Using Ronaldinho’s emojis to react to his dominant futsal performance

Ronaldinho’s legendary soccer career appears to be over, but now he’s dominating in futsal.

Dan Gartland | Jul 19, 2016

Using Ronaldinho’s emojis to react to his dominant futsal performance /

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Ronaldinho’s legendary soccer career appears to be over, but now he’s dominating a different variation on the sport.

The Brazilian icon made his debut on Sunday in India’s Premier Futsal League and scored five goals in the five-on-five indoor game.

“You have to think faster,” Ronaldinho told SI.com. “It’s a different kind of game.”

Futsal isn’t the only new venture Ronaldinho is getting into; he’s also launching an app. The Emojinho app was released on Tuesday and, as you can probably guess from the name, features customized Ronaldinho emojis. That means we can use Ronaldinho to react to each of Ronaldinho’s goals.

No big deal

I do this in my sleep

It’s embarrassing how good I am

The goalie really couldn’t stop that?

Fine, this I’ll celebrate

If you were wondering, Ronaldinho says the “hang loose” emoji is his favorite.

Published Jul 19, 2016

DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).