Ronaldo misses practice due to fever
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-06-09 08:39 Brazils national football team striker Ronaldo had
a fever Thursday and did not participate in Brazils open practice at the Kickers
Stadium, in Offenbach, Germany.
According to Brazils medical staff, the striker’s condition is not serious
and he is expected to be able to play in Brazils World Cup opening match against
Croatia on June 13, in Berlin.
Ronaldo has been medicated and rested during the afternoon in the hotel in
Konigstein, where the team is based.
Ronaldos fever case was the players second health problem in the last few
days. On Sunday, June 4, during a friendly match against New Zealand, the player
complained about pain caused by blisters on both his heels.
The Brazilian teams physician Jose Luiz Runco said the blisters have healed.
Ronaldo's blister issue, which made headlines all over the world, even inspired
an ad campaign of Johnson & Johnsons bandage Band Aid in the Brazilian
media.
The campaign featured a Brazilian team T-shirt with a number 9 (Ronaldo's
T-shirt) with a Band Aid on the lower end of the 9 and the slogan "If it is up
to us, he will be scoring goals even with his heels".
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