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Ronaldo emotionally twitted!!!

Famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has twitted that Marcelo Vieira has left Real Madrid.
Marcelo Vieira is a Brazilian footballer who played for Real Madrid for 16 years. Marcelo became a close friend of the famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who played for the same team. At this point, 34 aged Marcelo left Real Madrid. Real Madrid organized a farewell ceremony for Marcelo and he is very emotionally impacted and even cried at the ceremony. He has played in 546 matches for Real Madrid.
Ronaldo has tweeted about the departure of his teammate and close friend Marcelo.
Mais do que um companheiro de equipa, um irmão que o futebol me deu. Dentro e fora dos campos, um dos maiores craques com quem tive o prazer de partilhar um balneário. Vai com tudo nessa nova aventura, Marcelo! 🙌🏽🙏🏽👊🏽 pic.twitter.com/Rjgb5R3DAd
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) June 13, 2022
In it, “Football gave me a brother, rather than a teammate. I got used to one of the biggest stars on and off the field and enjoyed sharing the same locker room. Take everything with you on this new adventure” said Ronaldo.
රොනාල්ඩෝ හැඟීම්බරව ට්වීට් කරයි!!!
ප්රසිද්ධ පාපන්දු ක්රීඩක ක්රිස්ටියානෝ රොනාල්ඩෝ ට්විටර් පණිවුඩයක් නිකුත් කරමින් කියා සිටියේ මාර්සෙලෝ වියේරා රියල් මැඩ්රිඩ් කණ්ඩායමෙන් ඉවත් වූ බවයි.
Marcelo Vieira වසර 16ක් රියල් මැඩ්රිඩ් වෙනුවෙන් ක්රීඩා කළ බ්රසීල පාපන්දු ක්රීඩකයෙකි. මාර්සෙලෝ එම කණ්ඩායමටම ක්රීඩා කළ සුප්රසිද්ධ පාපන්දු ක්රීඩක ක්රිස්ටියානෝ රොනාල්ඩෝගේ සමීප මිතුරෙකු බවට පත්විය. මේ අවස්ථාවේදී 34 හැවිරිදි මාර්සෙලෝ රියල් මැඩ්රිඩ් හැර ගියේය. රියල් මැඩ්රිඩ් විසින් මාර්සෙලෝ සඳහා සමුගැනීමේ උත්සවයක් සංවිධානය කරන ලද අතර ඔහු ඉතා චිත්තවේගීය ලෙස බලපෑමට ලක්ව ඇති අතර උත්සවයේදී පවා හැඬුවේය. ඔහු රියල් මැඩ්රිඩ් වෙනුවෙන් තරග 546කට ක්රීඩා කර ඇත.
රොනාල්ඩෝ සිය කණ්ඩායමේ සගයා සහ සමීප මිතුරෙකු වන මාර්සෙලෝගේ නික්මයාම පිළිබඳව ට්විටර් පණිවුඩයක් නිකුත් කර තිබේ.
Mais do que um companheiro de equipa, um irmão que o futebol me deu. Dentro e fora dos campos, um dos maiores craques com quem tive o prazer de partilhar um balneário. Vai com tudo nessa nova aventura, Marcelo! 🙌🏽🙏🏽👊🏽 pic.twitter.com/Rjgb5R3DAd
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) June 13, 2022
එහි, “පාපන්දුව මට කණ්ඩායමේ සගයෙකුට වඩා සහෝදරයෙක් ලබා දුන්නේය. මම පිටියේ සහ ඉන් පිටත විශාලතම තරුවකට පුරුදු වී එකම ලොකර් කාමරය බෙදා ගනිමින් සතුටක් ලැබුවා. මෙම නව වික්රමයේදී ඔබ සමඟ සියල්ල රැගෙන යන්න” රොනාල්ඩෝ පැවසීය.
ரொனால்டோ உருக்கம்!!!
ரியல் மாட்ரிட் அணியை விட்டு விலகிய மார்செலோ வியேரா குறித்து பிரபல கால்பந்து வீரர் கிறிஸ்டியானோ ரொனால்டோ உருக்கமாக பதிவிட்டுள்ளார்.
பிரேசிலை சேர்ந்த கால்பந்து வீரர் மார்செலோ வியேரா, ரியல் மாட்ரிட் கிளப் அணியில் 16 ஆண்டுகளாக விளையாடி வந்தார். அதே அணியில் விளையாடி பிரபல கால்பந்து வீரரான கிறிஸ்டியானோ ரொனால்டோவின் நெருங்கிய நண்பராக மார்செலோ மாறினார்.இந்த நிலையில் ரியல் மாட்ரிட் அணியை விட்டு 34 வயதாகும் மார்செலோ விலகுகிறார். இதற்காக வைக்கப்பட்ட பிரியாவிடை நிகழ்வில் மார்செலோ கதறி அழுதார். அவர் ரியல் மாட்ரிட் அணிக்காக 546 போட்டிகளில் விளையாடியுள்ளார்.
சக வீரரும், நெருங்கிய தோழருமாக இருந்த மார்செலோ விலகுவது குறித்து ரொனால்டோ உருக்கத்துடன் ட்வீட் செய்துள்ளார்.
Mais do que um companheiro de equipa, um irmão que o futebol me deu. Dentro e fora dos campos, um dos maiores craques com quem tive o prazer de partilhar um balneário. Vai com tudo nessa nova aventura, Marcelo! 🙌🏽🙏🏽👊🏽 pic.twitter.com/Rjgb5R3DAd
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) June 13, 2022
அதில், 'ஒரு சக வீரரை விட, கால்பந்து எனக்கு ஒரு சகோதரரை வழங்கியது. களத்திற்கு உள்ளேயும், வெளியேயும் மிகப் பெரிய நட்சத்திரமான ஒருவரிடம் பழகியதும், ஒரே லாக்கர் அறையைப் பகிர்ந்து கொள்வதிலும் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்தேன். இந்த புதிய சாகச பயணத்தில் அனைத்தையும் கொண்டு செல்லுங்கள் மார்செலோ' என தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
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#BigMatch2025 #SchoolFootball #SriLankaFootball #StaffordVsCIS #RivalryRenewed
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