Great world footballers often suffer from very massive egos, especially if they are Brazilians…The legendary ace Romario, the former Barcelona goal scorer and winner of the World Cup in 1994, says that he was a better striker than Leo Messi was at the Catalan club.True, as a striker, Messi mostly played a false nine, and most often he was on the side or as a half-striker, so Romario says that he was a better “nine” than him.##NAJAVA_MECA_6996988##Romario was tasked in an interview with ESPN to compare players from his era at Barcelona (1993/94) with those managed by Guardiola (2008/09). One of the questions was to choose a striker: Messi or Romario?”Romario. We played in different positions. In his position, Messi is better. But on mine, I was better,” answered the Brazilian.In his opinion, the Barcelona of 1993 were much stronger than Guardiola’s. Because Romario chose Zubizaretta before Valdez, Guardiola before Busquets, Koeman before Pique, then Nadal was better than Mascherano, Sergi than Abidal, Stoichkov than Villa and Txiki Begiristain than Pedro.The only place where he gave an advantage to the “newer” Barca is Alves ahead of Ferrer, Xavi ahead of Amor and Iniesta ahead of Bachero. Interesting choice…🎙️| Romario to @espn: “Messi or Romario? Romario. In his position, he is the best, but in my position, I’m better than him.” pic.twitter.com/pboBcV556q— Managing Barça (@ManagingBarca) February 4, 2023
