Born in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro, to an
impoverished mother and an alcoholic father, Ronaldo Luiz De Lima
overcame his humble beginnings to become one of the greatest footballers
the world has ever known. Here, Clarkson uncovers the truth about
Ronaldo's life: his modest childhood in the deadly, drug ravaged slums
of Rio, where he witnessed friends murdered; his shame and
disappointment at the 1998 World Cup in Paris, where he was brought to
his knees in front of a world-wide audience of two billion; and his
glorious moment of triumph as he overcame all his past troubles to win
the 2002 World Cup for Brazil.