Brazilian Ronaldo reveals he had crazy haircut before World Cup final

BRAZILIAN Ronaldo has revealed the incredible reason why he had a bizarre haircut at the 2002 World Cup final.

In 1998 in France Ronaldo made a name for himself as he took Brazil to the final against the tournament hosts.

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However, he was infamously left out of the squad for the showpiece, Brazil lost… and he returned four years later with a peculiar haircut.

And now the legendary forward has finally relieved why he chose this strange hairdo

The Brazillian striker said: “My groin was hurting. I was only at 60 per cent. So I shaved my head. Everybody was only talking about my injury. When I arrived in training with this haircut everybody stopped talking about the injury.“

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So, the then Inter Milan forward had a good reason for his insane haircut but a look as shocking as his is still unforgivable.

But still, it was definitely worth it.

The Samba Boy was man of the match in Yokohama after scoring both goals in the 2-0 win over Rudi Voller's side.