| 国家队大门再次向巴乔敞开 | | 出处:英文锁定 | 日期2004-04-29 | | | |
Only an ageing Baggio, who hurt his thigh while scoring with a free-kick at the end, makes the club's media rights valuable. He is still the person who can make people switch on their televisions...
Only an ageing Baggio, who hurt his thigh while scoring with a free-kick at the end, makes the club's media rights valuable. He is still the person who can make people switch on their televisions.
Roberto Baggio has been recalled to his country's colours for one last outing and, just for old times' sake, he came with an injury. Everything about him has always been delicate, his body and his career as much as his technique and imagination. Luckily, the latest thigh strain will not prevent the 37-year-old from starting the friendly with Spain this evening.
This 56th cap will be his first for Italy since 1999 and it is a peace offering as well as a tribute from Giovanni Trapattoni, who ignored a public campaign and declined to take Baggio to the 2002 World Cup. The senior coaches are just about the only people in the country who do not adore him and it is their opinion that has counted.
The Italian fans really love him for his virtuosity. They say that it suits him to be at a club such as Brescia, where dynamism is not expected and his occasional piece of brilliance is treasured.
"I will try to do my best against Spain," Baggio said. "It is right that the players who appeared in the qualifiers should be ahead of me. If there were a chance of my going, that would be wonderful."
"The most beautiful thing about my career is the feeling people have for me," Baggio said yesterday.
As tonight will prove, his place is not really in the shadows. The country envisages a supreme performance that forces Trapattoni to select him for Euro 2004.
百灵编辑:茂军
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