Peccato che in finale fosse infortunato...magari con Baggio al top...

@@gabcap9267 eh si. come minimo non avrebbe sbagliato il rigore... però Sacchi avrebbe dovuto tentare con Zola, almeno dai supplementari

Thank you Niraj to share this rare footage. Baggio did unbelievable things with a pure style that made impossible becoming possible. This man made the difference in every single match he played, regardless if playing full match or the 5 last minutes. Elegant, absolutely technically perfect, always seeing before and forward everyone else, and especially, mentally too strong. He easily could have stopped playing when he was a teenage with the first Injury, he played with a leg and a half for all his carrier, several bad injuries,against sometimes coaches trying to pull him down as you can't say to Baggio what to do in the pitch. He's been to me, and to many, the greatest Italian player ever, and to me, and not only, without injuries he could have been, if is not, in the first 3 greatest ever.

Very true!

Exactly. And We have Platini for France. Simple amazing.

And England had Gazza 😂

And India Has Bhutia

@@Natanyahu and Nigeria has Okocha

Zico? You should have said Pele. He is Brazil's greatest player.

True, his style - as with Maradona - was just too smart and fast for opposing players, which led to him receiving a lot of punishment. Having said that, from what I recall, both of Baggio's terrible knee injuries as a teenager (one at Vicenza and another just as he got underway at Fiorentina) were extremely innocuous and unlucky.

By far

Baggio was wasted by Italian managers.

In 1998 he was underutilized by Maldini ... and sadly in 2002 they didn't take him in the team. He deserved to be played in both these world cups

@@rahulsamaddar7275 I agree. when you have such a player you can't avoid useing him... he had also great personality and could rise even if not in good form exicetd by the competition (see '94 world cup)

Coming off an outstanding season with bologna

As much as I like Del piero but Baggio shouldve been the starter in that WC

Baggio kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZpqFl7ucyta2Z4k.html

toglimi una curiosità, che lingua si parla in Corsica?

NO

UN GRANDE UOMO OLTRE AD ESSERE UN DIO DEL CALCIO..

Na minha opinião sem as lesões que sofreu iria muito mais longe e não teria nenhum jogador a altura por muito tempo. Ele era completo. E era mais inventivo que Messi. E seria melhor que Messi. Não jogava apenas avançado para se consagrar fazendo muitos gols como alguns que são festejados por aí, com exceção de Messi, claro, que joga o campo todo.

Di più!

He was better than Messi or CR7..he played for big teams and he also played for small and mediocre team and helped survived from relegated..just imagine if Messi play for granada in la liga or CR7 play for SPAL in serie A..lol

He was already better with the injuries

Sure, Messi has all the trophies and incredible stats, but let's not forget how much easier todays game is. Everything, from the quality of the pitches, diets, training, medical facilities to the actual game itself - no tackling from behind, far more protection from the refs, a more open-attacking game, more space, weaker defenders and defenses.... is geared in favour of the forwards. This wasn't the case in the 70's, 80's and 90's, especially in Italy. This could be subjective; I preferred Baggio's style over Messi's. Baggio had more depth to his game - he could play as a forward or a playmaker. He was more balanced off both feet and to me at least, he was more unpredictable. Another crucial factor is the supporting cast. Baggio may have had great defenders behind him, but not always great and creative midfielders and forwards/wingers. I can only think of the likes of Giannini, Albertini, Pirlo, Vialli, Mueller, Donadoni, Signori, with maybe one or two of these at a time, whereas Messi was backed by quality and quantity; Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Suarez, Neymar, Tevez, Mascherano, Riquelme, Aguero, Verratti, Cambiasso, Di Maria. Finally, Messi's coaches has always built the team around him in order to maximise his talent, while Baggio was never truly appreciated by any of his coaches (aside from Mazzone) he was forced to fit into their rigid systems; shackled, and often either played out of position, instructed to play against his natural tendencies, benched and not even called up for Italy, never once playing in the European Championships. An absolute footballing tragedy.

@@dangiambrone7350 I rate baggio extremely highly he's a footballing behemoth but in what world does baggio have more depth to his game than messi you're talking as if messi hasn't played both as a striker and a cam as great as baggio is messi is in a category of his own

Maradona era inferiore nel controllo palla.

@@davidedavidi1191 I am one of the biggest fans of Baggio Davide, but his control was not better than Maradona's! Sometimes it was almost as good, but Maradona had a special ability to control the ball.

Brescia, it is their away kit from that season. It's in the San Siro before the renovation, against Inter Milan

@@ItaThe3rd I think it's Fiorentina; when the camera closes in a bit the shirt number and shorts look purple to me, and Baggio seems too quick for this to have been 2000 or beyond. Also the figure in goal has a stature and stance which reminds me of Zenga.

@@ItaThe3rd I don't think so, Baggio had his trademark ponytail during his period playing for Brescia, and here he didn't have it. So I think the team is Fiorentina.

FIORENTINA

In realtà i suoi ex compagni ne dicono un gran bene

@@IvanoAntico a parte Mazzone Baggio ha litigato con tutti gli altri allenatori che ha avuto…non è un caso che ha girato tante squadre…

Ha fatto segnare pure ai gemelli Filippini altro che,Baggio creava occasioni dal niente ed era un altruista esemplare sempre sceglieva la opzione migliore

there was no good relationship with the coach ... never had a good relationship ...

Você está falando besteira e sendo muito injusto . Ninguém sabe bem o que ocorre nos bastidores. Baggio foi excepcional, era caçado em campo no campeonato mais competitivo do mundo naquela época, o italiano, onde estavam os maiores zagueiros e líberos. Era fácil jogar no espanhol e no holandês. Ele lutou contra tudo isso, inclusive inveja. Baggio foi sim um dos maiores de todos os tempos, e na minha humilde opinião foi o mais elegante jogador da história.