Last time it was mentioned that Caniggia was banned for a year on suspicion of cocaine use, during which time Kaniggia did not allow herself to fall, and still tried to train to maintain her form. In this year, Argentina struggled in the World Cup qualifiers, was hit 5-1 by Colombia, and was forced to play the World Cup play-offs with Australia to qualify for the World Cup. Argentina coach Basile had no choice but to ask Maradona to come out of the mountain, Maradona only made one request to play in the World Cup, so that Caniggia also joined argentina's World Cup roster, and did not agree to withdraw from the national team. Basile could only agree to the king's request, but was still uneasy about the state of Caniggia, who was suspended for a year, so he came up with a national team fitness test to see Caniggia's state, and as a result, Caniggia ran a score of 10.23 meters in the 100-meter test in Argentina, which was undoubtedly the fastest among football players in the world at the time, so Basile had no reason to refuse, and also brought Caniggia to the United States to participate in the World Cup.
But at that time, Caniggia because of drug use, sponsors have been terminated with him, not even sneaker sponsorship, Argentine national team sponsor Adidas gave the shoe Canigia does not like, but the non-sponsored players can only use adidas sneakers, so Caniggia wore a pair of fake adidas sneakers with three bars on the shape, but a look at the toe is very densely wired, you know that it is not adidas shoes. Looking at the enlarged close-up of the tongue, you know that this is a pair of Italian brand kronos football shoes camouflaged, looking at the sole is also very sure that this is kronos shoes, at that time the Argentine team Inner Barbo is using the brand of sneakers, it is likely that Balbo through the sponsor for Canigian shoes.
In that World Cup, Argentina was a tiger, the first game was 4-0 victory over Greece, Maradona dedicated the final goal of the World Cup, and Caniggia scored twice in the second game of the group stage against Nigeria, he first scored after Barty's heavy free-kick, and then took the old horse's fast free kick to score, helping Argentina to reverse the African Eagles 2-1. After the goal, he and Maradona embraced each other almost to tears of joy, and after the match, Maradona was taken into the infirmary by the medical team for a urine test, and four days later, the World Cup organizing committee announced that Maradona had tested positive for ephedrine after the group match with Nigeria and was expelled from the World Cup.
Then the Argentine team was six gods, lost to the two top two in Eastern Europe Bulgaria and Romania, stopped the World Cup round of 16, Caniggia's World Cup journey also came to an end, at that time many people felt that with the departure of Maradona, Caniggia and the Argentine national team's fate has also been exhausted. After the 1994 World Cup, Roma loaned Caniggia to Benfica, and did not inform Caniggia that Caniggia's life in Italy was already unhappy, so he also left very freely and went to Portugal. At first he was glad to be here, but after the match with Sporting Lisbon, he was attacked by a group of football hooligans, his head was stoned, his face was cut by a beer bottle and he almost lost his sight in his left eye, and then he was taken to the hospital, where his wife came to the hospital to cry and die, and he had to leave Europe and return to Argentina.
In the summer of 1995, Caniggia finally returned to Argentina, and the reason why he did not choose his parent team River Plate and joined the sworn enemy Boca was because Boca had Maradona at this time. The two were a match made in heaven, with Caniggia scoring 12 goals with the help of his old horse in his first season. But by this time the manager of the Argentine national team had become Passarella, a river plate star who did not like long hair, and issued a haircut order as soon as he took office, Barty and Balbo chose to cut off long hair, while Caniggia and Redondo chose to leave the national team. Originally during the return to Boca, the sneakers used by Caniggia were the questera finales of adidas.
In the National Derby of Argentina in July 1996, a jaw-dropping scene in the history of football was staged, and after Maradona assisted Caniggia's goal, the two kissed each other for six minutes on the pitch, shocking the world. Boca Juniors beat River Plate 4-1 in that game, while Caniggia took the old horse and assisted the old horse to score twice. The kiss provoked resentment among Caniggia's wife, who felt that Maradona was gay and often sneaked her husband. Then Caniggia's wife suddenly had a mental breakdown, and even went to the street naked, making Caniggia have no intention of fighting, borrowing wine to pour sorrow, evading training, and the whole year was abandoned.
In the 97-98 season, Caniggia returned to the field, but Maradona announced his retirement in October 1997, and Caniggia's Boca career became boring, even going to the United States on his own words, which angered the veteran coach Bianchi. Boca originally wanted to loan Caniggia to the French Club of Marseille, but at this time Marseille has experienced punishment and is no longer what it used to be, they are not even willing to make a decent offer for Caniggia, and finally Caniggia's second trip to Europe is in vain, Bianchi hates iron and steel, and devolves Caniggia, can only train with the team, can not participate in the first team competition. After a year of stumbling, fortunately, atlanta, the old club who was struggling in Serie B at the time, came to the rescue and took in Caniggia, who was not in the best condition. In the end, Atalanta succeeded in the 99-00 season, but Caniggia's performance was not outstanding, and Atalanta had no intention of renewing his contract with the Wind Son of the year.
After the negotiations broke down, Caniggia received an invitation from Dundee United in Scotland, and although the salary was only one-sixth of Atlanta, Caniggia, who was forced to liangshan, could only try. As the saying goes, after preferring to be a chicken than a cow, caniggia is more than enough at Dundee United, scoring five goals in five games just after coming to Scotland. In the Soviet Super League caused quite a stir, Puma also began to sponsor Caniggia, he used the boots during the Soviet Super League, mainly puma king football shoes. In small Scottish towns, Caniggia became a celebrity, loved by fans, and although his income was not high, he had a happy life and brought his wife and children to Scotland.
So at the end of the season, the Soviet Super League banba Glasgow Rangers sent an invitation to the former World Cup hero, they paid Dundee United a $1.2 million transfer fee, Dundee United of course did not refuse, Caniggia finally returned to the giants again. Despite being 34 years old, Caniggia still has the speed of the wind, scoring five goals in 24 league games in his first season in Glasgow and helping the team win two cups. Even more surprising was his 100m speed of 10.51 seconds in Glasgow Rangers Club's 2002 fitness test, which was officially released by Scottish media. This also made Argentina's coach Bielsa at that time very excited, so after 8 years, the son of argentine wind after experiencing the vicissitudes of the sea was once again selected for the Argentine national team to participate in the Korea-Japan World Cup.
In the 2002 World Cup, Argentina's forwards were Barty, Crespo, López and Caniggia, and it was clear that the 35-year-old veteran was just a substitute, but looking at this figure, you know that the 10.51m speed of 100 meters is not a waste. Unfortunately, due to injury, Caniggia did not get the opportunity to play, and in the group match against Sweden, Canigia was heard by the latter for scolding referee Ali Bugisam on the bench and rushed directly to the sideline to give Caniggia a ruby card. It is really helpless that the world journey of a generation of proud children of the wind has ended in this way.
After the World Cup, Caniggia returned to Scotland to win the coveted league championship trophy for the Glasgow Rangers, and that title was not easy to come by, before the final round of the league, Glasgow Rangers and Celtics scored the same points, only one goal difference, while the Celtics won 5-0 in the final round. Rangers only led by 2 goals 10 minutes before the end of the match, and then Caniggia scored a goal that boosted the morale of the team, scoring another goal before the end of the game, and finally winning 5-1, and scoring more goals with the same points, the same goal difference and winning the Soviet Premier League.
After winning the Soviet Premier League, Caniggia went to the Al Arabi club in the Qatari league to pan for gold, and with him came to Qatar with big stars such as Guardiola and Batistuta, the god of war, Caniggia played in Qatar for a year, helping the team to win the league and cup runners-up, in February 2005, Caniggia announced his retirement, after which he faded from public view. In 2012, the 45-year-old Caniggia actually appeared in the England amateur team Wembley FC, also participated in the FA Cup, and contributed a goal and an assist in the game.
However, what is surprising is that canigia's daughter Charlotte may now be more popular than his father, the girl who was not good-looking, because of her infatuation with Ronaldo and her lack of looks. So in 2012, he underwent a large-scale cosmetic surgery, and then became an Internet celebrity model because of his blood-spurting body. However, in the hearts of Argentines, the status of the son of the wind will definitely not be affected by the big-breasted daughter. At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Argentine fans once wore the hoods of Maradona and Caniggia, two of the two proudest to beat Brazil that year, to commemorate.