Led a nation with less than 4 million people to back to back World Cup podium finishes. Ended the Ballon d'Or duopoly of Messi and Ronaldo. While players of his age were retiring at 34 he dedarse won 2 UCL and played in two WC after that. LEGENDARY !!!!🙌🏼
Farewell Modric 🤍💫
JUNE IS GOING TO BE A GOOD MONTH.
JUNE IS GOING TO BE A GOOD MONTH.
JUNE IS GOING TO BE A GOOD MONTH.
JUNE IS GOING TO BE A GOOD MONTH.
JUNE IS GOING TO BE A GOOD MONTH.
JUNE IS GOING TO BE A GOOD MONTH.
JUNE IS GOING TO BE A GOOD MONTH.
JUNE IS GOING TO BE A GOOD MONTH.
I don’t have money to offer but I will report till your helper sees it
I will pray for you too, sending you lots of love, hugs and and prayers in this difficult situation 🥹🙏❤️
This miss.
Baggio, the reigning Ballon d’Or winner at the time, literally carried a very poor Italian team on his back to the final with help from Signori, EVERY SINGLE ITALIAN GOAL in ALL the knockout games leading to the final—2 in every match.
Came closest to scoring a winning goal during the final match.
And he did all these playing with an ice pack on his thigh throughout because he was injured.
In the final moment because his legs were SO NUMB from playing four knockout games while injured—with 2 of them going to 120 minutes, he chose go for power instead of his usual impeccable placement.
Football can be so cruel.
Italy finally won the World Cup again in 2006—and that they won it on penalties was poetic.
Yet you can see what that miss still means to Baggio over 30yrs later.
And any footballer that calls the World Cup just a 7 game tournament is not deserving of ever smelling a World Cup.