Everyone looked at striker Romarinho as he won the Saudi Arabian Super Cup, at the end of January, with Al-Ittihad. With historic performance in the semifinal, the former playerCorinthians talked about yet another cup won in Arab football.
“It was very special. It was a title that we really wanted, the fans had great expectations and we achieved it, against very complicated opponents, but we did well in both matches with great results. “, said the attacker to the Sports Gazette.
This is Romarinho’s fifth season at Al-Ittihad and, after winning the Super Cup, he now has two titles there. Almost always a top scorer wherever he goes, he has also defended the colors of Al-Jaish and Al-Jazira.
In Al-Ittihad, there are also other Brazilians besides him: Bruno Henrique, also former Corinthians (and Palmeiras), Igor Coronado and Marcelo Grohe, former Grêmio.
“This shows a little of the high level we have. We are always talking and it’s really cool to be able to have this rapport with our entire squad, which is very strong, so much so that we had players disputing the last World Cup”.
Didn’t tremble against CR7
Before winning the Super Cup title, Romarinho and company faced the trendy Al-Nassr, which has the star Cristiano Ronaldo in the squad.
However, not even with the six times best player in the world on the field did the Brazilian “tremble”: he scored one of the goals and provided two assists in the 3-1 match that qualified for the final, which was played against Al Feiha.
“Facing players of this level is always special. I already had the opportunity to face Xavi a few times, they are different athletes, who made history in world football and are here to raise the level of Arab football even more”, he began on the subject.
“Of course it’s different before the match, because of everything that is created and talked about, but when the ball rolls, it’s 11 against 11 and we managed to win. I was happy for my performance in the competition and for being able to help with goals and assists in both games”, he concluded.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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