I hope to draw against NM.
Is it disrespectful?
I just hope I don't draw the strongest teams. No one will be a walk in the park, particularly since we have bugger all idea how people will take to each player.
By all accounts, Erico was Romario's speed of thought, dribbling, and playing off the shoulder, with a certain Mexican's athleticism and resourcefulness/finishing flair, and a certain Chilean's aerial dominance, all neatly rolled into one. Will people appreciate that? The feck they will. He has no caps.
Why does he have no caps? Because Paraguay had just been at war and their relationship with Argentina was tense, so there was a rule that no one playing abroad could be capped. It was a rule that seemed specifically designed to punish Erico, yet the lad didn't declare for Argentina instead.
The Argentinian FA offered him 200,000 pesos to play for them, which he refused. At the time, a Ford T was worth 5,000 pesos. Allowing for cars being more expensive then and salaries being exorbitant today, it would be like a player who has been banned by his country refusing 40 Ferrari Testarossa's to play for another. Incredible.