There are only a handful of players who can assist Inzaghi on the pitch, and as a natural striker, shooting and scoring is Inzaghi's constant motivation, and when you see Inzaghi facing the goal, you just need to focus on whether the ball can be scored.
However, in Inzaghi's football career, there was an assist that many fans, especially Baggio fans, will never forget, it was a soulful connection, a number 18, a number 19, two geniuses with substitute numbers, and at that moment completed an assist and a shot.
The fate of the two men at the 1998 World Cup in Italy was diametrically opposed but mixed. Even if they are not at the same latitude, they sometimes become sympathetic confidants.
Baggio was lucky enough to get a good result in joining Bologna in a gambling style that year, squeezing out Zola and getting the last ticket to France, the hardships and bumps in it, grievances and perfection Perhaps only he can understand that it was the last effort and endeavor of the sunset West Mountain.
Inzaghi is different, won the top scorer in Serie A in the 1996-1997 season, the best newcomer, and won the Serie A title and the Champions League runner-up the next year when he moved to Juventus, the spring breeze was proud of the horseshoe disease, which was the most Italian goalscorer at that time, the 25-year-old did not want to be anyone's substitute, but he could only wear the number 19 and be the substitute for Vieri and Piero, which is an unwilling but must face reality.
Inzaghi said directly to Baggio: I want the number 9, that is, I want a starting heart, but the stubbornness and caution of the elder Maldini did not give him this opportunity, and Vieri's golden boot in Spain is also strong. Baggio comforted him and said: I know you want the number 9, but do you know how many people want your number 19?
After drawing 2-2 with Chile and beating Cameroon 3-0, Italy welcomed their last opponent, Austria, in that group stage. What appears to be calm is actually an undercurrent, and in the use of Baggio and Piero, the manager at the time, Maldini Sr., seems to be on the verge of collapse under pressure.
Under the swing in front, the old horse gave Piero the opportunity to start this game, probably to ease Piero's emotions and the pressure from the back of Torino, but God forbid, Piero did not enter the form in this game, although he helped Vieri score through a set-piece, but the overall performance was still not satisfactory.
With Italy's defense at 1:0, there was no need for Baggio to replace Piero in this game, but the old horse's stability and indecisiveness made him unable to suppress the uneasiness in his heart. Replacing Piero with Baggio, his decision left Inzaghi's most impressive assist in World Cup history and Baggio's last World Cup goal.
On June 23, 1998, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, France, Baggio scored his last goal in the World Cup, and the camera of Mamelli's song streaked across the Italian bench, Baggio appeared depressed behind Albertini, and he was in excellent form for the first two games and could only wait for the opportunity to come with Inzaghi on the bench.
In the 61st minute, Inzaghi replaced Vieri and Baggio replaced Piero in the 73rd minute. Inzaghi was 25 years old that year, Baggio was 31 that year, and the two substitutes, under the twist of fate, worked together to complete the final climax of the game.
The game was coming to an end, and in the 89th minute, No. 17 Morello attacked on the right side, seemingly to pass the ball to Inzaghi, who moved to the right, dangled a shot, leaked the ball to Baggio at the back, and cut forward at high speed. Baggio understood and quickly rushed to the middle after a pass, Inzaghi seemed to look at it before the cross was taken, the man was already quietly waiting in the middle, the ball went into the net, Italy 2:0 Austria.
The goal came so quickly and simply, maybe this goal in Baggio's career is too simple, simple as opening his mouth to eat, but in this simplicity is full of the tacit understanding of the two, just like a lover in love, you come and go, endlessly, the football beloved elf finally hand in hand into the warm harbor, the weather-hardened Baggio showed some unusual excitement after the goal.
Inzaghi frantically ran towards Baggio, who pointed at Inzaghi and asked him to come over and carry Inzaghi on his back. I don't know what Inzaghi was lying on Baggio's back and bowing his head to him, but I knew that fate had brought the two men close at that time.
Baggio and Inzaghi, two highly recognizable players in world football, are not similar in style and style of play, and the heritage does not apply to this goal, it is just the sympathy of two men who love football when they met at a low point.
After the victory over Austria, Italy successfully advanced to the knockout round with the top of the group, and in the quarterfinal, Italy eliminated Norway 1-0, and Baggio did not play. In the quarterfinals, facing host France, the two teams were tied 0-0 in regular time, and in extra time Sabaggio had a chance to be Italy's savior again, but passed by luck. Italy ended the 1998 World Cup on penalties.
Inzaghi's goal became Baggio's last in three regular World Cup matches, and in 1990 against Czechoslovakia, the 23-year-old Baggio began to write his own chapter on his own, and eight years later, at the age of 31, Baggio ended his journey in the World Cup with Inzaghi in joy.
It was Baggio's ninth and final goal in a regular match in three World Cup finals, equalling the World Cup stats of his childhood idol Paul Rossi in Vicenza, except that Paul Rossi was luckier than him to win the Gold Cup, while Baggio could only leave his World Cup with runners-up and third finish, although he was the only Italian to score in all three World Cups.
Years later, Inzaghi became the head coach of Brescia, and when he was with the last team to which Baggio retired, he did not hesitate to sign a Baggio seal jersey from a fan.
At that moment, I don't know if Jiu Ye remembered the joy of being carried by Baggio on a sunny afternoon in Paris at the Stade de France.