The former Brazilian striker Ronaldo premiered this Wednesday as owner of the Cruzeiro with a 3-0 win over URT at Mineiro Championship, a match he witnessed at the Independencia stadium in Belo Horizonte.
“We are going to build an incredible story. We are all excited,” the former player of the Real Madrid Y Barcelona at the end of the meeting.
The Cruzeiro prevailed in his debut at the Mineiro Championship, the tournament that brings together the most powerful clubs in the state of Minas Gerais (southeast), with goals from Thiago, on the brink of rest, and from Filipe Machado and Edú, in the second half.
During the game, the fans dedicated some welcome songs to Ronaldo, who also owns the Royal Valladolid Spanish.
The celestial group, directed by the Uruguayan coach Paul Pezzolano, has as its main objective this year to climb to the First Division of the Brazilian Championship and resolve its economic crisis.
“The road is going to be long, with many obstacles, but we are eager and determined,” he said today Ronaldo, who last Monday paid a millionaire amount of debts that prevented the Cruzeiro sign reinforcements.
The two-time world champion with the canarinha (1994 and 2002) expressed that this start of the season will help the squad to “adapt to the new project ideas” they have designed.
“In the beginning we will have some difficulty, but our objective is the Brazilian Championship and arrive with maximum strength, with everyone adapted to the new project, to climb to First division“, advancement.
Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima announced on December 18 the purchase for some 73 million dollars of 90% of the shares of the Cruzeiro, where he began his professional career at the age of 16.
Weeks after his announcement, at his first press conference in Belo Horizonte already as owner of the Brazilian club, he was surprised by the high debt of the entity and announced that he would take the “unpopular actions” that were necessary to solve the crisis.
“It’s a tragic scenario, but we have to stop the bleeding. The Cruzeiro He is a patient in serious condition,” he said then.
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