EDMILSON “WHEN ROMARIO WAS LEFT OUT IN 2002, THERE WAS HUGE PRESSURE ON US – WE ALL HAD TO BE UNITED”
Who were your Brazilian heroes growing up?
I fell in love with football because of the Brazil teams at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups. My two big role models were Toninho Cerezo and Falcao, as I admired their technique and class. I was lucky enough to be Cerezo’s successor at Sao Paulo in the mid-90s.
You won three Ligue 1 titles at Lyon, as they started a run of seven in a row. Why did that team have so much success?
We must recognise the guy who had the vision behind every department of the club: president Jean-Michel Aulas. For a decade, he was way ahead of everyone in French football.
