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19.09.2001
Ronaldo`s three years of injury misery
MILAN,
Injury nightmare of Inter Milan`s Brazilian striker Ronaldo who was Wednesday selected for his club`s first-team squad for Thursday`s UEFA Cup first round tie with Brasov of Romania in Trieste:
1998
July 12
World Cup Final, Stade de France, Paris: Journalists are stunned when the team sheets handed out 45 minutes before kick-off show that Brazil coach Maro Zagallo had omitted Ronaldo, who had been hyped as the star of the tournament.
Minutes later a second sheet is handed out with Ronaldo`s name restored to the starting line-up but the forward is clearly out of sorts as France thrash the tournament favourites 3-0 in the final.
It later emerges that Ronaldo had collapsed in the team hotel on the day of the final in an incident still not entirely explained. He had turned up at the stadium on his own and told Zagallo he was fit to play.
September 25
Tendon problems put Ronaldo on the sidelines at Inter with the suggestion that surgery may be required. The injury reoccurs at various times during the season.
1999
November 21
During Inter`s match with Lecce at the San Siro he partially ruptures a tendon in the right knee.
November 30
Operated on by Professor Gerard Saillant at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris.
2000
April 12
Restored to Inter`s first team for the away match in Rome with Lazio. But only seven minutes after appearing as a substitute he completely ruptures the operated tendon and is carried off in agony.
A day later he undergoes another operation in Paris.
November-December
Undergoes a rehabillitation course in Cap-Breton, France.
2001
March 6. Returns from Brazil to Milan before heading off to consult Saillant in Paris.
March 8
Saillant declares his patient `clinically cured`. He returns to Rio de Janeiro for a month.
March 28
Plays a friendly at Rio`s famous Maracana Stadium, scoring five goals in a charity match.
June 2001
Plays a friendly for Inter against Sant`Angelo Lodigiano and then heads off on holiday.
July 2001
Reports to Pinetina training ground at Appiano Gentile with the rest of Inter`s first-team squad to prepare for new season. Progresses well.
On the 23rd he featured against Bormiese in a friendly.
August 19
Plays at the San Siro for the first time in nearly two years playing for more than half an hour and scoring in the 7-0 win over Enyimba of Nigeria, his first genuine test.
August 31
Scores twice as a substitute in friendly 4-2 win over Bastia.
September 19
Inter coach Hector Cuper names Ronaldo in his squad for the UEFA Cup first round tie with Brasov of Romania.
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