Summer is an unforgettable and romantic season, especially when combined with the European Championships and world cups, then this season becomes a carnival for fans.
I've spent countless summers like this since I can remember, but of course the most memorable of all was the exciting Italian Summer of 1990, a romantic country with beautiful women, Mediterranean seas and handsome guys, and of course, in addition to these, the football of this country is also very attractive.
When it comes to the Italian summer of 90, I have to mention the name of a person, this person is the melancholy prince Robert Baggio, which is also the first World Cup in his life, and Baggio's first World Cup goal in this World Cup is very earth-shattering!
But when many people think of Baggio, they may not think about how his inaugural world performance will be, but rather that If he hadn't kicked that penalty in the '94 World Cup final, Italy might have won the title.
But we can also look at it from another angle, Baggio only scored 5 goals in that World Cup, but these 5 goals were scored in the knockout rounds, so to speak, without Baggio's 5 goals, Italy may not have a chance to reach the final of the 94 World Cup.
Of course, nothing is so perfect, and perhaps the combination of his poignant back when he played a penalty in the 1994 World Cup final and the personal romantic heroism of the gods under the gods in the previous knockout matches can make us remember the melancholy prince more deeply. A moment has become an eternity, the most memorable tragic moment in the history of football.
Of course, since the end of the World Cup in 1994, we have not seen such a personal romantic heroism in Italy, and no star in the world cup in the future can have such a amazing performance in the knockout rounds.
Baggio's tragic moment became a perfect footnote to the triumph of practical integral football over individual romantic heroism at the World Cup, and Baggio and Italy staged a perfect romantic tragedy.
Top 9 and a half players
When we think of Italian football, we may think of a word, "Fantasisti", which is a specialized Italian word, in football terminology we generally call it number 9 and a half, which is a position between the number 9 of the striker and the number 10 in the front.
Italian traditions include and have always been passionate about this type of player, Piero, Roberto Baggio, Cassano, Zola and so on, all of whom require extremely strong individual abilities to provide the team with a strong attack, a romantic imagination and boundless creativity.
But of all the No. 9 and a half players, I still think that Robert Baggio is the top No. 9 and a half player, he has the top dribbling and outstanding sense of rhythm, and can take the ball out of the crowd in an instant, relying on the change of rhythm (see here, I think the posterity does not evaluate Pirlo like an Italian).
In fact, I would like to say that maybe it is because of Baggio, because Baggio and Pirlo have been teammates), and Baggio's big picture view is excellent, and his reading of the opposing team's defensive formation is also very good, these two skills allow him to cut into the opponent's defense with ease, or pass or shoot, and be free.
So with the above advantages combined in Baggio, then he will be born to be the darling of the fans, he is born to be the star of the stadium, he will always be the focus on the field.
In 1993, at the age of 26, Baggio won the European Ballon d'Or
Indeed, in my opinion, Baggio's skills were perfect at the time, and probably because of this, even God began to envy him, so in Baggio's subsequent career, he basically played football with an injured leg.
But the more powerful the player, the more often not be intimidated by the difficulties, but the difficulties will become his help.
After training with Fiorentina, Baggio joined Juventus for a record $17 million in the 89-90 season, and at Juventus Baggio received a new nickname: the magical ponytail.
At this point, a new Baggio was born, and since then Baggio has also shown his unparalleled talent in Juventus, and it is precisely because of his wonderful performances and goals at Juventus that Baggio was called up to the national team to participate in the 90s World Cup.
After a stunning World Cup debut in 1990, Baggio truly ushered in a brilliant moment in his career in the 92-93 season. He scored 21 goals in 27 league games and 6 in the UEFA Cup to help the team lift the trophy.
In December of the same year, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the World Cup.
Regrettably missed the 2002 World Cup
Although, Baggio in '93 ushered in the peak of his career.
However, in the next two consecutive World Cups in 1994 and 98, it was not very smooth, and although Baggio single-handedly led Italy to the final in the 94 World Cup, the melancholy blue back after Baggio missed the penalty always made him a melancholy prince full of regret and beauty in the eyes of fans.
In the 1998 World Cup, although they took two penalties to redeem themselves, Italy failed to win, and they eventually lost to France.
In the four years from '98 to '02, Baggio suffered from injuries, especially in 2002, when fans all over Italy shouted for Baggio to join the national team, the then Italian coach Trapattoni finally did not bring Baggio to Asia on the grounds that Baggio was injured.
In response to the cruel fact that Baggio lost the World Cup, the Italian people launched a fierce attack on Trapattoni.
But after missing this opportunity, Baggio no longer has a crush on the Blueshirts jersey.
Because he realized that he was 35 years old, it was time to let go.
In this moment, he looks back on the 17 years of his career, what he wants to accomplish, what he really accomplishes, and what he failed to accomplish.
At this moment, there are only two left, that is, the Serie A record of 200 goals and the help of Brescia to stay in the First Division during this time, and after completing this goal, he announced his retirement.
Of course, with the time when Baggio announced his retirement, his game was really to watch one less game, and this period of time also passed quickly.
Fast forward to the last game of the season, Brescia visited the San Siro Stadium to face AC Milan, who had already won the league early at that time, and the last game of his career was the Serie A champion to bid him farewell, which was undoubtedly the best curtain stage for Baggio.
He did not score in this game, and in the 84th minute, the team deliberately replaced him, which was the final retirement ceremony, the 80,000 spectators in San Siro stood up to applaud him, AC Milan captain, only one year younger Maldini, who was also his old teammate before him, also hugged Baggio, two veterans who had experienced serie A career and the Italian national team together, cherished each other at this moment.
Later, in order to thank Baggio for his dedication to Brescia in the past 4 years, they have been able to successfully relegate.
They had never been successfully relegated for nearly 40 years before that, and (each time they were relegated the next year after promotion), Brescia decided to retire Baggio's No. 10 shirt permanently.
Of course, at the end of the 04/05 season, the year after Baggio retired, Brescia, who had lost Baggio, was relegated to the second division again.
The deceased is like a sif, not giving up day and night. Throughout Baggio's life, Robert Baggio went from breaking his leg in his youth, to the spring breeze of The Top Position in Europe, to the frustration of falling into the darkest trough of life, to the abandonment and indifference after believing in Buddhism.
In his football career, although he has had a lot of fate, he is still famous all over the world, and has been firmly in the front row of Italian football in many Hall of Fame-level selections, but it has to be said that although he has received countless personal honors, his career is still full of defects and regrets.