Kaka's signing meant the beginning of last summer, one of the most exciting stimuli Madrid new project sprang from his hand, again, Florentino Perez. The man was calm, quiet genius, the artist silent. The antithesis of Cristiano Ronaldo .
But at no time reached the level that Brazil had become accustomed to display in Milan, club he walked out the astronomical figure of 68 million. Lack of adaptation, a different location in the field of play and a string of injuries, particularly the famous pubalgia, weighing on its performance.
Reached the World Cup
The discrete time non-whites made downplayed the role the beginning with your choice, where he still considered the undisputed star. Some bad language in Spain, even explode in South Africa during the year because "he had saved."
Not so and the World Championship continued drawing a line gray and mediocre, without marking the differences to be expected. Selection coached by Dunga was eliminated in the quarterfinals to Holland and effective canarinha had been so far, was crumbling. And there were things to change.
New times
Mano Menezes was named the new coach and already from the beginning has wanted to leave 'recaditos'. And perhaps more poisoned dart go for Kaka, one of the nineteen non-invited if they were in South Africa. Only Dani Alves , Ramires, Thiago Silva and Robinho have been saved from the sieve.
Revolution in the South American country, where also missing such big names as Maicon , Julio Cesar, Luis Fabiano and Felipe Melo. But the Madrid stands above them all, thus completing his annus horribilis.