Roberto Carlos swings on the galactic cloakroom!

Soccer

Roberto Carlos dropped into an interview.
Roberto Carlos was undoubtedly one of the best left backs in the world. One of his free kicks had also been around the world thanks to its momentum and especially its trajectory. Interviewed by former guard Vitor Baia on the Portuguese channel Canal 11, the Brazilian spoke about his years at Real. He explains first of all his arrival at the Merengues. "It was Lorenzo Sanz who recruited me at Real Madrid, at a very complicated time, there was no money to pay the players. Florentino arrived, he reorganized the club. He paid all the wages late, he recruited the best players in the Galactic era, (Zinedine) Zidane, (David) Beckham, Ronaldo, (Luis) Figo."

He also talked about his relationship with Ronaldo: "I met Ronaldo in 1993 and from that moment, we have always shared a room. I slept more with Ronaldo than with my wife."

A special atmosphere

The side also let loose some cloakroom secrets. "We used to get to the green, leave our stuff in the rooms and go out for dinner. We used to take our beer and wine. There were two bottles on each table. In the second league match, when Luxemburgo arrived, Ronaldo and I told him: "Professor, there are habits here, you will see, please, do not change them, like that of the beer before the dinner, otherwise we will have problems, he first banned the beer then the wine.It took 3 months.The news came to the ears of the management and goodbye.It was our atmosphere cloakroom. Another coach did not last long at Real. "At the time of the Galactic, there were seven of us, it was a danger in the locker room, we always managed it well, we had a good relationship with all the coaches, less with (José Antonio) Camacho who held 10 days (in 2004) A record He arrived in the locker room, said hello to everyone, observed and said: "I want everyone at 7am tomorrow morning." Normally, we were training at 10:30 We spoke with him to try to change the schedule, we had our habits."

According to him the example of the coach who understood everything was Vicente Del Bosque. "I will take the example of Vicente Del Bosque. Del Bosque was not a coach, he was more of a friend of the players. There is no need for rules. No need to tell us: "you have to go back to the left when so-and-so does that". The player knows what he has to do. He understood us perfectly. Workouts on Monday and Tuesday were at 17h. He did not put them at 11am because he knew everyone would be late."

One thing is certain, Roberto Carlos is as incisive with a microphone as on a football field.