This Saturday, Romário postponed his return to professional football at the age of 58 after watching from the bench his América de Rio de Janeiro team’s 2-0 victory over Petrópolis at the start of the second division of the Rio de Janeiro Championship.
Expectations are high about the possible return of the world champion with Brazil to the United States in 1994 and current senator, who was not satisfied with even one minute of playing in the grass of Giulite Coutinho stadium, outside of Rio.
From the warm-up to the bench
Romário warmed up with the rest of his teammates before the initial whistle and sat on the reserve bench wearing shorts and a green dungaree over his uniform.
The legendary attacker celebrated two goals of América, the club he leads, like one more and he said goodbye giving the fans a round of applause and making a heart with his hands.
In a press conference before the match, the former player of PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona and Valencia, among others, said that he expected to play the last “fifteen or twenty minutes” of the match, but the score was very close until the end. .
His son played
The Brazilian star is not an alternative to any of the five changes made by the coach, which He brought Romario’s son, Romarinho, to the final stage.with whom legend dreams of playing side by side.
The first objective is the work of Say it, in the 16th minute from there, the rivalry was even and until the 70th minute Andrew He sealed the score with a cross shot.
André, a forward who in the past shared a dressing room with Neymar at Santos, provided the assist for the first and scored the second, which he celebrated with a race to the bank to embrace Romário in a hug.
The next time
‘O Baixinho’ will have a new chance next Sunday against Cabofriense at the Luso-Brasileiro stadium in Rio. His main goal is to meet his son on the field at least once.
Romário hung up his boots in 2009, certainly playing for América, a lowly club from Rio that played 19 seasons in the first division, but now does not compete in any league at national level.
A year after his retirement as a footballer, Romário started his political career, he was elected federal deputy for the state of Rio de Janeiro and since 2014 he has held a seat in the Senate.
Source: La Verdad
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