The retired Brazilian striker believes Santos star Neymar can become a better player that Ballon d’Or winner http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 in the coming years.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pele-c40189 keeping silent on his Messi vs. Neymar debate, Romario came out in the open to rekindle the topic with his opinions. The retired prolific marksman hailed Messi as the best player in the world at the moment but added that Neymar is not far behind.
Romario praised the young Brazilian sensation as the best Brazilian player in world football and believes the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532 star will improve over time as he puts in more minutes on the pitch.
He opined that his compatriot is missing on titles at the moment but is hopeful that he will overcome the deficiency in due time.
Continuing on the topic, the 1994 FIFA World Cup winner voiced his belief that in identical teams, the duo will have similar results.
"http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639 is the best Brazilian player and he is not too far behind Messi, who has more experience, more titles and a certain advantage," Romario told L'Equipe.
"But if you make two identical teams with Messi on one side and Neymar on the other, the result would be the same."
While responding to questions whether he would have improved his disputed tally of 1002 goals, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romario-c31667 gave an affirmative response.
The storied Brazilian gave a self assessment of his professional career and stated that had he put in more effort during his playing days, his tally would have been much different from what it is now.
"I did not deserve all that I got," he noted. "I never acted professionally, I was never an athlete.”
"I was a football player. I did not sleep properly, I did not eat like a sportsman, I was always late, I did not work hard in training sessions every day, but I still scored 1,002 goals.”
"If I had not gone out so much, I would have scored 2,000 goals. But okay, 1,000 is good, right?"
Romario also took out time to talk about the future of his son, Romarinho, stating that he will leave http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 B.
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