Just How Good Was Romario?

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.

[@marioochoa1433]

He said before the USA World Cup “if we (Brazil) don’t win the World Cup, blame it on me”

[@dj2lambrini]

The only player in the World that would say " I am going to score this amount of goals." and would do it.

[@rublaj]

tulio too ;)

[@rondonalves2897]

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.

[@Tbonyandsteak]

I can do that too, If they hire me, I will score zero goals and I will not.....

[@patinho5589]

Imagine him at like Man City now. He’d score 50 goals s season easily. Wouldn’t train but hey.

[@diegoackley5054]

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.

[@danielhenderson6471]

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 👏🏻👏🏻

[@bensmith5288]

Why are you telling us your Scottish ? Wierd guy

[@danielhenderson6471]

Fucks it got to do with you ya Fuckn prick!

[@urbanjunglegroove1238]

@@bensmith5288 Why not! Idiot!

[@urbanjunglegroove1238]

One of the best players ever!

[@harrykarper4184]

Romario played for my favourite team PSV so I know how good he was. His game against steaua bucharest was mad.

[@timbon8174]

Yes and my team Nacional from Uruguay beat them in intercontinental cup in japan 1988. Romario, Koeman...

[@66BranDo]

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!

[@bramiwami]

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.

[@rublaj]

there is a lot of players that even planted lose goals!!!

[@jdamvp_821]

Romario at PSV was incredible , easily one of the best strikers of all time

[@amaanalyas5272]

Deluded

[@CookieGal-]

@@amaanalyas5272 Yes. Yes you are.

[@amaanalyas5272]

Unwanted Trashbag Nope, you’re along the lines though :)

[@jdamvp_821]

Amaan Alyas your someone who thinks Pelé is the goat I can tell

[@dinitis]

@@amaanalyas5272 name your top 5.

[@gonzojones8422]

Anyone who don’t rate Romario don’t know football. The man was absolutely world class!

[@gabrielmeireles8851]

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).

[@Rander42]

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.

[@brushark9090]

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...

[@leoself9858]

He was very under rated in the Uk, definitely in my top 10 players I have ever seen. Brilliant football brain. Legend.

[@vb2388]

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.

[@ayonhazarika77]

Top strikers and you didnt mention gerd muller😏😏

[@vb2388]

Ayon Hazarika...Muller is great but not better than those 3 imo..

[@user-ui7ph7vo9e]

No Ronaldinho is much better. He is a top 10 player but romario is still great, he’s an icon for Barca

[@vb2388]

Ronaldinho10...In terms of consistency I would say Romario was better than R10...R10 was World Class for 3 years maximum..

[@user-ui7ph7vo9e]

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

[@NIDOKING]

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.

[@oz9680]

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.

[@bygoneera9521]

NIDOKING well said, what’s scary is how recent it actually was, people have short memories....

[@lilbahadurchetri4361]

Romario was artist of football better than Ronaldo.

[@leonardolouzeiro3681]

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

[@bygoneera9521]

Leonardo Louzeiro anyone that looks up wiki knows.....

[@djokovictricolor2743]

Romario played until he was 41 in the Brazilian first league, and was top goalscorer at 39. He has 1002 goals in his career

[@GamingKide]

734*

[@kendyjapri7869]

That what you call underated mate.

[@handymccoaster3759]

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

[@abcdefg3214]

Unofficial goals fuck off.. next you stupid fuckers will be counting training goals... peles goals are meaningless to today's football horrible useless football

[@urbanjunglegroove1238]

He is one of the best players off all time!

[@edgarz.gervacio5401]

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

[@felipetieppo4195]

a legend here in Brasil

[@kaf.ka5]

Romarìo, Rai and Bebeto. Awesome attacking threat right there

[@rabbitman7861]

Maradonna and Romario are the players I admire the most.

[@cterjesen]

Romario is a legend. Any best player / best attacking player list should at least have this man on the short list / honorable mentions.

[@arifsevimli4324]

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.

[@whywhy6055]

I would like to see a video on Zico, Jean Pierre Papin, Omar Sivori, Luigi Riva, Gianni Rivera, Jose Altafini

[@willardmatsaudza3101]

Why Why I’m here for Papin very underrated

[@geisonmunhoz]

Underrated... Hahaha Romário will always be the best football player I've ever seen. The best striker ever!

[@xanthopsized]

I agree with you. Love Romario forever. Thank you for making the video.

[@dosecacius6704]

7 players with the most league hat tricks possibly?

[@oz9680]

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.

[@chaopauludo7821]

Ele era brigado com o técnico da época A torcida queria, mas o tecnico e ele não se davam bem

[@TheOriginalStix]

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.

[@brettdagooner6663]

Brilliant player, so so so underrated

[@Nika-ce3iz]

There really isn't a player like him

[@ymcomps9580]

aguero is a similar profile

[@evilestmanlp]

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.

[@patinho5589]

Apart from that chance in the 1994 world cup final!!

[@urbanjunglegroove1238]

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!)

[@MarianoFreyreX]

Geniouuuuuus. Romario was a geniouuus.

[@TVGabo1985]

Very good vídeo! I am a follower of yours now. And I totally agree with you at The end - Romário os criminally underrated

[@D1Snr]

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

[@Tom-eq7eh]

Do a Video on Figo. I hear alot of English fans slagging him off because he didn't score every game.

[@dj2lambrini]

It's because Figo was the reason England used to Loose against Portugal. That's why😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fernandoroza6061]

Simply the best . ( And also partied before the games 😊😊)

[@simoncaton1226]

7 players that are younger than you think they are Or 7 players that are older than you think they are

[@alexandersingh9135]

Lingard😂

[@saintroddy]

I always thought Scott Carson was in his late thirties. He's only 34 and could be starting elsewhere.

[@user-iz3gx8uy6w]

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

[@acpliego]

Would have won France 98 if he attended

[@David-cm4ok]

Was he injured, or just not selected? I can't remember.

[@acpliego]

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.

[@David-cm4ok]

@@acpliego ok, thanks. It would've been great to have seen him there, especially with the fiasco that surrounded Ronaldo at '98.

[@manchesterisblue1023]

one of the very very best

[@lamveritab4162]

You always make great videos. And you wealth of knowledge is unmatched

[@rublaj]

Romario is commonly listed as the best finalization player EVER in several lists... he is not overated in any way.

[@patinho5589]

rublaj they said he was underrated Meaning that many people do not rate him highly enough

[@SCARAMONGER_]

Here on England he doesn't get a mention they even think zidane was better Shocking

[@rublaj]

@@SCARAMONGER_ thats why england have only 1 world cup ;)

[@SCARAMONGER_]

@@rublaj fact is romario is one of if not the best weve seen

[@ianhadders4873]

Romario was one heck of a player who in my opinion is massively underated

[@andremello4157]

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....

[@mynthon0]

Well... Looking at the views after 24 hours, it seems he is very underrated indeed. :)

[@nightrain9288]

Rivaldo should get one of those videos too. One of the best players I've ever seen, yet rarely mentioned today

[@stretch0131]

If he never cheated @ the 2002 WC he would have been held in higher regard, he will be remembered for that more than his ability

[@nightrain9288]

@@stretch0131 i think outside of turkey that's not the reason.

[@Ugu09]

Let's just hope his work as politician doesn't affect his reputation as a footballer

[@JJRamos14]

Ive seen highlights of him versus Baresi and Maldini. He was a beast The penalty box was his playground.

[@cellyszn20]

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 😂😂🤣

[@celiosantosjr8334]

The guy! The best ! Also know as “baixinho” .

[@cariocabassa]

O Baixinho é o cara!!!🙌

[@EternalMelody]

Just how talented was he that he was a world beater without training much... boggles the mind

[@patrickwellington4214]

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.

[@jasoncorr4619]

Please do one on Henrik Larson

[@harrydifelice7693]

Should do a video called: Just how good is the irish guy.

[@sahmed3044]

7 most underrated players of all time

[@nadarajantinagaran757]

Tomorrow is much better then today soccer ⚽ players...he is for better or amazing then today superstars like Ron 7 or messi..in my opinion and a lot others too !!

[@charlieparker7159]

Best striker ever. Hands down

[@gmain1977]

Romario was deadly , he was best striker of the 90s

[@rebecalinares5393]

de la historia. El mejor delantero de todos los tiempos.

[@cellyszn20]

Yayyy y a documentary

[@adambennett351]

Top five televised strikers of all time (no order): Romario, Van Basten, Eusebio, R9, Muller. If it was non- televised then i'd probably have Puskas above Muller.

[@kcapo89]

No henry he could do it all

[@adambennett351]

@@kcapo89 so could everyone i listed..

[@kcapo89]

@@adambennett351 to an extent henry was much better at shooting from distance passing ans free kicks compared to romario

[@patrickjackman8688]

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.

[@calebmufcthompson]

Nobody Not a soul Romario- "is 4 goals enough or do you want more?"

[@steven76amsterdam13]

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!!

[@imranahmed1542]

My favourite striker was RRRRomario

[@dsanchez9703]

To me he had game but most of the time he was really good when his team had an advantage over the other! Can you do on roberto Baggio

[@craigmillington837]

Dude dont make me come for u!...what u know about this great?......u think its your now a days hype zones!...easily goes down and over paid!..after the 90s u dont have many great players around!...so whatch what u say yo

[@dsanchez9703]

@@craigmillington837 I'm saying is yea he had game but to me most of the time he showed up against weak teams! In the world Cup Final against Italy he had like 2 or 3 really good chances and he missed them cause da pressure was really high. In da 1994 champions league he was in his prime and Barcelona had da Dream team and he did not score and lost 4-0. To me da Brazilian dat has impressed me da most is Rivaldo so far

[@patrickwellington4214]

55 goals in 70appearances for Brazil ,that is a strike rate of 78.5% and he carried Brazil to victory after 24years in the wilderness. The man scored every kind of goal,chipping the goalkeeper from 25 yards on the run,lobbing the goalkeeper from distance,beating the keeper at his near post.Dragging the ball with outside of his boot and then stabbing the ball into the net with the tip of his boot.He had a change of direction and a change of speed,which simply threw defenders off balance.Today,players play far more international games than before.Messi,Cristiano Ronaldo,Neymar and all these big names do not have that kind of average.You should look at a video of Romario scoring with freekicks,the same way he took a penalty he took a freekick.I doubt that there is any footballer who played with more self cofidence.Romario was a player at a different level,the irony is that he was notoriously lazy when it came to training.On the eve of the 1998 World Cup the great Tostao writing in a Brazilian sports magazine said that Romario could have played on the 1970 squad.What more is there to say? Romario is definitely, one of the greatest strikers in the history of the game.

[@mirospajic9929]

If he played more, he could score 100 goals easily! Also, he could compete at 86,90,94,98,02 WC! But most of that tournament, he was snubbed by coaches!

[@brunomorais26bm]

Romário in Flamengo it was amazing

[@paddypowerhughes]

The only Brazilian who has the clinical finishing of a Dutchman

[@dantay1113]

Gary Walsh played in goal in the return game in 1994 not schmeichel

[@egill817]

Do a video about Eidur Gudjhonsen

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

Please do a video about Luis Aragones

[@eleanorrigby9826]

I watched Romario and Cristiano. Cristiano have so much visibility, but Romario was so much better.

[@rebecalinares5393]

exactly. They had the corporate globalist media with them, also Ronaldo Nazario with NIKE. Romario had nobody with him, except his talent, his genius and the love of the people. Romario the best striker ever.

[@ekitiemmanuel4381]

The title should read: " How GREAT was Romario."

[@sebastiansanchez3248]

He is not underrated just a pain in the ass to work with.

[@josevanderlinde2404]

Some find him even better than Pelé

[@bygoneera9521]

Jose van der Linde said nobody ever.....he is one of the best, but nobody ever claimed that. Ever.

[@josevanderlinde2404]

Dogg Tanion Tnx for your opinion. I have listened to many comments in dutch, spanish and english, during football talk programs and many that saw both play, gave that opinion. Pelé could only dream to do with the ball, what Romario did.

[@paulmartin9070]

@@josevanderlinde2404 That's got to be must stupid thing someone said about Romario.

[@josevanderlinde2404]

Paul Martin Well, those were experts that saw both play the game. Who am I to contradict them.

[@paulmartin9070]

@@josevanderlinde2404 Experts my ass. If they said that, they know nothing about football. Do you who really watched those two playing every week, for years and years? I'll tell you: brazilians. And no brazilian that saw both playing will tell you that Romario was better than Pele. Not even Romario's parents and relatives would dare to say such thing.

[@araps4w354]

Great man and World Cup winner in USA ‘94. Too bad he felt no motivation to continue after winning the World Cup

[@gouraharibehera4729]

Do best club from each kit color

[@osark2487]

There are some "not quite wright" statements. Romario boyhood club was never Vasco, it was Flamengo as he stated many times, and he always held a special place in his heart for Aemrica-RJ, his fathers club. Romario never fell out with Cruyff. He fell out with all the other players that after the 94 world cup, demanded Cruyff to punish Romario for not returning to Barcelona in time for pre-season, instead preferring to stay in Rio for a self extended holiday, after achieving with his country, as Romario said in a dress room meeting with all players and manager "what none of you have ever done".

[@christopher_silver]

Romario in the CF position is better than Messi

[@RTPJu]

The best striker ever

[@curlyq5329]

You should do a video like this about el magico he has an interesting story

[@lulapt2030]

Romário and Edmundo Just Destroyer the powerful Manchester United

[@audialiastt2601]

Why even mention Keane on this channel, unless it's about him carrying the bucket of spit.

[@justanotherguy5590]

He was so good. Such a natural player and poacher. His instincts were other worldly. The issue though was always his attitude. But... it was that edge and attitude that Brazil sooo miss. He was so Brazilian that guy. But not "pc" as odd as that sounds compared to Ronaldo. O sharp witted though... He was various.

[@vascomunista]

Romário is the 3rd best i've ever seen... Behind only Ronaldo fenômeno and Messi...

[@rebecalinares5393]

No. Romario superior a Ronaldo fenomeno y superior a Messi. Ellos tuvieron al sponsor Nike y a la media globalista ESPN con ellos y a la FIFA. Romario detestaba a la mafiosa FIFA por eso no le querian y lo dejaban fuera de mundiales. Romario el mejor de todos los tiempos. Saludos desde Argentina kzbin.info/www/bejne/faDGpnyMfsuphpY

[@vascomunista]

@@rebecalinares5393 sou brasileiro! Do Rio de Janeiro... torcedor do Vasco da Gama... o Romário é meu ídolo! Mas vi muito ele jogar e vi muito Ronaldo e Messi também... Não há comparação... Romário era gênio dentro da área... mas fenômeno e messi eram mais completos... fenômeno só não sabia cabecear e Messi não tinha força física... de resto eles faziam tudo perfeitamente... 2 maiores que eu vi

[@rebecalinares5393]

@@vascomunista Mas completos que Romario? nunca. Romario hizo goles de sombrero, maradonianos en vasco 1985, 1987, maradonianos en PSV, tiros libre, toques magicos, potentes, asistencias geniales, gano 1 mundial casi solo! messi mundiales? 0. Goles en segunda fase de mundiales? 0. A quien le hizo goles en mundiales Messi? Ronaldo? 2002? jajaja, tuvo a Rivaldo! Rivaldo mejor de la copa 2002, Ronaldihno! Por favor... Romario fue mucho mas importante en 94 que Ronaldo en 2002. Romario 28 titulos (record) de goleo en campeonatos oficiales, Romario, 1000 goles. 14 títulos de goleo en ligas (record) Rivelino lo dijo: "Solo Romario hubiese podido jugar con nosotros en ´70. Romario era genio y jugaba tambien para el equipo. Ronaldo solo chutaba para el" Ronaldo solo potencia y chute directo, fuerte, cañonazo violento. Un tanque. Nada mas. Romario magia, talento, genio, oportunismo, picardia, carisma, amor y cariño del pueblo mundial. Romario > Ronaldo > Messi.

[@michaeltrumph121]

Do one about how you overrate a failure with Argentina like Messi.

[@NickEFCMort-gn2fc]

Romario and bebeto !

[@NotoriousFunk]

Underrated? Underrated from mostly European and from who doesn't know him or doesn't know football. He was in the same league of Maradona or Pelè. Today in a team like it was for Messi, with Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Pedro etc etc he would score 70+ goal per year... easy.

[@giovanni385]

I believe that Romario is way better than Dinho or Ronaldo ever was, people would never understand how great of a player he was.

[@deewight3991]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ravisankar7214]

Well most of us know how good is Romario..and indeed not underrated

[@photon-9551]

Genius is making goals look like a tap in.

[@victormartins1191]

I legit spat my water laughing at the sentence “Thierry Henry better than Romario”

[@joadersonrodrigues8541]

Romario,pele,ronaldo. Brazil

[@gnrnando88]

The reasons for british people not consider Romario amongst the top15 ever is simple, they just create soccer but still don’t know too much or win nothing about it!

[@elcanaldenadie335]

Because he wanted to play in South America and I saw him play in the rose bowl Pasadena 1994

[@dominicbasto6598]

Greatest natural striker ever COYS

[@izzzy03]

there is only one football god, and his name is Romario :)

[@Learmelin100]

If you say Romário is not one of the top 5 strikers, if not of all times, at least from 80's until today, you are missjudging him for one of two reasons: either you didn't see him playing... or you don't understand bollocks of football. Here are some facts about the 'baixinho'' besides the one in the vídeo, as a vain, shy and pale atempt to exemplify is brilliance: 1)Tostão, one of the greatest playmakers of all times, champion with Brazil in 1970 and in some senses compared to Pelé, said Romário could play as a first team in 1970 Brazil, in the place of... Tostão. So in his opinion Brazil front line should be Rivellino (Maradona's hero), Pelé (no comments on this one), Jairzinho (First player to score in all games in a World Cup) and Romário. Tostão btw, is also a journalist and one of the most respected football experts of all times. Also, acording to Tostão, the goal Romário did in 1994 against Holland was one of the most dificult moves he ever saw in football. The way Romário ajusts his pace to compensate for Bebeto's short cross, catching the ball in mid air is brilliant and really rare to see. Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3ibpaWrh5d3q6c 2) Romário is considered by several other football experts (the real ones at least) to have been even better than Pelé, the GOAT in person, inside the box. Ronaldo 'Fenomeno' was more fast and versatile, Ronaldinho Gaucho maybe had more flair, but inside the box, Romário was umbeateable. Besides his incredible abillity to shoot and find small gaps, he was ice cold in one-on-ones situation. Wanna link asomething to illustrate what i'm saying. In the vídeo you'll see Romário marked by Amaral (Alexandre da Silva Mariano - Former Brazilian National team player and Bronze medal in 1996 Olympics) on the left wing. Romário then, in the shortest of spaces, performs one of the most amazing "elastico" drible (a.k.a. flip-flap), wich almost breaks amaral spine in two - It's really fast, so pay attention to it. After that he ends marked by 3 Corinthians players and the line, without angle to shoot. So i wanna ask you: what any normal striker would do? Go for the cross? Throw a power kick trying to surprise the goalie? Maybe try the luck and put the ball between goalies legs? Not Romário. The 'baixnho' calmly aproaches the keeper wating for his definition, and when he sees Corinthians goalie trying to close the angle for the shot, he lobs the ball surprising everybody. And then he celebrate as if this was a goal on a friendly match at the beach... And be aware, is not a frontal or diagonal lob. He is almost walking above the line, with no angle at all. Ice cold genius. Take a look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXK8koaIg6qXrbM 3) Romário, like Maradona in 86, won a world cup in a not so brilliant squad. Brazil 1994 team was not that magic of team. It strugle in the qualifies, only getting to world cup in the final match against Bolívia. Was the most fragile and least 'flairy' Brazilian squads that end up winning the cup - and even some squads that did not manage to get the title where much better. 1994 Brazil was: Taffarel - (Briliant Goalie, Goalie Trainer of Brazil nowadays), Leonardo - (Former São Paulo and Milan multichampion - Director of PSG - good on the left side, but not brilliant), Aldair - (Best defender we had - Former Roma Captain), Marcio Santos - (Second Sub for Central Defense - Ricardo Gomes and RIcardo Rocha injured), and Jorginho - (Good but not Brilliant - Former Bayern Munich, could play as winger to on the right side); in Midfield, Dunga - (Was not skillfull at all but was a good defender - Ronaldinho Gaucho humilliated him in the end of his career), and Mauro Silva - (Not skillfull but really efective in marking and positioning - Former Deportivo La Corunã Spanish Champion with Djalminha), Zinho - (average to good, important for versatility as midfielder) and Mazinho - (Brilliant - maybe better than Veron on his prime in Lázio. Could play in any position in the midfield). And the Strikers where Bebeto - (Really good but no brilliant second striker) and Romário - (Fucking Genius). If you compare this squad to Brazil's 1958, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1986, 2002 or 2006 you'll see that Brazil 1994 was the least brilliant of them all. But we had Romário... 4) Romário scored between 772 and 1002 goals in his career, depending on the criteria you adopt (I prefer 772, in Oficial Pro Matches). 772 goals in 993 matches, acording to Wikipedia. This is almost 0,8 goals per game, and a better ratio then Cristiano Ronaldo (0,71) and almost equal to Messi (0,79), and we must consider that Messi ratio should get down a little bit in the comming years since normally players have a performance drop in the end of his carrers. So Messi will have to strugle to get a goal ratio similar to Romário. Thierry Henry cited somewhere on the comments as better than Romário, scored 228, and altough a very good player, is definetly way, far way... no... far far far far away, bellow Romário. In another league really. Also, Premier League in late 90's/ early 00's was not good as Brazilian First Division. I was a teenager with a lot of spare time and watched both, so believe me. In the FIFA World Club Championship cited on the vídeo (2000), Corinthians draw agaisnt Real Madrid 2 x 2 (i bet Christian Karembeu still has nightmares with Edilson 'Capetinha' until today...) with a big help of the referee for Madrid, and Vasco (With Romário) humiliated Man United 3 x 1. So fellas, lets cut the crap: Romário was a Genius. Period. P.S.: Sorry for TL. Hope you guys Do R. P.S.2: Congrats on the vídeo, HITC Sevens guy/girl/people. Really good one.

[@kcapo89]

How can you say thierry Henry is far below romario as a player Henry was a better free kick taker faster and much stronger than romario your talking about a striker with 4 golden boots I do think that romario was the better striker though

[@seduxtive776]

k capo Henry was a better all round player imo .

[@kcapo89]

@@seduxtive776 he was he batters him in that aspect the only things i can give romario the edge over henry is ball control finishing positioning and clutch performances in big games

[@seduxtive776]

k capo I don’t think he is better than Henry in ball control. Having watched both , Henry has a better ability to just effortlessly glide past 3-4 players and slot it in nicely into the net .

[@kcapo89]

@@seduxtive776 romario has dribbled past 3 players to score goals he just does it from a closer distance and ball control isn't just beating your man by dribbling it's also your first touch

[@jamesebola1250]

Instead of all this talk and still pictures show us some actual footage.

[@2255-o1j]

There's a lot on KZbin.

[@domenicgalata1470]

I’m not sure he was underrated. At his peak he was one of the best players in the world. He scored some astonishing goals.

[@paulmartin9070]

You're right. He wasn't underrated back on his days. The problem are these kids on youtube that only know CR7 and Messi

[@rebecalinares5393]

EL mejor de todos los tiempos.

[@tangoargento24]

I'm argentinian and Romario was one of my favourite players when I was a child. He was amazing.!!

[@urbanjunglegroove1238]

One of the best player ever for sure ...and I'm italian!