Happy 55th Birthday! What are your impressions of Baggio?
Time flies, Baggio is 55 years old, and before he knows it, he has been retired for 18 years.
Baggio is my first idol since I watched football, if you ask me what impressions I have of Baggio?
I can say that Baggio is the most delicate player in the history of European football, and the player with the highest "single-handedness" component in the "post-Maradona" World Cup football field.
What's even more amazing is that Baggio didn't need any commercial hype to become the most popular star of his time.
It shows that Baggio is a star who coexists with strength and charm.
In terms of strength, Baggio is a classic "ninth and a half" star, with a delicate sense of ball, excellent dribbling skills, good passing organization and shooting efficiency.
Baggio also has excellent creativity and imagination, always able to use footwork and consciousness to make the process of running long distances with the ball easy and freehand.
Of course, you can say that there are many players with a delicate sense of the ball, but I can say that there are not many stars like Baggio who are delicate to this level.
Stars like Messi, Zidane or Ronaldinho also have a delicate sense of the ball, but their physical fitness is much better than Baggio's.
And Baggio? At the age of 17, he suffered a serious knee injury, stitched 220 stitches, and almost retired early.
For the next 20 years, Baggio played football on one half leg and had no explosive power to speak of.
Even so, Baggio can still move through five levels and slash six generals, if there is no sense of ball against the sky, how can this be done?
There is no absolute speed, but it can pass the goalkeeper as easily as Ronaldo.
You know, Baggio's various long-distance attacks were completed on the Soccer World Cup.
So much so that Pele, the king of the ball, once said that he should paint Baggio's goal process and send it to the museum's permanent collection!
Baggio is a true genius, winning the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year with a half-leg kick, and contributing to the strongest individual performance by scoring 5 goals in 3 games in the 1994 World Cup knockout rounds.
Baggio is great and tragic.
He has had his ups and downs at giants such as Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan, and has also been in small teams like Bologna or Brescia.
He single-handedly led Italy to the World Cup final, but dreamed of twelve yards in a penalty shootout.
Baggio's football career was not complete, but Baggio's popularity has always been high.
Miraculously, the defeat in the World Cup final not only did not let him lose powder, but also increased his powder.
Because no one can deny Baggio's personality charm, he is handsome, the ball style is dashing, there are no scandals inside and outside the field, under that seemingly melancholy appearance, but hidden a big heart of a fighter, for the dream of the World Cup, he has never given up.
I remember that in those days, the stars with the largest number of fans were Baggio and Batistuta.
They are all low-key off the pitch, without commercial pushing, and have gained the support of many fans, especially Baggio.
So, I think, whether it's skill or character, he's one of the most charismatic stars in European football, what do you think about that?