In those 16 matches, the Selecao scored 52 goals, 31 coming from the Ro-Ro front two. In der Qualifikation hatte Bebeto fünf der 20 brasilianischen Tore erzielt. Up until that point I'd only taken one or maybe two penalties in my life. You’ll also get exclusive access to FIFA games, contests and prizes. “No, I … Scoring in Flurries. Romario and Bebeto, in Teresopolis park, Rio de Janeiro, symbolically show the unity that would allow their team to prevail in the World Cup. So I volunteered myself, was fortunate enough that Parreira agreed, and went on to score one of the goals that helped Brazil win a title that meant so much. As it was their ninth game in 28 days, it was hardly a surprise. Towards the end, Romario pulled up, holding his hamstring. In the semi, Ronaldo and Romario both put the ball past Pavel Srnicek from close range to set up a final against Australia, who had held the Selecao to a draw a week before. We also had an excellent set of substitutes, with players who could have performed as well as or better than the starting XI. After retiring they both turned to politics and both won election and took their respective seats in 2011 -- Romario for the leftwing PSB, Bebeto for … That moment is beyond compare. When I say 'I', I mean to say that this only came about because the squad all helped each other. Romario was back. There were three assists from Rom to Ron and nine from Ron to Rom. That was an unforgettable goal when you think about it. The semi-final saw them face Peru, who had already beaten Uruguay and Argentina en route. Romario (r.) und Bebeto (l.) hatten die Sambatänzer bereits mit 2:0 in Führung geschossen, als Bergkamp und Winter noch den Ausgleich erzielten. Copyright ©1994 - 2021 FIFA. Parreira said that when he was choosing the players to take the penalties, you volunteered. "Bebeto is a great striker with a great technique and above all, a fantastic teammate. The three of us made that gesture together, which left quite an impression on that World Cup. In the meantime, Ronaldo had gone about establishing himself as the team’s first-choice striker. As I took the ball and placed it on the spot, all these thoughts were swirling around my head. FIFA.com chatted to Romario about his telepathic understanding with Bebeto, their baby-cradling celebration at the Cotton Bowl, his delight at scoring a header while enveloped by giants, suddenly volunteering to take a penalty in the Final shootout, and thrilling a downtrodden nation. Can you name the top scorer at every World Cup since 1966? What goes through a player's mind as he walks from the centre-circle to the penalty spot? The two Brazilian politicians will have a lot to do to help their bankrupt state get back on its feet. The next appointments were in April, Brazil playing decent opposition in Chile and Mexico. What was your first thought when Baggio missed his penalty? On that occasion, I was more focused than I've ever been in my life. A celebration of Romario at Barcelona: Football, flights and f*cking, Ronaldo & Batigol were the best strike partnership in history… for 45 mins, Edmundo & Romario: The brilliant strike partners who hated each other. And for those of us fond of the attacking double act, the 1990s were extremely kind. They helped me 100 per cent. But divert your glare a little further afield and there was a double-act to blow all others out of the water. At international level there was Klinsmann and Bierhoff or Bergkamp and Kluivert. It was time to prove that I was now a mature player, who was there to face up to challenges. Mazinho, who was next to him, joined him and I, being next to arrive, just had to follow suit. Since the 1990s Romário has been a footvolley enthusiast, playing with friends in various tournaments. I must have taken about 3,000 thousand photos with it, and kissed and hugged it almost as often. Romario scored five goals, while Bebeto scored three goals in the World Cup matches. In 1994, Romario played for Barcelona, Bebeto turned out for Deportivo de La Curuna. Strike partnerships distil football’s essence. Still, Romario did manage a stunner to give Selecao fans something to shout about. At what point did you become convinced that Brazil would win the World Cup? Romario broke down crying in a press conference called to discuss the decision, and two days after Brazil’s quarter-final win over Denmark, he scored for Flamengo in a Brazilian league match, proving his fitness. It was an enormous responsibility, having to kick the ball, a piece of leather, and be responsible for making a nation happy or sad. Brazil won 3-1 to take the trophy, with an obligatory Ronaldo beauty, but Romario was omitted from the squads for friendlies in August, September, October and November. Can you tell us about the reaction on the streets of Brazil on your return? Three days after playing England in Paris, Brazil kicked off their Copa America campaign in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands. Brazil's midfield was made up of players who weren't very technical, but they did their jobs extremely well and were very intelligent. Then, after Giovanni had bagged a second, O Fenomeno added two of his own. That was a unique moment for Bebeto. That's pretty unusual in football, even more so in World Cup and especially in a semi-final. Romário former footballer from Brazil Centre-Forward last club: América Football Club (RJ) * Jan 29, 1966 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I was always certain that Brazil would be champions because I was in the form of my life and I had the perfect strike partner in Bebeto. O Baixinho’s importance was highlighted in his absence. With Romario and Ronaldo together this time, there was no stopping the Selecao. Worried? What I saw were the streets of Brazil filled with ecstatic people. Yet Ronaldo and Romario, for a single calendar year in 1997, obliterated all that was put ahead of them. You had a great partnership going with Bebeto. It's a magical moment in life that will stay with us forever. In May, the pair tasted defeat for the only time, succumbing 4-2 to the might of Tore Andre Flo’s Norway. O Fenomeno made it five with another masterpiece on the hour mark, taking a long ball on his chest before lashing it in, and Romario converted a Ronaldo-won penalty to complete the rout 15 minutes from time. The 48-year-old received more than 4.5 million votes in Rio de Janeiro, the most ever in the state. He scored the goal and started doing it. It was a “crisis”; Zagallo was “stupid” and if he did not bring home the Copa, something the Selecao had never done outside Brazil before, he would be gone. Bebeto was always an extremely intelligent player. What did the squad do once they took the Trophy back to the dressing room? I think a lot depends on the moment – what competition it is, what game. Romario de Souza Faria -- better known as simply Romario -- was the wild child of the pair, known for all-night parties and a hot temper. Romario and Bebeto were once an electric strike force that prodded Brazil toward a World Cup final. Romario, the former Barcelona and PSV forward, has been elected as Senator for Rio de Janeiro Bebeto, his strike partner when Brazil won … Brazil five, Costa Rica nil. For both, Romario dropped in to be the provider, laying on two one-on-ones of the sort Ronaldo did not miss. READ: A celebration of Romario at Barcelona: Football, flights and f*cking. How did it feel to be alongside Dunga when he raised the Trophy in the air? We all did something. Versus Mexico, Ronaldo won the ball back high up and slotted through and inch-perfect pass for his partner to score. He greatly facilitated my attacking moves, which is why we always had such a great understanding. A Ronaldo brace with one Romario assist, one Romario goal set up by Ronaldo. Branco sollte … Romário de Souza Faria (* 29. But, given what happened on that evening in Paris and how great the Ro-Ro attack was the year before, Romario’s absence from that tournament remains one of Brazilian football’s great question marks. Bebeto, left, and Romario, right, shown during their playing days as Brazil teammates. Whatever 'I' may have done at that World Cup – and in my opinion, I put in the best performance of my life in that tournament– I only achieved what I did because of the strength of the squad. “Bebeto can do more,” Cameroon defender Samuel Ekeme … For me and, I imagine, for many of those taking the time to read this, few things in life are as heart-warming as a fully functional strike partnership. But at that moment in time, I felt it was my duty, since I'd already done many things for myself and the national team. Bebeto was at his peak over a … Ronaldo battered the ball past Mark Bosnich after 15 minutes and scored a superb second soon after, barging two Australians out the way before guiding the ball delicately into the corner. Once teammates, Romario and Bebeto now bitter rivals on pitch of politics. Jet lag? Bebeto replaced Romario for the next tie with Terry Venables’ Australia and Brazil failed to score. Yet Zagallo, who never hid his dislike of Romario, bizarrely accused him of faking the injury and barred him from the squad for the final. At first glance it was routine; he overstretched as he ran onto a pass. How did that come about? You had me, at just 1.68 metres tall, rising to score with a header between a clutch of Swedish players who were famous for their average height of around 1.83 or 1.84 metres. Bebeto, meanwhile, enjoyed a golden period with Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna. You got the only goal of the semi-final from a header. Sutton and Shearer, Yorke and Cole. Look to Serie A and you might have glimpsed Inzaghi and Del Piero or Crespo and Chiesa. Then Brazil’s injury crisis heightened, the racket for Romario’s recall erupted like never before, and Parreira relented not only by handing the Barcelona striker an 11th-hour call-up, but by installing him in his starting XI. Romario suffered another hamstring strain in run up to the World Cup (this time a scan confirmed it was real) and, despite his insistence that he would be fit, Zagallo left him out of the squad. Now they’re rising stars in the Brazilian political scene, having won … So we understood each other very well. I walked about 50 paces and, while I was walking, various thoughts flashed through my mind: my childhood, my parents, my friends, and the importance of winning that title for the people of Brazil. ‘Shortie’ scored twice to preserve Brazil’s proud record of being FIFA World Cup™ ever-presents. The club made headlines when former World Cup winners Romario and Zinho signed for the team. And, propelled by that debauched, hedonistic spree of goal-scoring, Brazil lifted two trophies in six months. Romario and Bebeto were both elected to parliament in elections this weekend. The partnership was restored for the opening game versus Saudi Arabia and they continued where they had left off, Romario scoring twice with the second set up by Ronaldo. Romario Faria och Bebeto. I saw happiness etched on people's faces, at least for those few moments, and that's something that will stay with me for the rest of my life. To seal victory over England in the last game, Romario beat the moustachioed, centre-parted David Seaman with a trademark toe poke after a delightful, inimitably Brazilian passing combination involving Ronaldo and Leonardo. Brazil, apparently, were not creating enough chances. Against Chile, Ronaldo ran powerfully into the channel, crossed perfectly, and O Baixinho rose above the defence to head home. The proof of this is in all the pre-tournament interviews I gave during which I always said that it would be Brazil's World Cup and that, God willing, it would also be my World Cup. We'd been playing together since the Olympics in 1988 in Seoul and had already lined up together in several other competitions. We also had a defence that didn't give away goals easily and, in my opinion, one of the best goalkeepers of all time in Taffarel. Bebeto replaced Romario for the next tie with Terry Venables’ Australia and Brazil failed to score. No bother – two games; 4-0, 4-0. The new formation is an attacking 4-2-2-2 with the squat Romario and the lithe Bebeto up front, if not up close and personal. The partnership was restored for the opening game versus Saudi Arabia and they continued where they had left off, Romario scoring twice with the second set up by Ronaldo. Brazil won their next two group games, scoring five, and their quarter-final (two goals for Ronaldo there), but for the more neurotic elements of the Brazilian media and support base, that was inexplicably not enough. Romario also took Europe by storm, scoring hundreds of goals, including many at PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona. When Brazil were working on tactics in training, Bebeto and I didn't have to participate very much. I don't know if it was Dunga or Branco who said, 'Stay here – when I get hold of the Trophy, you can grab it as well.' He showered Taffarel and Bebeto in praise. He also plays Beach soccer and represented Brazil (won the Bronze medal) at the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Romário (born 29 January 1966) is a former Brazilian football player. England won, collecting six points from their three games, but the real stars wore yellow and green. Januar 1966 in Rio de Janeiro) ist ein brasilianischer Politiker und ehemaliger Fußballspieler, der zu den bekanntesten Stürmern der Welt gehörte. Less big man-little man, more genius-phenomenon. That was the moment when we players had more responsibility than any other time in the tournament. Romario hinted that he will run for the state governor in the upcoming elections, while Bebeto has indicated that he will run as Senator. Romario had barely taken a penalty in his life before the Rose Bowl. Zagallo’s men provided the answer: Brazil seven, Peru nil. It was fleeting and, as a national team partnership that never went to a World Cup, often overlooked. sent that free kick swerving past Fabien Barthez. A hat-trick from each of their superstar front two three days before Christmas and Brazil received the gift of becoming the first country to simultaneously hold the Confederations Cup, World Cup and their continental crown. In the last group game, Brazil sealed a semi-final place, where they would face the Czech Republic, by beating Mexico for the third time in nine months, a penalty from Romario giving them the first of their three goals. “No, I won’t recall Romario,” snapped Carlos Alberto Parreira. There can never be individual glory without collective synergy. The 1994 World Cup-winning strike duo for Brazil, now both holders of elected office, have fallen on opposite sides of the roiling debate about Brazil 2014. Just a few minutes in, Ronaldo picked the ball up in the centre circle and threaded an inch-perfect ball through to his Barcelona team-mate Giovanni, who did the rest. That game was a warm-up for the Tournoi de France, in itself a warm-up for the World Cup to be held the following year. It's fantastic, it's thrilling, the feeling's incomparable! Only those who hold that Trophy, who lift it, who experience that moment, get to feel that. Bebeto has one goal and one assist, but at least one opponent thinks he is a more valuable player than Romario. There were five players in that team who were always practising and who, in theory, would be the penalty-takers. His wife had just had the baby, and it was a quite an interesting celebration. Please sign in to your FIFA.com user account below. Romario – an existing deputy in the lower house – was elected Senator for Rio de Janeiro, with a whopping 63 per cent of the vote. It was of having done my job and, more than anything, of having kept my word, since I'd promised that Brazil would be the champions. O Baixinho’s importance was highlighted in his absence. When Mark Viduka was sent off for wildly lashing out at Cafu, Australia’s tournament was done. Product ID: 2614001 / SCAN-TT-02614001. That was the result of everything we went through to show the world that we were a generation of winners. That was the achievement of a generation – our generation – which had been on the receiving end of so much hardship, scorn and criticism. After the 1994 World Cup win, Romario had spent two and a half years out of the national team picture as manager Zagallo looked to blood youngsters for 1998. Romario und Bebeto (46) sind im Wahlkampf 2010 die prominentesten Sportler, aber nicht die einzigen. How did Bebeto's unforgettable goal celebration against the Netherlands come about? Bebeto partnered Ronaldo in France and Brazil made it to the final. In a veritable splurge of international fixtures, Brazil played 26 times in the year, of which Romario and Ronaldo started 16 together. And he didn’t, despite Brazil facing nemesis Uruguay in a win-or-bust USA 1994 qualifier. The first unfortunate victims were Poland, who travelled to Goias in the west of Brazil on what one can only imagine was a debilitatingly hot summer night. Fatigue? World Cup rift. All rights reserved, propelled Brazil to a first global crown in 24 years. He invented that on the spur of the moment. Romario once referred to Bebeto as the ‘stay at home’ type, while describing himself as a ‘street cat’. But by then it was too late. Brasilien hatte 24 Jahre auf den WM-Titel gewartet und Bebeto bildete im 4-4-2 System zusammen mit Romario das brasilianische Offensivduo. Two of them came from Romario and though Ronaldo did not score, he again showed his credentials as a creator, threading a perfect ball for his partner’s second. Fuck that. This will allow you to make the most of your account with personalization. He then propelled Brazil to a first global crown in 24 years and himself to the adidas Golden Ball. Romario made it three before half-time and Ronaldo set him up for the fourth just after the break. He has played for Brazil national team.He is regarded as one of the greatest striker of all time. Two goals for Ronaldinho (as Brazil’s No.9 was known before the emergence of his buck-toothed namesake), five for Romario. That's a moment that people can't put into words. What do you remember about that? Romario was back. Under pressure? Bebeto led the Spanish first division with 29 goals in 1992-93 and Romario pumped in 30 goals during the 1993-94 season. That's why I knew we'd win that title. Their reward for their intrepidness was to be swept aside by a 20-year-old in the sweet spot of the season of his life. Romario admitted to being arrogant, selfish and egotistic, while Bebeto was a humble family man. To a downtrodden nation, that win was like a plate of food for someone who is starving. When Romario returned in February 1997, it did not take long for master and apprentice to hit it off. Roberto Carlos sent that free kick swerving past Fabien Barthez, and Romario and Ronaldo each scored magnificent goals to rescue a 3-3 draw against Italy. Each goal added weight to the case that the pair were two of the best in the world individually, but Brazil’s second against Chile and fourth against Mexico were the proof of how well they gelled. Unfortunately, owing to injuries and Zagallo’s fractured relationship with Romario, the pair that delivered that undisputed heavyweight title would only be seen together on the pitch on three further occasions. In 2006 he won the VIP Footvolley.net Open in Miami Beach, USA; and was runner-up in the 2011 Footvolley World Championship in Rio de Janeiro. Club career statistics Brazil won their fourth World Cup trophy on this day in 1994. How did that come about? Jorginho had the good fortune to pick me out perfectly, and with God's help I was able to get my head on the ball, leaving the keeper unable to react in time. Forward duos come in many shapes and sizes, but all share one key element: two players acutely aware of their reliance on one another – their coordinated movements, lay-offs and interplay – for the goals that put food in their stomachs and joy in their hearts. We trained separately, because we already knew each other so well. For the Confederations Cup, though, Zagallo’s desire to win outweighed his hatred of the partying, shit-talking, goal-scoring Valencia striker. Rio de Janeiro: As team-mates they brought home the 1994 World Cup for Brazil, but as politicians Romario and Bebeto have become bitter rivals over the hosting of this year`s tournament.

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