Last update August 5, 2020 by Javier Argudo
Roberto Baggio He is one of the best Italian soccer players of all time. The player wore the shirt of great clubs (Fiorentina, Juventus, Milan, Inter…). But nevertheless, his career was marked by some injuries that prevented him from surrendering to 100% since very soon.
Precisely, in an interview to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian crack confessed that he had a really bad time after going from Vicenza to Fiorentina in 1985: “In my first year at Fiore I had a very serious knee injury. They put me 200 points and the pain was excruciating. At that precise moment I came to tell my mother that if she loved me, me matara”. At that time, also, the player embraced the buddhist religion, that helped him overcome his difficult situation.
Nonetheless, Roberto Baggio managed to be the franchise player of the viola set. In fact, the fans consider him one of the best footballers who has worn the club's shirt in all history: “Jugué gran parte de mi carrera con dolor. Me acostumbré a ello y lo cierto es que logré grandes éxitos tanto a nivel individual como colectivo”.
Indeed, Baggio raised a league, a Cup and a UEFA Cup with the Juventus as well as a second league championship with Milan. further, was appointed Golden Ball in 1993. One year later, in summer 1994, was a finalist in the United States World Cup, but nevertheless, Brazil took the title in the penalty shootout in which, precisely, Roberto Baggio missed the final launch.
THE TRANSFER OF BAGGIO BY JUVENTUS
Own Baggio showed his appreciation to the fans of the Fiorentina in those hard times of 1985: “Siempre recordaré el apoyo de la hinchada. Todos los meses de recuperación de aquella lesión me animaron y fueron muy importantes para mí”.
But nevertheless, the signing of Baggio by Juventus was understood as treason. The player blamed the directive for lack of clarity in the negotiation: “Ellos me culparon de aquello y la gente les creyó. Querían venderme porque la oferta de la Juventus era muy buena y no me consideraban una pieza clave en el proyecto deportivo”.
Who knows what they would have achieved if injuries they would have respected him a little more. Problems in the meniscus and tendon of the right knee and a new cruciate tear, this time on the left, in the year 2002 when he was in the ranks of the Brescia, where he hung his boots permanently.
