The former Real Madrid player also said that the drinking problem had to be discussed with his family, who had to file a banning process.
The former player of Real Madrid, cicinho talked more about the drinking problem that started at age 13. His story is being portrayed in the sixth and final episode of the series “Ressaca”, produced by “EPTV”, affiliate “TV Globo”, and which talks about the social and human effects of alcoholism on the lives of those who consume it.
Having been without drinking for almost ten years, Cicinho, who has a successful track record in the Sao Pauloin addition to a World Cup for the national team, revealed that because of this condition, he already trained drunk at the Real Madrid. He stayed there between 2006 and 2007, and was able to play alongside the “Galáticos” Ronaldo, Zidane, Beckham, Fig and Roberto Carlos.
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“If you ask me if I’ve ever been to training drunk at Real: yes. And I drank coffee to take the breath off, bathe in perfume. Speaking of my profession, as a former professional football athlete, it was easy, I didn’t need money to get (drink). People were happy to give you in restaurants, everything”, revealed Cicinho.
“When I was 13 years old, when I tasted alcohol for the first time, I never stopped. I lived in the countryside, in Pradópolis, near Ribeirão Preto, and on weekends we gathered friends and used to go out in the squares, There was a little bar nearby, because I was a minor, I tried to hide it, I asked whoever was older to buy it and I kept drinking hidden from my parents, the police”, said the former player recalling his drinking problem.
Revealed in 1999 by the Botafogo-SPCicinho already had a passage through Atlético-MG before becoming an idol at São Paulo, where he won the Libertadores and the World Cup in 2005. He went to Real Madrid shortly after the pinnacle of success, and was in the squad of Brazilian Team during the World Cup in Germany in 2006.
Despite living what many players dream of all their lives, he literally went from top to bottom. Everything changed after he suffered a second, more serious, knee injury, tearing ligaments. At that moment, he admitted that he had given in to addiction, in a part of his career when he was wearing the shirt of the Pomegranate.
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“I started drinking after training. I did the physiotherapy work, I came home around 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm and only stopped drinking at 4:00 am (in the morning). I fell into disrepute”, told before revealing that his family had to file a ban.
“My father and sister took care of my assets, and they tried to file a request for intervention of my assets. I couldn’t manage what I had. Alcohol puts you around people who like that lifestyle, and the people who truly love you are excluded, because when they put you against the wall, saying that your life is not good, you don’t want to listen”, completed.
Source: sportbuzz
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