คนถาม : What are your memories of taking part in the 1996 Olympics?
ตอบ : As a 17-year-old in 1994 I went with the squad to the Worlds Cup in America
but didn’t play a single moment. I watched the team win though and that was great
but going to the Olympics in 1996 was the first test for me with the national team.
It was great and a learning curve because not only was this a big tournament
but we as a country went with pressures as Brazil had never won the gold.
We went – like all Brazil teams – with great expectations as we were World Champions
and had a great young team. We were desperate to win and but for a dreadful mistake against
Nigeria in the semi-finals, I feel we would have.