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Now a straight-talking Brazilian politician, there was once a time when Romario was considered the craziest footballer on the planet. During impressive spells in Europe with PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona, Romario successfully balanced an all night party lifestyle with all-conquering displays on the pitch.
How did Romario ensure he had the required energy to make his short blistering runs and finishes for Barca and PSV? Simple; he never trained. He was regularly late for training at Barca and when manager Johan Cruyff attempted to encourage some punctuality with fines for lateness, Romario had the perfect response.
"I don't care about the fines. I am going to win the World Cup and I will pay them with the money I make from it," he said. In the end, Cruyff allowed the Brazilian to train and work at his own pace, with often bizarre results.
The Dutchman recalls: “One time, Romario asked me if he could miss two days of training to return to Brazil for the carnival in Rio de Janeiro. I replied, ‘if you make two goals tomorrow, I’ll give you two extra days rest compared to the other players.
“The next day, Romario scored his second goal 20 minutes into the game and immediately gestured to me asking to leave. He told me, ‘Coach, my plane leaves in an hour’. I had no choice but to let Romario leave for fulfulling his promise.”
>>66403684
While one-time friend and then rival Romario enjoyed a more star-studded career, when it comes to lunacy, no one comes close to Edmundo. Nicknamed ‘the Animal’ he was an absolute beast of a player both in front of goal and at the front of the queue for the bar.
In 1997, the forward got his opportunity to shine on the continent with a big money move to Fiorentina in Serie A. At first it proved a masterstroke, with Edmundo striking up a dangerous partnership with Gabriel Batistuta which saw the Animal notch up 12 goals in 37 games.
However, Batigol was ruled out for a several key weeks of the season, leaving Edmundo to lead the line for the Viola as they chased a rare Scudetto win. At this point, he did what any self-respecting nutcase would do; he cited a clause in his contract that allowed him to return to Rio for the upcoming carnival, something which was evidently a requirement for any Brazilian superstar.
Without a fit striker, Fiorentina saw their title hopes sink without a trace, while all the time Edmundo was out sinking the drinks in his homeland, surrounding by fans and beautiful women.In 1999 things got stranger for Edmundo, after pictures emerged of him feeding beer to a chimp he had hired for a circus-themed party in his back garden. Bizarre, wreckless and totally in keeping with his career, the forward remains the one true mentalist of the modern game.
This nigga really worsened the already terrible reputation that Brazilian players had of being a bunch of unreliable party boys.
Good thing we have a few expections, like that autist Rivaldo
>>66403827
You only live once and if you don't enjoy it what's the point? Sure he could've left a far bigger legacy in the sport if he had been far more dedicated to his craft but in the end you have to enjoy your life
Messi's joy on the other hand seems to be playing and winning
is furpuck the last major white people sport?
>>66403379
All my neckbearded, pasty, doughy friends agree
inb4 some yuroweenie says soccer
>insecure white person posting
/pol/ needs you, shrimpdick
>Tim ReynoldsVerified account
@ByTimReynolds
UConn 61, Mississippi State 12. At halftime. Of a regional semifinal.
and yet espn keeps shoving this down our throats
>>66403368
this is why no one watches women's sports. Well not the only reason, but it's not helping
how does it feel to be uconn women fan
how the fuck can a tv station shove anything down your throad? if you don't like what their showing just switch channel or turn off the tv, you fat fuck
Where were you when soccer in the US died?
It was never alive.
>>66403267
thank God
I wasn't around in the 1930s breh
>muh banter
what a beta
>inb4 endless "shat on" tweets
what he said?
>TFW we are 5 points clear of Tot'n'ham and they still have to face Poonited, Chelshit, and Liverpoop
>tfw Arse and Shitty are more than 10 points behind
>tfw league is already ours
Truly a wonder season, right la
>reminder we drew against Villa and Bournemouth twice
We could literally slip at any moment, it's fucking terrifying
>>66403864
we beat villa coming back from 2 goals down with 20 mins to go, that was the day i became a fan of the lie-chester timberwolves
Been semi-supporting Leicester for 10 years, now everyone thinks I am a bandwagoner. Feels bad.
ITT: fun facts about sports.
Pelé meet Adolf Hitler and played for the nazis with Stallone and PH Ganso.
Neat
Jay Cutler has diabeetus
Is he the GOAT heat check player?
>>66402412
Yes mackdaddy Klay is
Kobe
>>66402412
pretty much
in his 37 point quarter he was just throwing shit at still hit 100% in the 3rd
Pic related
>>66402312
Just because they are full of literal faggots doesn't mean they are cursed anon
>>66402321
Compare that to areas that win frequently like Boston, Chicago, New York or Los Angeles and tell me they aren't cursed
ITT:
Brazilians that were better than Pele.
Coming up on Sky Sports 1 lads
>>66400843
dead game desu senpai
>>66400933
Shame that /sp/ is full of bandwagoning rasheeds
burton will do a yeovil when they get promoted
there's no way that club will challenge for the top spot again
>missed me, /sp/?
>i'll be starting tonight
>hopefully i can get myself on the score sheet, haha
Good luck Mario!
that's not how memearrowing works
SAGE
I miss Gomez. What the fuck happened lads?
>Winning Serie A with Juventus
>Implying this is an achievement
How badly will he fail at Chelsea? Where will they finish?
I'm guessing 6th or 7th next season. Still an improvement though.
>>66399946
5th at best tbqh
Arent Chelsea like 4th or something under Hiddink?
>>66400213
Something like that. He seems to be doing pretty well, why are they so keen to replace him?
>65-7
will it happen?
hi is this new englands patriots
they pretty much have to do it now, THEY CANT CHOKE THIS.
THE BUTTHURT WILL BE UNREAAAAAL
RUNNING THRU DA 3 WITH MY WOES
they'll tie
anti-climactic
Friendly reminder that Stephen Gerrard said "this does not slip" to his team-mates after beating Manchester City last season when Liverpool were in the driving seat to win their first title in 24 year, before he literally slipped to let Demba Ba score, resulting in a home defeat, before they threw away a 3-0 lead at Crystal Palace, meaning that the first time in Premier League history that Liverpool went into the final day of the season with a mathematical chance of winning the league but with no hope of winning it whatsoever, meaning they finished in second place, ultimately choked their best ever chance at the title, and decided to write a book about it being some sort of success before selling off their best player and replacing him with Rickie Lambert.
>>66398458
Autism: the post
top haha
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