How did it feel to lift the actual FIFA World Cup Trophy in 1994?
I was the first to take the Cup when the FIFA representative brought it into our dressing room. When they took my picture at that moment, I was wearing the shirt of the Italian player Baresi. He’d asked me to swap shirts, since his son was a big fan of mine. Baresi is one of best players I’ve ever seen. The game against Italy was really tough. In my opinion it could have been a much better spectacle if only Italy had tried to play football, but I feel that they restricted themselves to defending for the entire game. Their goal was to take the match to extra-time and penalty kicks, and that’s what they did. Even so, it was Brazil who ended up winning the World Cup for the fourth time. We took to the field determined to win. Romario and I set out to score the goals we needed to win. We tried to improve the quality of the game by creating opportunities. I remember Romario running past me, and I linked up with Cafu, who slid a ball in behind the Italian defence only for Romario to miss the
