RONALDO has made three changes to his all-time best XI… but some fans were unimpressed by the team.
The Brazil icon, 47, named a side back in September and raised eyebrows by leaving out Cristiano Ronaldo.
It was also an incredibly Brazil-heavy team with six of the 11 coming from Ronaldo’s home country.
Now he has made a few alterations to that line-up, but has stuck with the same keeper in Juventus and Italy legend Gianluigi Buffon.
He also did not make any changes to his full-backs – Brazilian duo Cafu and Roberto Carlos.
Paolo Maldini remains one of his centre-backs, but Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer has been dropped for 2006 World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro.
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In midfield, Ronaldo has gone with three iconic players – all of which are much more offensive than defensive.
They are Zinedine Zidane, Diego Maradona and Pele.
Maradona and Pele were selected by Ronaldo last year, but Zidane comes in for Zico in the new-look side he named to The Mail.
And the final change comes up front as Ronaldinho makes way for Portuguese Ronaldo – who accompanies Lionel Messi and R9 himself.
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Yet some fans ridiculed the team, with one social media user saying: “R9 close to losing your credibility.”
Another added: “The current Arsenal would beat that team 5-0, unless you replace Messi with Ronaldinho.”
A third replied: “That team looks good on paper but would get destroyed. No balance.”
While a fourth responded: “No Ronaldinho, not a good list.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
