Romário once claimed that when he was born, "the man in the sky pointed to me and said, That's the guy. His considerable ego was such that he felt he could take an extremely lax approach to training, preferring to stay out late and party instead. An impious personality combined with his boisterous off-field nature made the Brazilian almost impossible to manage. Unsurprisingly, Romário raised the ire of virtually every manager he played under. Despite leading Barcelona to a last-day title win in 1994, Romário's problematic attitude soon cut his Spanish stint short. The striker had first managed to irk manager Cruyff by demanding he be allowed to fly home to celebrate the annual Rio carnival. The Dutch legend begrudgingly conceded, on the proviso the striker score a brace in the next game - against bitter rivals Réal Madrid. Romário went one better, and after bagging his hat trick he immediately asked to be subbed, telling Cruyff, "Coach, my plane leaves in an hour". The following January when Romário again expressed his desire to return to South America for 'personal reasons', Cruyff did not stand in his way. "If Romario is not happy here and wants to go home, he no longer interests me", he grumbled. Like Cruyff, the only way Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira could handle Romário's frequent absenteeism was to remove the problem. A feud ignited between the pair in 1992 after Baixinho refused to play in a friendly match against Germany, with Parreira subsequently dropping the forward for the majority of Brazil's World Cup 1994 qualifiers. Luckily for the seleçaõ, the schism was sufficiently healed and Romário starred in their eventual tournament success. Previous coach Falcão was not so fortunate. Romário's need for a vacation instead of playing at the 1991 Copa América ultimately cost the hapless coach his job.
Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know).
He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.
