Just How Good Was Romario?
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- The scorer of a supposed 1,000 goals, the best player at the 1994 World Cup and perhaps the most ruthless goal scorer of all time, Romario considers himself to be the second greatest footballer to have ever lived.
Here in Britain, the Brazilian legend doesn't seem to be held in quite such high regard. In this video, HITC Sevens assesses the talents and career of the former PSV and Barcelona star and examines his place among the pantheon of all time football / soccer greats.
He said before the USA World Cup
“if we (Brazil) don’t win the World Cup, blame it on me”
The only player in the World that would say " I am going to score this amount of goals." and would do it.
tulio too ;)
meu tio rubens tambem fazia isso. jogo tava 4 a zero, ele entrava e fazia 11-4. jogou no juvenil do atletico mas era muito doido. Vce disse que era o unico no mundo, nao eh, meu tio tambem fazia. em outra "liga" mas fazia.
I can do that too, If they hire me, I will score zero goals and I will not.....
Imagine him at like Man City now. He’d score 50 goals s season easily. Wouldn’t train but hey.
I remember a game where it was mid january or something and it was so damn hot. in the second half Romario moved out to the right wing because it was the only side of the pitch with shade. the ball never came to him, and the game casters were commenting on how lazy he was being, that he had to get involved, and a couple minutes later a play down the left flank, Romario jogs to the box and scores the wining goal with what seemed like his only touch on the ball all game. he left the shade to score!!! baller.
I’m Scottish and Romario for me was the greatest striker ever! Ice cold inside the box and always knew where to be! Massive fan of his and remember watching him when I was 12 at USA 94!! Pure predator on the pitch 👏🏻👏🏻
Why are you telling us your Scottish ? Wierd guy
Fucks it got to do with you ya Fuckn prick!
@@bensmith5288 Why not! Idiot!
One of the best players ever!
I'm argentinian and Romario was one of my favourite players when I was a child. He was amazing.!!
One of the best player ever for sure ...and I'm italian!
Romario played until he was 41 in the Brazilian first league, and was top goalscorer at 39. He has 1002 goals in his career
734*
That what you call underated mate.
Actually more than 1100. And more official goals than Pele and Müller. Müller has most goals in all matches.
www.rsssf.com/players/prolific.html
Unofficial goals fuck off.. next you stupid fuckers will be counting training goals... peles goals are meaningless to today's football horrible useless football
He is one of the best players off all time!
Romario played for my favourite team PSV so I know how good he was. His game against steaua bucharest was mad.
Yes and my team Nacional from Uruguay beat them in intercontinental cup in japan 1988. Romario, Koeman...
I always loved how Evert ten Napel pronounced his full name when he scored. RRRRRomario de Souza Faria!!
He was like water, you couldn't get a grip on him.
Great video, Romario definitely deserves the honour!
I would describe Romario as a raw talent, showman, streetwise, cunning, tricky, and instinctive who prefers to work smart and not hard no wonder he hated training and it's amazing what goes through his mind when he does his own thing, it's also amazing how his mind just switches back on once he's on the pitch as if he did turn up to training and still score goals at will while still knowing his craft as a forward like as if he does it in his sleep.
Romario is a mix of ronaldinho and ronaldo.
true
Greatest striker ever. No more need be said.
quite underrated
harry kane is clear
@@iamdanish99havocx79 Does Harry Kane have 700+Goals
@@henrichristophe5310 Romario played till his late 30s,Harry Kane is only 28.
@@iamdanish99havocx79 get a life kid
it's funny how some countries don't really know football, specialy in the 80's, 90's where the football where at his peak in South America. As a brazilian, i can say for sure that the only debate is who where more deadly inside the box, Romario or Ronaldo
You Brazilians are lucky to have the Ro-Ro duo in national team... Actually Romario and Ronaldo were the strikers that didn't need any playmaker.
Iure Araújo they were very different and imo the two best players of the 90s. Brasil’s 97 national team is one the 3 that I’ve enjoyed the most ever, the Ro-Ro team was pure show and class.
No-one gives a fuck about the Brazilian league though mate. It's worthless like your backward country
@@bensmith5288 God bless u son, for being this big asshole. I hope u are not capable of having kids
@@bensmith5288 you should study more
Romario was an absolute beast of a player. There were some outstanding strikers around in the 90s, and Romario was right up there.
Anyone who don’t rate Romario don’t know football. The man was absolutely world class!
At the end of his career I remember criticizing him for being "planted" at the box to score "easy" goals. The thing is, the man had an almost supernatural capability of knowing where the ball would end at... genius, nothing short of genius.
there is a lot of players that even planted lose goals!!!
He had a goal instinct and football IQ that nobody has had before or since. Some players are great due to physical qualities, but that won't make you score 15 goals at 41.
15 goals in 19 matches!
Romario at PSV was incredible , easily one of the best strikers of all time
Deluded
@@amaanalyas5272 Yes. Yes you are.
Unwanted Trashbag Nope, you’re along the lines though :)
Amaan Alyas your someone who thinks Pelé is the goat I can tell
@@amaanalyas5272 name your top 5.
Best finisher I have ever seen.
Great video! I'm brazilian and it came across as shock to me when I find out that Romário is kind of underrated in Europe (or, at least, in the UK, it various from each european country)! Here, he's unquestionably seen as one of the greatest of all time! For example: in Brazil, it's pretty popular a debate about who's better: Romário or Ronaldo. In Europe, this type of discussion is pratically non-existent, as Ronaldo played most of his carreer in front of the eyes of european public.
However, I think it's important to highlight that the technical level of Brazilian Domestic Football through the 80's and 90's was higher than now, since the exodus of players was not as large as it is today. Even though it was on the late 80's and early 90's that the financial difference between Europe and South America started to turn into a technical difference - as european clubs also did start to buy more and more players from here - it was still a gradual process. So, it's important to keep that in mind, so we don't commit anachronism. For example: I have no doubt that the domestic level of football in Brasil throughout the 80's was far superior than England's. It's not simply "nationalist bias", it's just considering the level of the teams, player and competion in the Brazilian Leagie at the time, and comparing with the rudimentary playing-style and financially broke english game at the time (even though it had great teams, such as Liverpool).
until the Bosman law the Brazilian and Argentine teams were much superior. currently more than 1,000 players leave for Europe each year.
nobody would watch premier league, or the league without foreign players.
The issue is most relatively young European football fans think the state of the game was always like it is nowadays: Europe is head and shoulders above everyone else. They still think we were always a farmers league even when our teams were thrashing big European clubs. Just a reminder that it was only in recent years when they overtook as most Intercontinental/Club World Cup winners compared to SA. And these same people still wanna call out Americans for not knowing about anything outside of their garden...
Romario is right up there with R9 and Van Basten as one of the greatest strikers of all time...I consider Romario better than Ronaldinho and Rivaldo as well.
Top strikers and you didnt mention gerd muller😏😏
Ayon Hazarika...Muller is great but not better than those 3 imo..
No Ronaldinho is much better. He is a top 10 player but romario is still great, he’s an icon for Barca
Ronaldinho10...In terms of consistency I would say Romario was better than R10...R10 was World Class for 3 years maximum..
Vachan 5 years actually....2002 to 2007 he was world class and from 2004 to 2006 he was the best player in the world by a mile
Few people know but the best season of Romário was 2000. He scored 73 goals in 72 games and made Vasco reached finals of all tournaments that the club competed and being top scorer of practically all these championships
Leonardo Louzeiro anyone that looks up wiki knows.....
He was very under rated in the Uk, definitely in my top 10 players I have ever seen. Brilliant football brain. Legend.
I noticed this as well, brits don't seem to really know who he is, also because England was not at the '94 world cup probably where he was the best player. This man is a Legend, you have no idea.
To think a player who was consider unanimously great when I was a kid is labelled underrated today... Romario was scary as hell, while Ronaldo was the better player all around, Romario was the best goalscorer, no doubt. Always able to strike the ball from whichever position and be deadly, whether he was using a polished finish like a lob or just hitting it with his big toenail because it was the fastest way to strike a ball. The most amazing thing for me was when he took powerful shots, his strikes were dry and clean, and his leg always looked like a spring after taking one.
He is the only player i have seen to master scoring goals with a simple toe poke.I don't see any one teaching that technique or using it but he made it effective.
NIDOKING well said, what’s scary is how recent it actually was, people have short memories....
Romario was artist of football better than Ronaldo.
I've seen him in Eindhoven 3 seasons and I will never forget it, his skills, his attitude, to big for PSV, I loved it, I'm very glad I've seen him live
Before Ronaldo he was the most popular soccer player from Brazil, I would never forget his performance in USA 1994 world cup
a legend here in Brasil
Romario was a goal machine. The Ro-Ro-Attack (Romario-Ronaldo) for brazil was absolutely deadly. Had he played during the world cup 98, brazil would have very likely won the trophy.
Great video! There is a 90's song here in Brazil about him with the chorus "Train for what? If I already know what to do?" The Baixinho was a folk hero and a true genius on the pitch. By the way, thank you for understanding the differences between being an idol in Europe and a legend in South America. To be the latter it requires more than skill and numbers, you must have a story to tell with your game and your attitude. Romário had it, Maradona too, but a guy like Messi lacks it. And to be honest, as a brazilian, I hope he never gets it, at least not with a white and blue shirt.
I always have said it and always will ROMARIO DI SOUZA was one of the best attacking players ever to exist the embodyment of "jogo bonito" short, stocky, skillful, aggressive and with the flair and joy when on the ball I'm glad I got to see this guy play even if it was on TV.... My childhood hero he was
Romario dominated the 94 World Cup. Almost as good as Maradona’s 86 performance. Incredible striker.
Yes I remember, Biaggio was the star player but Romario absolutely stole the show
Maradonna and Romario are the players I admire the most.
Romarìo, Rai and Bebeto. Awesome attacking threat right there
He was one of a kind his style was very unique.He might have been the most intelligent striker ever. It was such a joy to watch him. Any time he would get the ball you would watch pure aesthetic even if it were a simple pass. His eyes would be at goal at all times he wouldn't hesitate to flip the ball many times if the keeper would be ahead of goal. It was his unpredictable style and simple flawless gameplay and he always knew where the ball would be.He was a natural striker.
For me, Romário's signatura was the finishing with the tip of the foot, the "biquinho". I love seeing him playing for my club, Fluminense, during the begging of the 2000s
He may have been a selfish diva off the pitch but I've never seen a more consummate teammate on the pitch
He did not bring any baggage onto the field
His on-field chemistry and teamwork with striking partners Stoichkov, Bebeto, and Ronaldo speaks for itself
Romario is a legend. Any best player / best attacking player list should at least have this man on the short list / honorable mentions.
Underrated... Hahaha
Romário will always be the best football player I've ever seen. The best striker ever!
9:18 please make a video on Franco Baresi so people understand how serious this is
I watch him play, he was an amazing lider and a visionary of position, he had an amazing space inteligence, he could tell when, how and where the ball would fall and spin, he also could picture in his mind the field, the players and the scenario that would play in the following plays. In a simple explanation, Romario could play a chess ball game in motion.
I would like to see a video on Zico, Jean Pierre Papin, Omar Sivori, Luigi Riva, Gianni Rivera, Jose Altafini
Why Why I’m here for Papin very underrated
Can you please do one about Luis Figo? I want to know how good he really was, what kind of a player he was and just a general history if him. I ask this as most things I find about him are exclusively about the transfer to Real
If I was going to compare him to someone today, it would be probably Marhez but a level or two higher. Having said that I didn't really catch much of his Barca days
@@gavalanche5327 Mahrez?! Are you fucking joking? Figo won the FIFA world player of the year and Balon d'Or. He was much better than Mahrez. He was probably just a bar or two lower than Cristiano at his prime. He was at the same level as Robben at his best.
JudeMarchisio for me figo was even better than robben, another level again.
Figo was better than Robben. That's not a big deal. Figo won this prizes just for play in good teams. He had more skills than cr7.
Brilliant player, so so so underrated
I agree with you. Love Romario forever. Thank you for making the video.
Simply put, for me Romario is the best finisher of all time.
He had the perfect ont touch finish for every situation he finds himself in.
Apart from that chance in the 1994 world cup final!!
Kids today don't know this legend if he had put even half the work and discipline of today's players he would have played three more world cups i.e 1998, 2002 and 2006 and would have won at least one more if not all three I am yet to see a striker more lethal than he was. the reason I fell in love with football. What a legend!
Thanks For many decades I just said the same thing. Romario one of the moust underated I would even say with out a doubt he is the best striker ever Ronaldo would not have been as good as he was in th national team without this magic Romario and pure ice cold smarness on the field. Strike, strike, strike in every imposible position. My dream would on top would be Pele and Romario together. Fotboll symphony
Imagine if Romario wasn't a lazy bastard and Ronaldo didn't go through that spell of injuries. It would literally be the best frontline of all time.
And now imagine if Adriano didn't had both those 2 problems you just mentioned, still Brazil had some scary players up front.
Actually, Adriano was pretty much fine until his father died. He went into extreme depression after the loss, and tried to cope by alcohol and partying. He didn't treat his body right and started having recurring injuries.
Easy
@@saintroddy aye, he was probably the closest one to becoming the r9 succesor, such a great potential lost
Rodrigo Santos he was the player he was because he was the way he was....if he changed it would have changed his game.
7 players with the most league hat tricks possibly?
Romarioi equal to Maradonna.Brazil made the mistake of leaving him out in 98 worldcup and they really paid for it.3-0 tovFrance in the final.
Ele era brigado com o técnico da época
A torcida queria, mas o tecnico e ele não se davam bem
I can vaguely remember a story about romario training in the maracana? And he was being berated by fans, or his teammates were. I think he went into the stand and flattened one or two of the hecklers. He was a tough bastard as well as a fantastic talent.
Videos of that incident on CZcams are available
That happened in the Laranjeiras stadium, Fluminense's ground
Good? Good is a ridiculous adjective in relation to Romário! He was an incredible striker, very dynamic with a fine technique and a very precise shot! He was bsolutely brilliant! (And I'm writing that as an italian football-fan!)
As an Adelaide United fan, I will never forget seeing Romário in action for our club, only playing four games but still managing to score in the A-League. I didn't get to go to those four games, but I saw him play for Miami FC against the Reds before he (and Miami teammate Diego a few months later) joined us, and it was a privilege to watch.
a genius, the best ever inside the penalty area
That's more accurate than saying he was the best of his time.
Better than Gerd Müller?
@@poweroftheriff in my opinion yes. Not only he scored more goals but was way more Technical and with great dribbling skills
Romario was one of my greatest ever strikers.
Boxing guy you watch footie aswell hahaha I always see your comments on beats and ring iq channels
You’re an excellent football journalist.
There really isn't a player like him
aguero is a similar profile
He is one of the best ever strikers. My dad always said he was the best. Sergio Aguero used to remind me a little of Romario. They both had very similar instincts and styles
I feel that the younger generation are obsessed with stats these days. So if they didn’t watch a player regularly and there isn’t a flashy CZcams highlight reel. They’ll think you’ve lost the plot if you reckon they’re a top player
Two ideas: How good was Sandor Kocsis and/or how good was Eusebio
Do Mario Jardel - the most prolific striker of the late 90s/early 00s.
Messi surpassed Maradona in talent? Who said? Maradona was far more complete.
I agree with most of what you said. Great Video! He truly is underrated because of the choices he made. Romario chose to return to Brazil at the very top of his game, as the best in the world. He is considered to be just as good, if not better, than Ronaldo here in Brazil. He is among the top 5 I have seen and the best inside the box ever.
The man is a legend
Romario was excellent in USA ‘94. Player of the tournament.
Geniouuuuuus. Romario was a geniouuus.
He was definitely not underrated at USA 94. Him and baggio were on top of the world. Have you covered Edmondo?
You like old time players, how about the Luis Suarez that played for Barcelona in the 60s and won the Ballon d’or
Very good vídeo! I am a follower of yours now. And I totally agree with you at The end - Romário os criminally underrated
Hes in top three of all time no doubt closest thing to Maradona there has been
i said in other video i will say again , in brazil we had a parody music about Romario “treinar pra que se eu ja sei o que fazer “ / "why training if i already know what to do “, strong personality but one of the GOATs for sure
Please do more videos like this on other players, loved this one!
I would love to, Lev, but sadly no-one watches them.
Do a Video on Figo. I hear alot of English fans slagging him off because he didn't score every game.
It's because Figo was the reason England used to
Loose against Portugal. That's why😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Would have won France 98 if he attended
Was he injured, or just not selected? I can't remember.
David it’s very complicated. He was reported as injured but he always said he didn’t forgive Zagalo for not going. Apparently he though he had a chance of recovery but Zagalo didn’t agree.
@@acpliego ok, thanks. It would've been great to have seen him there, especially with the fiasco that surrounded Ronaldo at '98.
Put Romario upfront for man City just now with that service that a halland gets and he would be banging goals in every game .. he was deadly in the box technically gifted and psv were a force then Dutch football in the late 80s and early to mid 90s look at the players at were there alot ended up at AC Milan Barcelona and other big clubs.. Romario is underrated
Single handedly carried Brazil out of its football dark ages, performed better under pressure unlike neymar. We need another Romario right about nw.
Romario was one heck of a player who in my opinion is massively underated
Romario is commonly listed as the best finalization player EVER in several lists... he is not overated in any way.
rublaj they said he was underrated
Meaning that many people do not rate him highly enough
Here on England he doesn't get a mention they even think zidane was better Shocking
@@SCARAMONGER_ thats why england have only 1 world cup ;)
@@rublaj fact is romario is one of if not the best weve seen
Ronaldo told in a interview with Neymar that he always brings Romario his coffee. He would still do it if Romario would asks him. It's funny story. Ronaldo kwows how good Romario was. Quality players sees quality. In my eyes he was the best striker even he hate training. Pure talent!!
روماريو الساحر لااعتقد يأتي لاعب مثل روماريو الراقي الفنان بكرة القدم ذكائه فاق كل شيء والدليل اهدافه البهلوانيه الرائعه كم احبك ياروماريو انت مثلي الاعلى في كرة القدم
A fantastic forward!He reminded me of Gert Mueller for Germany..And at the end of the day Centre forwards are mostly judged on their end product
.And sometimes Stats can really support a argument!.And Romario's goal tally was Phenomenal..
Romario is an example of how coaches sometimes need to accommodate for players. He actually played better when he was rested and had had fun the night before, but he had huge intelligence and skill to carry him. A lot of today's players are just athletes with no skill and that is really sad for the lovers of the game. Some times the game needs to be slowed down. In the Brazil of the past, the players would have fun passing the ball and using their skills and make the other teams run like made until they break through and score. The beautiful game needs to return....
Should do a video called:
Just how good is the irish guy.
Greatest ever 94 World Cup
one of the very very best
Brazilian football legend Romario sir is one of the best world class strikers I have ever watched so far in my life ever since I was a child and he is indeed a fantastic striker to be admired with the likes of Pele sir,Ronaldo sir and Rivaldo sir!!!I wish him all the very best more in his senate and footballing career as a manager hopefully,studies and rest of his life forever and every generations that we would be born!!!:-D
Simply the best . ( And also partied before the games 😊😊)
Best striker I ever watched. Made my team (Corinthians) suffer a lot Baixinho was the man.
Whats your AVI? I see it everywhere.
Romario had everything you would want in a striker and for a small man scored plenty of goals with his head. The only problem with him was his capacity to be a troublemaker.
Is it possible for you to do a video on Just Fontaine? I'd love to watch that.
Romário was awesome.
My favorite tidbit of his was one game of his for Vasco already at the end of his career where Vasco had just conceded a goal, and Romário slowly walked towards his defenders and berated the center back for a good couple of minutes.
Baixinho era foda.
Romario is a great striker I love!
P.S.Romario was a case of raw talent.He would drive the late Sir Bobby Robson crazy at PSV Eindhoven because he would not show up for training.The man was from another planet,way above the rest.
Do if every perm club could bring one legend back who would it be
Romario alongside van Basten and R9naldo is in the top 3 centre forwards of the last 40 years... his only weakness was laziness... he had everything else.
0the fact that Cruyff told him if he scored two goals he can go to the festival and his response was an hattrick and running to the nearest travel agent to book the flights 😂😂🤣
Brasil would have won the 1998 World Cup if Romário was there. And he almost was in the 2002 World Cup too. He got injured both times but the severity of the injuries are really debatable. The problem was that he never got along with the coaches and they would jump on any opportunity to avoid drafting him for the national team. He was considered a bad lockeroom presence.
He’s a legend in Brazil, and underrated outside Brazil, maybe except Netherlands. Even in Spain he’s looks a bit underrated. Sometimes I see ppl forgetting Romario and ranking strikers like torres or Raul. Lol. Well. Not bad players, for sure, but not really on Romario level.
Pele, Maradona, phenomenon, Romario, Ronaldinho, Messi
Man is probably in the top 5 goals scored by a single player of all time
Well he likes to claim that he scored over 1000 goals( just like Pele) but that’s counting all the youth games. So if you count that then yea he’s the second most
@@aamj0050 He actually scored 929 official goals which is insane. Ofcourse one can argue he didn't play in the best competitions he is still massively underrated imo.
him and gerd müller are the best strikers ever
Genius
You always make great videos. And you wealth of knowledge is unmatched