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04/09/2008 ROBERTO CARLOS: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: Roberto you are about to set your foot print on the Champions Promenade. What do you feel? A: It’s a important prize for a 35 years old player. I consider it the result of a whole career.

Q: Which is your favourite legend among the players of the Champions Promenade? A: Maradona. He was my favourite player of ever, but sadly I couldn’t play with him. Among the players I have played with, I say Zidane. None was better than him.

Q: Today an important person for you, Luisito Suarez, will put his foot print on the Promenade. What do you remember about him? A: He was a great player, a friend, a coach and he managed my transfer to Inter Milan.

Q: What about your feet, that you’re going to put on the Champions Promenade? A: My left foot, the one I kick with, it’s just 38 size but it is very powerful!

Q: On the Champions Promenade there are the foot prints of player such as Nedved, Del Piero, Zidane, Platini, Paolo Rossi and Dino Zoff. They all played for Juventus. A couple of years ago you were about to join that team, but finally you didn’t. What happened? A: Yes, it’s true. I talked with Luciano Moggi and I was about to join Juventus, but at the end Real Madrid said no and so I didn’t go.

Q: Another Brazilian player who played with you in Real Madrid left his foot print on the Promenade: Ronaldo. How did you feel when he won the Golden Foot instead of you who had won more than him in that year? A: Honestly I feel very sorry. I was let down. But anyway the winner was Ronaldo, another great player…

Q: Felipe Massa told us he played with his friend against your friend’s team in Brazil and he won. Is it true? A: Yes! And he is a good player. And I think he is a sport-man more complete than I am, because he can play football very well but I cannot drive as he does!