The Brazilian compared Johan Cruyff’s Dream Team to the cast led by Pep Guardiola, two of the best teams in Barcelona’s history. There, the gunner chose eight players from the Netherlands and three from the Spaniards with a sharp selection, since he opted for himself in front of the culé top scorer.
Romario de Souza Faria, or simply known as Romario, is one of the most recognized and awarded gunners in history. To his credit, he has the Olympic Games, two Americas Cups and a World Cup in 1994.
The former striker, recognized for his own quality as a Brazilian striker, also shone in front of goal . Like his compatriot Pelé, the Brazilian has scored more than a thousand goals, more precisely 1,002. However, the figure drops considerably if we talk about official matches, although he is still at the top of the goalscoring list all time. There he adds 745 targets .
The 57-year-old former footballer was a figure at Barcelona. He wore the Barça jersey for two seasons and marked an era after being part of one of the best teams in the history of the Catalan team: the Dream Team led by Johan Cruyff.
O Baixinho He has always been characterized by his irreverence, on and off the pitch. In this sense, in an interview for ESPN, he made a comparison between the team led by the Dutchman or the one that Pep Guardiola would command years later.
Prefer the Dream Team
The confrontation was won by the legendary Dream Team. Romario picked eight players from one of the castings that would dominate this century. Only Dani Alves, Iniesta and Xavi would be chosen, to the detriment of Albert Ferrer, José Mari Bakero and Guillermo Amor .
However, Andoni Zubizarreta, Ronald Koeman, Miguel Ángel Nadal, Sergi Barjuan, Pep Guardiola, Hristo Stoichkov and Txiki Begiristain defeated Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal, Sergio Busquets, David Villa and Pedro Rodríguez respectively.
The choice that attracted the most attention is the last one. Romário had no problem picking himself over Lionel Messi. “Ugh!” he remarked between laughs, hearing the wording of the question. After a few seconds, he said emphatically, “Romario, yes.”
The laughter continued and he only stopped to explain his decision:Yes, because we play in different positions. In his position he’s better for sure, in mine I’m better than him ”.
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