GMT

    He looks like the character "Donkey" off the movie Shrek

  • La_Rhonda

    Posted Jul 26, 2006 3:40 pm GMT

    Now since he plays for Barca I'm a fan of his but this is just a bunch of BS. I can't believe he would ever say something like that. Brazil didn't make it to the final because they put a lot of pressure on their players and because they played like crap from the start of the tourny.

    He needs to blame himself because if he took the tourny serious then he would've never snuck out of the hotel to do his woman and play video games all night. I'm sure other players played video games during the WC and they're not blaming their hobby for their short comings on the field.

  • GeneralFighter

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 11:17 pm GMT

    Ronaldino WELCOME TO THE GAMER's LIFE DUDE!!

  • wenbin09

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 8:17 am GMT

    sony shld get him to endorse ps3 then...

  • Mcoelhoz

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 9:05 pm GMT

    BS.. Romário played a lot SNES in 94 and eat lot of womans and returned with the cup.

  • Benny_is_here

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 7:00 pm GMT

    He's living the life

  • lightmonkey

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:58 pm GMT

    LOL! This world gets stupider everyday.

  • LuiKang_is_dead

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:56 pm GMT

    I could not think to two better things to mix!!!

  • rotnem

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:46 pm GMT

    AHA, AHAHAHAHAHAHAAA. THIS IS THE MOST FUNNIEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD!!!

  • TwinTiger

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:45 pm GMT

    See? You shouldn't mix sex with video games... you see what happened with The Guy Game and Playboy: The Mansion. Not to mention the infamous "Hot Coffee".

  • Darthmatt

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:41 pm GMT

    Sucks to be hum...oh wait no!

  • gamepunk86

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:39 pm GMT

    forget ps2!!! i would make love to her all night....without breaks!!!

  • Justin456456

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:17 pm GMT

    dang how twisted can a world get??although just because one maniac had sex with HIS ps2 dose'nt mean i can't play mine.

  • cube-gage

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:15 pm GMT

    i bet he makes sure theres a rumble feature in his wireless pads. just googled that model, she aint bad, id bone her. but if i had that kind of cash it would be jennifer love hewitt for sure.

  • BigV25

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:10 pm GMT

    Wait a second, he had sex with his PS2!? Thats gross!

  • FrenziedRaldo24

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:10 pm GMT

    How pathetic

  • IsmirZone

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:09 pm GMT

    Sex and PS2 in a same sentence?

  • grandeflavio

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:09 pm GMT

    Is it because of this that the brazilian players were like zombies? I think so, they played Resident Evil all night long before the game.

  • MaChaorules

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:56 pm GMT

    o cmon you've got to be kidding me there blaming this one a game console?

  • bwgamer

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:56 pm GMT

    Gees, I wonder what's the better trophy.....the World Cup or his hot super model girlfriend???? I think I would take the super model girlfriend!!!!

  • umd1998

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:55 pm GMT

    >im tellin yall the articles bs, i read in a different article for true, he had sex >with the ps2 and played with his girlfriend

    lol, thanks scruffybawls.

    he'll be here all week folks, try the veal!

  • edubuccaneer Site moderator

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:54 pm GMT

    That and a bunch of other problems...

  • prvtTucker

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:32 pm GMT

    so did gamecube make zadine headbutt!?!?!? the world will never know...

  • buzzguy

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:27 pm GMT

    Jeeze, you'd think someone with Ronaldinho's cash-flow would be able to play that game on the 360! Unless, of course, he's saving some of that money to finally get some dental work done! Yikes!

  • scruffybawls

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:21 pm GMT

    im tellin yall the articles bs, i read in a different article for true, he had sex with the ps2 and played with his girlfriend

  • Inv_Machine

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:20 pm GMT

    Another reason why you should commit to marriage before sex and PS2. =(

  • scruffybawls

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:20 pm GMT

    actually the articles wrong, he had sex with the playstation 2 and played with his girlfriend (patty cakes, i read in the article)

  • Conanfan1

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:10 pm GMT

    I understand completely. Playing PS2 is WAY more tiring than having sex all night.

  • ice_rocman

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:09 pm GMT

    Jeeze, you'd think someone with Ronaldinho's cash-flow would be able to play that game on the 360! Unless, of course, he's saving some of that money to finally get some dental work done! Yikes!
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Having money is no excuse to waste it. Not much of an improvement, anyways.

  • Gribb85

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:09 pm GMT

    Hmmm...David James anyone?

  • EddyG0RD0

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:06 pm GMT

    I saw him on TV playing on PS2 on the hotel where he was staying in Germany.

  • cypher50

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:03 pm GMT

    OmegaGear, in your blind rant against pampered athletes, you forgot one important factor: RONALDINHO ISN'T THE ONE WHO DID THIS INTERVIEW! It was a self-professed girlfriend who didn't mind talking to one of Britain's largest tabloids who blabbed about Ronaldinho playing PS2 & having wild sex...as far as I have seen, Ronaldinho has been nothing but professional about his poor WC play.

    Oh, and can you think about what you did on the nights before the most important days of your life? I bet it was watch television or hang with friends...athletes might experience huge events that are unfathomable to most but they are human beings and they don't have to robotically think about their sport all the time...they are allowed to relax.

  • Cgi-Chris

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:03 pm GMT

    Naw she said he would make love all Night. Don't blame it on Ps2.

  • Bayleef

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:01 pm GMT

    I LOL'ed.

  • Tolkien13

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 2:00 pm GMT

    GGGOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLAAAAAAASSSOOOOOOO

  • SCEEChe

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:58 pm GMT

    No wonder he had a crap world cup. If he plays FIFA he knows nothing about football. I bet yeah all the Italians where playing Pro Evo and thats why they won!

  • SearchBomber

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:57 pm GMT

    Well, at least the dude...ahem...SCORED.

    Sorry, guys. XD

  • KIELW93

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:52 pm GMT

    Ignore what common sense tells you happened, and find any excuse to blame it on video games. Typical.

  • OmegaGear

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:52 pm GMT

    Him blaming the PS2 is more proof of his immaturity and inability to take the professional level of soccer seriously. I don't know about you, but something tells me that if I was playing in the world cup of soccer, the LARGEST sport event in the world (Yes, bigger than the olympics), I would be to focused to even remember what a PS2 was.

  • Sw0rDMaN

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:51 pm GMT

    Do not mix sex and playstation, it could kill you and send you to HELL!!!

  • teh_cell_owns

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:50 pm GMT

    Sex>>>>PS2>>>>> winning the World cup.
    Thanks for the lesson Ron!!!

  • TanKLoveR

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:47 pm GMT

    HAhahaha blaming it on the ps2, blame the girlfriend shes the one ronaldinho's had sex with not the ps2.

  • qlcoffeecup

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:44 pm GMT

    GOOOAALLLLLLL!!!!!
    GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!

  • codematers

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:41 pm GMT

    Always gotta blame the PS2

  • LorenaLarue

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 1:35 pm GMT

    Gotta blame something or someone.

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