Ex-Sporting player: lifting Taça de Portugal was my peak, but... | OneFootball

Oceano, former captain of Sporting, recently reminisced about some moments with the lion on his chest, especially winning the Portuguese Cup in the 1994/1995 season. The former midfielder, who received the trophy individually at the time, recalls that "he didn't want to climb the stairs alone".

"Lifting the Cup for Sporting was my peak, but I didn't want to climb the stairs alone. I think in these kinds of things, victory is not individual. Football is a team sport", he said, present on the videocast '90+3', from the newspaper A Bola.

Oceano also didn't leave out an old episode shared with Pinto da Costa. At the time, the then-president of Porto, invited the former midfielder, while he was still representing Sporting, to join the blue and whites.

"I went to Antas specifically to thank him, but I declined because I was the captain of Sporting". The response from the Porto leader was: "I already liked you as an athlete, now I adore you as a man", highlighted Oceano, in one of the high points of the conversation.

In conclusion, the former Portuguese international made another revelation that stirs nostalgia: Johan Cruyff's interest in taking him to Barcelona. "Cruyff wanted me, I just didn't go to Barça because Real Sociedad didn't allow it", admitting he even dreamed of playing with Romário, Koeman, and Guardiola.

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