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Positive day for Milan today today in terms of their Champions League return-leg with Arsenal. Not so much with Eduardo's horrific leg-break, which is of course terrible to see, but more the fact that they conceded a last minute penalty to Birmingham to throw away three points, and in particular the reaction to conceding that penalty. Their captain, Gallas, completely flipped at Clichy for giving away a silly peno, and went bonkers trying to attack him and kicked an advertising board. He was even crying, the big pussy. It shows that this Arsewipe team are a very young and experienced side who are lacking in real leaders, especially considering that Gallas is their 'captain'.

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Ronaldo hints at possible retirement
'My heart says I want to play again but my body is sending me signs of tiredness'

Saturday February 23, 2008 – guardian.co.uk

AC Milan striker Ronaldo has admitted for the first time that he may never play football again. The Brazilian was released from hospital in Paris yesterday as he begins his long road to recovery after rupturing tendons in his left knee, during his club's 0-0 draw at Parma last Saturday. Ronaldo is expected to be sidelined for up to a year but the striker, who has endured significant time on the sidelines in the past as a result of knee injuries and missed most of this season with various niggles, claimed he had not decided whether to call time on his playing career.

"If I feel good and I don't feel pain I will continue to play," said the 31-year-old. "If my body allows me to I will return. To leave football would be a difficult decision but now I am thinking of recovering in the best way possible as of course the injury was an extremely harsh blow." Ronaldo ruptured tendons on his right knee while playing for Inter in 1999 and suffered a recurrence of the same injury seven minutes into his first match back, which kept him sidelined for a further 20 months. Now another lengthy spell of rehabilitation awaits the two-time World Cup and three-time World Footballer of the Year Award winner.

"It has been a very hard blow, both physically and mentally," he continued. "My heart says I want to play again but my body is sending me signs of tiredness. I hope that it doesn't take me as long as last time to recover. "When I suffered the injury first time around it was something of a novelty so at least now we have the experience to know what to do try to do to get me playing again. Deep down I still have a love of football, a passion for the sport and a desire to score goals. This is the light at the end of the tunnel. But it won't be easy."

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