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When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they werent buying a pretty face. I am _____1___, admits the Brazilian superstar. But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I ____2_____ have is charm. Indeed he has. His buck teeth1, flowing hair2, big smile, and of course his ____3____ skills are always eye-catching3 on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker scored two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelonas sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilians 10-goal contribution, ____4____ looked like a poor season could now end a success. Ronaldinhofull name Ronaldo De Assis Moreirais one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before_____5____ them off4 on the world stage. Great things were ____6____ when Gremio signed, 署名～, 签署)him as a seven-year-old5, and he soon became friends with Ronaldo, who was then the other young star of Brazilian football. It was Ronaldo who first called him Ronaldinho, which _____7____ Little Ronaldo, and the name stuck. He first _____8_____ for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real worth, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazils quarter-final victory ____9____ England. I have never failed to deliver in big matches, Ronaldinho says. My game is based on _____10_____. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is instinct that gives out the orders. | 
