Subscribe to the channel and enjoy additional services from here // / @tachkilat Welcome to documentary No. 24 on the Football Formation Channel and let me tell you the life story of the El Paisino, as he is called in Brazil, full of events and excitement, Romario. Exceptionally, in this episode we will not care about the chronological order of events simply because Romario changed the teams he played in 17 times, but we will focus on the people of the events and the dates that are important in the career of the Brazilian player, starting of course with Romario’s upbringing, who like most Brazilian players came from a poor family and grew up in the second largest popular neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. Football was the greatest pleasure in the life of the young Brazilian, but most importantly, it was his only escape from the poor life he lived in childhood, and fortunately for him, football was undoubtedly his greatest passion. In 1988, the Brazilian national team reached the final of the Olympic Games thanks to a brace from Bebeto and especially Romario, the talent of Vasco da Gama. Despite the defeat in the final against the Soviet Union, the short striker finished the competition as the top scorer with 7 goals. His performance in the Brazilian league caught the attention of some scouts, especially since it was a time when the Latins were shining exceptionally in Europe, and PSV Eindhoven was the team most determined to sign the Brazilian... a team at the peak of its success after winning the Champions League in the previous weeks... the Brazilian lands in the old continent to begin destroying the Dutch league. The Brazilian played 148 games for PSV, scoring 128 goals in all competitions. Absolute dominance, as Romario won the Dutch league’s top scorer award on 3 occasions and the Champions League’s top scorer award twice. PSV exploited the skills of this exceptional player who does whatever he wants to defenders and is always in the right place and time to score. Romario enjoyed great success in the Dutch league and enjoyed his time in the city of Eindhoven, but Eindhoven is not Barcelona. Romario received an offer of 8 million euros from the Catalan club and the Brazilian immediately accepted the offer and joined the dream team created by Johan Cruyff. Without much introduction, Romario was a beast from his first season and ended the season as the league’s top scorer, with 30 goals in 33 games. At that time, Romario was one of the best strikers in the world and was enjoying his time in the Barça attack with the Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov... The Catalan club even played with this powerful attack in the Champions League final in 1994 against Milan and suffered the biggest defeat in the history of the Champions League with a score of 4 goals to zero... The 1995 season The Catalan team started the season strongly and was a candidate to win all the titles, but Romario surprised everyone and decided to leave Barcelona and return to Brazil to sign with Flamengo in January. Romario had many reasons for making this decision, but these reasons are what made him the least famous among the legends of Brazilian football. Romario loved football, that is certain, but he loved his life in Brazil more. The Copa Cabana parties, friends, beaches and girls were more important to Romario than Barcelona and all of Europe, and this explains why Romario gave up Barcelona and the award for the best player in the world, which was one step away from him, so much so that Johan Cruyff, his coach at Barcelona, ​​said that he agreed with him. Romario before important matches and he would tell him if he scored two goals in the match he would have a license to go to Brazil and celebrate, but the most important thing is that Romario always implemented the details of the agreement. This was not the only reason that made the Brazilian leave Europe, but its strict rules were part of his decision. Romario was a nervous player and for example he was punished by the Spanish League with a 5-round suspension after assaulting Diego Simeone. In Brazil he was always a source of trouble and he did not mind practicing taekwondo sometimes on the field. This side of Romario’s personality also makes us understand how a player like him could leave Europe without leaving a big mark. In 1994, there was one of the most important events in Romario’s career. Write the United States 1994 World Cup 1994 was organized for the first time in history in the United States of America. The Brazilian national team had not won the title for 24 years, a very long period for a country that breathes football, despite winning the Copa America in 1989, in which Romario contributed three goals in the last three matches after being part of the victory in the Copa America. Romario was the foundation on which the Brazilian squad was built in the World Cup, and this is what made him end the competition at the top of the ranking of the best players. Romario scored in all the group stage matches and also scored in the quarter and semi-finals. The Barcelona striker carried Brazil in that competition on his shoulders, and the Simba team was crowned for the fourth time in the World Cup, and Dunga finally lifted the cup after a historic final against Italy. The 4/4/2 plan that Carlos Alberto relied on was led by the most famous attacking duo in the history of the World Cup, Bebeto from Deportivo La Coruna and Romario from Barcelona. The irony is that Romario did not participate in the last A preparatory camp before Brazil traveled to the World Cup because he chose at that time to play beach soccer in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian community did not say anything because Romario was the most important, with or without training. Romario was the best player in the World Cup, the top scorer in the Spanish league and the runner-up in the European Championship, but this did not allow him to win the Golden Ball award because starting in 1995, France Football magazine began giving the award to non-European players and the Liberian George Weah won it. As we said a while ago, Romario returned to Brazil, specifically to Flamengo, and the reception he received makes us understand the reason for his return to his hometown...