Ronaldinho's Brazil Copa América Criticism Part Of Ad Campaign

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Brazil legend Ronaldinho said his criticisms of this year's Copa América squad were in fact a collection of posts made from fans on social media that he reproduced as part of an advertising campaign for a deodorant brand.

Ronaldinho had earlier posted on Instagram that there is a "lack of love for the shirt" among the team, sparking a defence of the squad by current international Raphinha .

However, hours later, Ronaldinho said those words were not his and he was trying to engineer support for the current side.

"I would never abandon supporting Brazil," he wrote on his Instagram account . "These words of abandonment of mine, in fact, were reproductions of real posts from fans on social media. Imagine hearing these reviews before playing? It's not possible, motivation goes down.

"The support of the fans makes a huge difference for the players and what they need is support at this time," he continued before adding a promotion for a deodorant brand.

"It's difficult to find energy to watch the games," he wrote. "This is maybe one of the worst teams in recent years, it has no respectable leaders, just average players for the most part.

"I've been following football since I was a kid, long before I thought about becoming a player, and I've never seen a situation as bad as this. There's a lack of love for the shirt, a lack of determination and most importantly [a lack of] football.

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