Rivaldo, the former great Brazilian player, is close to the Farul club, patronized by Gică Hagi. The South American spoke about the manager of the team on the Coast, revealing that their relationship is normal, despite the choleric nature of the Romanian.
Gică Hagi convinced Rivaldo to join the Lighthouse project. Facebook photo
“At Farul, the relationship between me and Hagi is a peaceful one. I hear that he is more demanding in training, but he knows that in order to be victorious, you have to give everything in training, in matches, and that's why he still shouts, argues with the players, he tries to get the best out of the players at trainings, at matches. It's his way of being. He lives for football, he loves football, he is training every day.
He is very hardworking, that is why he has conquered so many things in football. That's why I think he is considered number 1 in Romania and is respected by everyone. In Brazil, when talking about Romania, they say Hagi, for everything he did with the national team. Everyone knows Hagi, what kind of man he is and what a great professional he was as a player, but also now as club president and coach”, said Rivaldo the other day, according to ProSport.
The footballer from whom Rivaldo was inspired
The former football great continued, saying that his current partner at Farul was one of the players who influenced his career: “I met him through my son (No. Rivaldinho). At that 1994 World Cup, I watched and adored Hagi. I almost missed being invited to that World Cup, because I was on the preliminary list one match before the official squad was announced, but I didn't make it to that World Cup, with Brazil. I always watched Hagi when he played.
When Romania was developing, I admired Hagi's playing style, his left foot, the way he played. He is seven years older than me and I always watched him play. He was a footballer, along with Maradona and Zico, from whom I was inspired”said Rivaldo, who was convinced by Gică Hagi to buy 10% of the shares of the Farul club.
