RIO DE JANEIRO, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Vasco da Gama's veteran Brazilian soccer striker Romario will restart his quest for his 1,000th goal on Sunday in the second round of the Brazilian Championship, Vasco manager Celso Roth told local press on Tuesday.

    Roth said that he will field Romario in Sunday's match against Sport Recife, a team which crushed last Sunday the Santos B team 4-1 in its first national championship match.

    "Romario is in shape. He does a specific job as part of the team and I hope to have him on the field facing sport," he said.

    Romario scored his 999th goal on March 25, in Vasco's 3-0 victory over rival Flamengo, but has not scored since, as Vasco experiences a rash of poor results that have led to the sacking of previous manager, Renato Gaucho.