Ronaldinho Nike Ad

Status: Undetermined (but I'm guessing fake)
image Nike has a new ad featuring Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho Gaucho. In the ad Ronaldinho puts on a pair of Nikes, juggles the ball a few times, and then kicks the ball towards the goal so that it hits the crossbar and bounces directly back to him. He does this four times in a row. And it's all shot in a single take. This has inspired a lot of discussion on the net, because it's hard to believe anyone could be skilled enough to do this. In an article posted on the BBC (in Portuguese... I read it via AltaVista Translate) Ronaldinho swears that the scene is real, although the reporters interviewing him refuse to believe him. Given that it's an ad, I would assume it's fake, since one should always assume that what you see in ads is bogus, unless it's proven otherwise.

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Posted on Mon Dec 05, 2005


Comments

this is clearly real if u can do it once wat is to stop u doing it a few times after hes awsome
Posted by matt  on  Tue Jan 09, 2007  at  05:08 AM
Ive seen that video couple times it's really hard to believe but i think that's true hes a great soccer player i love him i inspire on him and i believe he did that 4 times
Posted by Danilo (BRAZILIAN)  on  Wed Jan 10, 2007  at  07:09 AM
its great ronaldinho is the best
Posted by muk  on  Mon Mar 05, 2007  at  06:47 AM
The best all time Nike ad I've ever seen has to be this crazy Power Rangers one from Japan.
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/amazing-nike-short-film/
Posted by Jason  on  Mon May 21, 2007  at  08:36 AM
no way he gets it back like that 4X in a row and right back to him like that...maybe once...naaa not even once...be real ppl...nike is biting off the powerade commercials
Posted by mariano  on  Sun May 27, 2007  at  11:09 PM
I think the first two shots were real but after that its gotta be fake. The goalposts are round so he would have to place the shot perfectly with an exact amount of spin to get it come back that many times. I do believe a player like Ronaldinho, who is simply a wizard with a soccer ball, probably has the skill and luck to have it bounce off twice right back to him though.
Posted by Omar  on  Fri Mar 21, 2008  at  10:33 PM
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