Who doesn't remember Brazil's legendary captain, Socrates
He was a great and intelligent player that's why he became a favourite for millions of people.
He played in Italy, Fiorentina in 1984-85, but people say, he was nowhere near to his full potential. He explained why :
- I came with great ambitions to the Italian adventures, but my blood cooled fast. I realised everything is controlled by bands and the maffia, every game's end was decided.
It was the last straw, when before a very important home game, our coach Eraldo Pecci said, we have to end in a draw.I said " Are you crazy?? ", after that i added, Don't count on me, i will not cheat. It's interesting, my teammates haven't passed the ball to me, not even once, and the game ended 0-0.
I have a source but it is in Hungarian, i tried to translate it at my best
He was a great and intelligent player that's why he became a favourite for millions of people.
He played in Italy, Fiorentina in 1984-85, but people say, he was nowhere near to his full potential. He explained why :
- I came with great ambitions to the Italian adventures, but my blood cooled fast. I realised everything is controlled by bands and the maffia, every game's end was decided.
It was the last straw, when before a very important home game, our coach Eraldo Pecci said, we have to end in a draw.I said " Are you crazy?? ", after that i added, Don't count on me, i will not cheat. It's interesting, my teammates haven't passed the ball to me, not even once, and the game ended 0-0.
I have a source but it is in Hungarian, i tried to translate it at my best