Betfair’s new ‘Game Day’ program debuted last Sunday, the 15th, and was attended by one of the most renowned players in football history, Ronaldo ‘Phenomenon’, three-time best player in the world and two-time World Cup champion. of the World with the Brazilian team.
The former player gave his opinion on the issues of the Brasileirão round in the new program directed and created by Tiago Leifert and Betfair in partnership with Ogilvy, in addition to being presented by Cássio Barco, Bibi Molina, Thomaz Freitas and Edu Semblano.
The new program arrives with an innovative vision, seeking to bring a lot of content about football every Sunday. With a complete program and important discussions, the ‘Game Day’ will make life a lot easier for the Brazilian sports bettor and in a more practical and fun way for the public.
Ronaldo began his participation by congratulating the team on the project: “It is a pleasure to be here with you, very good luck to all, it is a new story that you will write in this new way of watching football, I am here to help you in whatever you need “.
One of the differences of the program is to bring information from football experts, with the presence of performance analyst Thomaz Freitas, with experience at the College of the USA and academic background in the area of sports that will help the spectator to complement his bets.
The new phase of the phenomenon in Brazilian football
Ronaldo, now responsible for Cruzeiro, commented on the importance of this area in the evolution of football: “Performance analysis is very important in today’s football and clubs are increasingly investing in new programs and technologies with more data that can help improve the performance”.
In addition, the Phenomenon also gave an opinion on the game of the Brasileirão round analyzed by the premiere program, the match between São Paulo and Cuiabá, echoing the controversy surrounding the dismissal of the Cuiabá coach, the day before the match.
“I never liked the philosophy of sending the coach away after a bad start to the championship, I think the coach should take his time to create his paths, having synchronization between the players, the tactics, I would not make this decision”, commented Ronaldo.
The former player ended his participation in Betfair’s Match Day commenting on the way he seeks to encourage athletes, thinking about improving their performance: “I try to be very close to my athletes, motivating, clearing doubts, giving morale, not only as a manager but I think my past as a player, I think that motivates a lot”.
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The company, founded in London in 2000, pioneered the provision of peer-to-peer (Betfair Exchange) betting in the betting industry and manages a full suite of sports betting, entertainment events and online gaming products for over 4 million of customers worldwide, available to over 18s.
