Romario’s 10 best moments in Barcelona

Romario de Souza Faria and FC Barcelona are the stars of a documentary aired by Movistar to remember the Brazilian goalscorer’s short but intense time in the Spanish League. Plus+ reportwith testimonials from Jorge Valdano, Michael Laudrup, ronald koeman either Claudio Ranieridescribed in ‘Romario in Spain. Unmanageable’ how is the presence of one of the best center forwards in history in the championship, so it also discusses his short-lived but less successful football legacy in Valencia CF. This Thursday 23, starting at 10:00 pm, #Vamos por M+ (dial 8) will broadcast this new installment of Informe Plus+.

Arriving at the Camp Nou in the summer of 1993 from PSV Eindhoven, where he unexpectedly spent five seasons, Romario only remained a Barça player for one and a half, but his mark in the memory of the fans of football cannot be removed, not only because of the number of his goals, but for their beauty. Jorge Valdano said of him that he was “a cartoon footballer”. As a culé, he played 66 official matches and scored 39 goals, although his season was his presentation, the 1993-94 academic year, when he promised 30 goals in the League and scored 30 goals, the last of them to tie the League. on a last day heart attack, well remembered because of the last minute Miroslav Djukic He would have given Deportivo the title if he had converted a penalty against Valencia. In the summer of 1994, Romario He led Brazil in the United States to the fourth of his five World Cups, but dragged out the celebration so long that he took a month off. Even the technician culé Johan Cruyff the punishment was lifted immediately, it was never the same and in the middle of the 1994-95 season, he was transferred to flamenco. But the magic of Romario It is such that he is not only remembered by Barça fans, but also by anyone who enjoys his unique technique as a spectator. MD collect 10 unforgettable moments of his genius as a Barça player.

The Performance Commitment

“I will score 30 goals”

Romario was the surprise signing of a Barça that won three leagues in a row. The Barça club paid 450 million pesetas (more than two and a half million euros) to PSV and signed for three seasons, with another optional, as culé. It was presented on Saturday, July 17, 1993, and president Josep Lluís Núñez confessed that he was impressed when he saw a video of his goals in the Netherlands. Asked about the goals he wanted to score in his first season, Romario was very precise: “30”.
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DEBUT BEFORE THE ROYAL SOCIETY

The ‘hat trick’ anthology will be released

After a preseason in which he scored 14 goals in friendlies, Romario starred in an impressive debut in the Spanish League. Barça hosted Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou and Romario scored three fine goals, all three from a Pep Guardiola pass. One of them comes in a vaseline ‘like nothing’, the sign of this artillery which is capable of making the most complicated fancy things as if it were the easiest thing in the world.

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MAY LAUDRUP

a magical society

When two ball artists come together, it’s normal to see true wonders on the pitch. Romario joined Barcelona in Michael Laudrup’s final season at the Camp Nou. Before the Dane signed for Real Madrid, between them they signed moves to remember one that even ended up being applauded by rival fans. It was at El Sadar, when a chopped pass from Laudrup to Romario was converted into a great goal by the Brazilian with another chip on the rojillo goalkeeper.

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GOOD UNTIL NO HANDS ON THE BALL

The ‘no pass’ in the return against Dinamo

Evidence that the statistical fever that exists in current football can lead to a mistake is what Romario did in what, for many, was the best game for Barça of the ‘Dream Team’: the 4- 1 win against Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League 1993-94. The Barça team had to overcome a 3-1 defeat in Ukraine and the Camp Nou witnessed a symphony of football in which Romario, strangely, did not score, as the goals came from Bakero (2), Koeman and Laudrup . The one from the Dane, certainly, came after a fake back-heel pass from the Brazilian who, without intending to touch the ball, completely deceived the defender to leave Laudrup alone.

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THREE TO MADRID DE BUYO AT 5-0

The ‘cow’s tail’ in Alkorta

Among his usual ‘hat tricks’ at Barça, the most memorable was the one that contributed to Real Madrid’s 5-0 defeat at Camp Nou on January 8, 1994. It was a late gift from the kings for the Catalans, with the Brazilian Showcased from his catalog of ‘cow tail’ delicacies that no soccer fan can forget, especially Rafa Alkorta, who could not answer that heady beat without rotting. It was the first of five goals that Paco Buyo scored that night.

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HE PUT BARÇA 0-3 AND FINISHED 4-3

Trio at Atlético despite defeat

Romario’s genius suffered greatly from Atlético, who nevertheless knew how to rebuild on a memorable occasion. On Saturday, October 30, 1993, Romario responded to the challenge launched by coach Johan Cruyff the previous day, when he said that Vicente Calderón’s was “a match for the ‘sacred cows'”. In total, 0-3 at the break thanks to a hat-trick from a superb Romario, again with hats, this time against defenses like Solozábal. The leader, however, ended up throwing away such an important advantage and goals from Kosecki (2), Pedro and Caminero turned the score: 4-3.

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5-3 IN ATHLETICS

Three more from Romario, the most lost

Those who saw that match at the Camp Nou on March 12, 1994, which corresponded to the 28th matchday of the 1993-94 League, agree that they had never seen such a passionate Romario on the pitch. With their usual magic but with adrenaline competing with one that their team-mate Hristo Stoichkov has always squandered, both Atlético de Madrid and Andujar Oliver’s refereeing were overcome to win that game with three goals from the Brazilian and two from Bulgarian. who sterilized Pedro, Manolo and Caminero for mattresses. Romario had a legal purpose that was not allowed and, within a minute, he cloned him. Of the flag.

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VERIFY THEM AND TITLE

Goal for the League

Barça won the 1993-94 League on the last day in an epic finale, remembered above all for that Djukic penalty in the last minute against Deportivo-Valencia at the Riazor that could have given the Coruña team the title. Barça had to beat Sevilla at the Camp Nou and wait for Depor to stumble. The Cruyffs kept their part of the deal and so did Romario. A good Sevilla, who got the advantage with goals from Simeone and Suker, bowed against Barça, who closed the account with a great goal from ‘O Baixinho’, the 30th of their series of league. What is promised is debt.

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and best player

World Champion in the United States

Romario was proclaimed Pichichi of the League and the following summer, world champion with Brazil in the United States. He was the great star of the ‘verdeamarela’ and FIFA introduced him to the FIFA World Player in 1994. Success went to his head, he unilaterally took a month off and Cruyff, in a strange decision for his usual method, He lifted his punishment soon. Romario was never the same again, except for a few occasions, and in the middle of the season he asked to return to Brazil to play for Flamengo.

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THE LAST DANCE

Exhibition with Stoichkov against Man United

The farewell half-season at Barça has nothing to do with the first full season as a Barça player. Disconnected from the reality of the team, however, he still had time to sign a monumental performance in the 1994-95 Champions League, at the Camp Nou, against Manchester United. That match in November 1994, a brace from Stoichkov, a goal from Ferrer and another from Romario was the Dream Team’s swan song and the prelude to the bad culé epilogue of ‘O Baixinho’, where, however, almost 30 years have passed. , is essentially recalled s collection of works of art.