Few people remembers that Roberto played against the toughest defenses that ever existed ... And yet he dribbled and scored against the greatest like Baresi, Costacurta, Cannavaro, Thuram and the other big players of the golden age of Serie A! Legend!
@@davids2742 well you might be right bt Maldini was the best in his position and was far ahead of other world class defenders.... The confirmed best ever.. While Baggio is just another world class attacker.. So you should take tht into consideration
I was 10 years old when Baggio shattered my dreams in the World Cup. We were 2 minutes away from beating Italy in what would have been a major upset but for this man. It’s been 27 years and my country Nigeria still feels the pain of that 2-1 loss till this day. The “divine ponytail” is a legend in the eyes of all Nigerians. Next to Maradona, no number 10 ever bossed a World Cup like this man.
I was a kid a that time. On the other side of the pitch, supporting Italy. Your team was really strong in the world cup and played much better than us. I still remember his shot at the 90'. Slowly going to the goal. In that precise moment I felt as happy as I never was before (and rarely after). Because when you are a kid you really feel something pure and innocent. I really love what you wrote, because it is the mirror of two kids of the same age watching the same match but on a different side. Big hug and respect for one of the strongest team i have ever seen in a competition (Nigeria). Roby really made the difference there. Pure class. And such a great and humble man.
@@eduardorossi7310 love what you wrote my friend on a different continent. As that Goal trickled in to the bottom right corner of our goal in the 88th minute, my 10 year old heart sank. I was hoping for the referee to call it back or something. We had barely 1 minute to hold on. After each World Cup game, me and my mates would go out on the field and try to mimic our football idols on the field. This day was different. After Nigeria lost, there was a sense of emptiness we all felt. Our joy left and the field was almost empty when we went out to play. Roberto Baggio had earned my respect as a little boy, but man he crushed our hopes in those days. I felt strangely sad when Italy lost the finals though. Robbie missing that final penalty should have been joyful for me, but I truly felt bad for him. He worked so hard and single-handedly dragged Italy to the finals. To go out like that was definitely painful to watch. Baggio was one of a kind and a football player I will never forget.
Baggio wore #10 but did not play like it. Baggio was a hybrid #9/11 and sometimes a false #9 (before the term was invented and the playstyle/position was discovered). I've seen other #10 boss a world cup like Baggio and Maradona. Pele did it. I have seen an amazing player, who wore #7 boss a world cup like Maradona, Baggio and Pele: Garrincha! And I saw the one badass mofo who dominated a world cup and never wore #10, instead wore #8: Just Fontaine! He scored 13 goals in 6 matches! During an era of no yellow or red cards, terrible ball composition/structure, shoddy footwear, sub-par pitches/fields, and more physical style of football! Baggio was amazing, but there were other gods before him who impacted just like Baggio did!
@@nikolaivista920 you are speaking as one who witnessed these other greats. I didn’t witness Garrincha or Fontaine live or in person. They may have been phenomenal in their own right, but I would rate Maradona and Baggio above them for the fact that I witnessed them both as a child and in my innocent, child like, eyes they were both magical.
I think Baggio is the secret best player of all time. He did miraculous things at every club and single handedly got Italy to the final In 94 and all of it with serious injuries interrupting things.. He was magic!!
Dude it’s exactly what I think like he went toe to toe and sometimes even better than Diego with all the bad things he had on him. The injuries, the pain that it entailed, and the technicians. Now can you imagine what it would have been like without any of that? Exactly, the best in the world
He also was 16 when he had his first big injury. People talk about r9 but baggio got hurt before his carear really took off and had twice as many injury's. Baggios technique wasalmost if not just as good as maradona's in my opinion. He is part of the mount rushmore of football in my eyes along with pele maradona and r9naldo
Both are known to be two of the greatest players to ever play football and were widely considered the best talents of their generation what are you on about they can't be much higher rated
I too heard about it. So if that injury wasn't there , I guess he would have gone to be the best in the world like how Cr7 and M10 are these days. Right???
@@Sigma-Male1986 even with this knee he was able to win ballon do'r, i can't even imagine a football player got such serious knee issues(220 stitches after surgery) from the age of 18 able to do this against the best defensive league ever(90's Seria A) he is arguably one of the best naturally gifted footballer ever existed.
@@midhungopan9270 You just bought tears in my eyes with these words. 😪😪😪😪. I was always disappointed with the people seeing him in an underrated manner. Well yes indeed you said it, with that injured leg he won a BALLON D'OR (in 1993) which was certainly hard earned.
Baggio is certainly the greatest Italian footballer of all time. Still my one and only favorite footballer of Italy. Love and respect for the legend from Bangladesh.
Quanto mi mancano quei giorni. Il calcio di Baggio era bellissimo. C'erano tantissime star del calcio in Brasile, Argentina, Inghilterra, Italia, Spagna e Olanda. Sembra che a quel tempo il calcio fosse più bello e più bello. Stagione calcistica artistica. Oggi è solo forza, marcatura e corsa. Il calcio di questi tempi è noioso.
He had the speed of Kaka` , passing + vision like Pirlo, technique + control like Zidane, and finishing like R9 Mamma Mia~~!!! The Perfect Fantasista Salute for The Divine Ponytail
roberto baggio and pirlo played together in milan and brescia like luca toni or del piero in juve you never mind some of is talent is got giving him from the young age of 3 years italian biographie video roberto sfide ciao !!!
I dont judge him from how many goals he scored , how many gold medals he has or how rich he is...he simply made football so pleasant to watch and doing impossible things. I expect him to continue as coach now. Thank you Roberto what you showed to us.
@@panterone1769 Si è vero, quando giocava alla Juve ho preso un volo da Torino a Roma e c'era tutta la squadra, Baggio aveva una rivista sulla caccia e diceva ad un compagno che sarebbe andato in Argentina in una tenuta da caccia!
Baggio was the only player that made people cheer for his goals even when he was playing for another team. I think the reason is “art belongs to everyone”.
One of the best dribblers of all time. When he was fit, he could do everything and had all the skill and pace too. He went by players like they were invisible and scored some memorable goals even towards the end of his career. His goal against Van de Sar/Juventus after coming back from injury showed that, form is temporarily, class is permanent.
He is not underrated,he is forgotten. He didn't last long like Del Piero. Also,he didn't score that penalty in '94. Forever the professor and the student! Two Kings! Forzza Juveee!
@@adnan4688 Baggio played for over 20 years. Even before 94 he was criminally under-rated. Just like Zico, Baggio missed a penalty in a decisive WC game. Forza Azzurri 🤟
@@axxessmundi Baggio did play,but not at highest levels is what I meant. Although his game might have been the best in Vicenza,but he reached the top with the move to Juve. I wish he moved to Juve earlier and never got injured,he would have been called the goat by Messi and Ronaldo fans today 🤣 Forzza Azzurri 💪
Doing this after a reconstructed Acl in the 80s, having done both my acl ligaments and knowing how rudimentary acl reconstructions were in the 80s I’m simply amazed.... can only dream how good he would have been without his injury you are never the same after major knee surgery like this and yet when you look at the way he played... wow!
The problem is that most people don’t even realize how amazing he was even after a horrific injury. Here in Brasil (and I think that the rest of the world says the same thing) we say that he only had one knee, one to help him drible and score goals and the other to get on the bus lol
Serie A was so saturated of talents that basically everyone that period was underrated..championships now lost charisma everywhere that s why Messi and Cristiano shine much more..Football was much better back then
Neither were remotely under-rated when they played or afterwards. It was globally recognized when they were both playing that they were among the best ever, and would be for a long time.
And please remember that he played his whole career with maybe only 50% of his capabilities due to his horrific injury when he played for Lanerossi Vicenza
@@goku445 sure thing, watch footage of his knee. I'll guarantee you he was above beeing good. He was from another planet. One one level with Zidane, Ronaldinho and Kakà
The perfectly timed run, the pinpoint ball from Pirlo and the intended killer touch without braking stride 🤯 AGAINST THAT JUVE!!! The Van Basten volley is up there but this.. was just simply BAGGIO #Divine👌🏽
As a Mexican American boy, I actually grew up playing basketball.. idolizing Michael Jordan, never played futbol but my dad played most of his life.. I would go watch him all the time. Never even thought to play the game myself… in 94 I was 8 years old and was watching the World Cup for the first time… Baggio came onto the screen with his swag, pony tail.. I was hooked, I watched him play… his movements, his technique… I was glued to the TV watching his every move. I fell in love with the game… I immediately told my dad I didn’t want to play basketball anymore, and wanted to try to play futbol… I was a natural.. that summer ended in heartbreak obviously with the missed penalty but Baggio will forever hold a special place in my heart.. my favorite player of all time, the greatest for me.. he needs to be mentioned more among the best to ever play the game. He’s deserving. 🐐
Even with all his physical issues he managed to win the Ballon d'or, reach a world cup final and be the best Italian player ever and one of the best in history. No player today, except for Messi, can even dream to have a fraction of his talent.
There is hardly any usable footage of Meazza, but, boy, does that guy have an absurd legend. Descriptions of him pretty much don't make sense. Like, for instance, he is both A) described as being one of the best ever at receiving the ball in his own half, then dribbling past everyone, including dribbling past the goalie...and B) having such absurd bicycle kick skills that he would score them on consecutive games, and even once CAUGHT a pass with a bicycle pass, as in, the ball stuck to his foot from top of arc down to the ground. At least one old Italian guy said Baggio was more electric, but that Meazza was the most elegant player ever. Meazza almost had to have a foot amputation because the rules were even laxer back then, he was SO heavily "defended". Baggio was probably the faster runner, Meazza the more agile and trickier.
Imagine that kids today think that a choker who lost all the finals is the greatest of all time, that he deserves all the money he is ripping off of Barcelona, what would they say about R.Baggio if he played today?
He was always going to have that knee problem due to the way he ran, though. Same with Gullit, Aimar and Ronaldo. I hated that era because every time a player started showing pace along with skills, they blew a knee to hell early in their career. Wasn't until the mid-00s that teams started taking joint alignment training seriously.
Is he better than Messi? He was playing mostly with one knee so it is legit to say he is at Messi level and can be forgiven if one say he is better than Messi given two healthy knees. He was also playing against legendary defenders like Maldini, Thuram, Baresi, cannaravo, Nesta on a set of rules that was not giving adequate protection to players like Baggio, Maradona etc. Maradona and Baggio were most of time dribbling pass career ending tackles to win games.
@@wilsonotoibhi1131 Cosa vuoi? Discutere con lui? Se dice Totti> Baggio non ci devi neanche parlare... Poiche Totti nn poteva neanche lucidargli le scarpe
And he played against the toughest defense in the world, the ball control at 4:22 is just out of this world. Just Pure crystalline talent. Thank you Roby
Sólo Baggio y Maradona han llevado a su selección a una final de un mundial, y una tanda de penaltis no puede manchar ese logro. Baggio siempre es mi delantero titular cuando hago una alineación de jugadores históricos.
Yo a baggio lo pongo en la.mesa de los más grandes .. con Diego pele con Messi Ronaldo nazario cr7 etc etc . 7 operaciones de rodilla loco!! Y aun así era un genio ... 🙌⚽ Tengo una colección de camisetas de solo leyendas del futbol y la de baggio Esuna de la que jamás me desprendería... Jamás
Concordo pienamente e non dimentichiamo che e stato sempre rotto 😢😢😢 per colpa dei falli brutti che ha subito non lo hanno mai difeso gli arbitri o la federazione calcistica doveva vincere tutto e tanti palloni d'oro.
Baggio was my favorite player growing up, saw him play in the 94' world cup quarter final at Foxboro stadium when I was 10 years old. I spent many days alone with the ball and he was the inspiration.
It's hard to compare generations and we have to admit that Messi's numbers are ridiculous! However, Baggio was my all time favorite player, this video is fantastic but it's impossible to show this man's true quality with a 5min clip. The way he influenced games was just unbelievable. Amazing player and a great man!
GugasChannel Messi didn’t suffer injuries as severe as Baggio but he gets injured very frequently as well. All good dribblers, they are easy to get hurt because defenders tackle them harder and more often.
Most of Messi's numbers are against weak teams , like Zaragoza, Córdoba, Real Betis...The Italian League in 90's were the hardest tournment at the time
@rimphyd that is true. While he is my favorite player and he was a great inspiration to watch, after '94 he was "Baggio who lost the penalty". It followed him everywhere. I almost pitied him after that.
@@daveneo3580 Del Piero for me was the best of that time, I use to watch Gazetta football italia every Saturday morning on channel 4, i am from Dublin. After about a year of pleading with my mother she bought me the Juventus shirt with Danone as the sponsor, the shirt had bobbles and was not in great condition. Rest in peace to my mother she made me the happest boy in the world with that shirt:D
Antognoni the two Mazzola Rivera Giannini Matteoli Mancini Beccalossi Meazza leaving the L least known but still world class Di canio Carbone Morfeo Locatelli ( Bologna) We had loads of number 10’s
He's just sublime. Without the terrible injuries to his knee early in his career he would have been the Messi of his era. Most underrated player in history. Divine!
the kids of today realy have no clue about the great players of old Baggio hands down was the best player i seen play in my lifetime. and i was lucky enough to see him play in the flesh back when he played for juventus in the 1993 1994 season against AC milan and he destroyed them that day. even so the milan fans cheered him. im 48 now and ive seen the best players over the years but baggio stands out. and to think he played with the injuries he had to his knee. the man was majestical b4 we had R9 ripping up defenders we had baggio doing it. what a player he was the devine ponytail no 10 LEGEND
We need to stop hyping the injury stories as the clubs patched him up for years to allow him to perform at his best - even though he paid the price in the end. #magicalplayer
@@beejj6190 'club patched him up?' No, an orthopedic surgeon operated on his knees with an artifical replacement. He also would have been on medication too and months of physical therapy to relearn how to walk. After any major operation involving knees or ankles, the capacity to make full use of the knee or ankles is diminished. That is a medical fact. Don't they teach biology in school anymore?
@@jakeywilliams or Jokey ? Do you honestly think a guy with genuinely screwed knees *could perform at the A+ physical, footballing level of Baggio for over TEN years* ?? If you do (which would be pretty mental) you might as well say a 100% Baggio would have made e.g R9 / Pele / Messi look like children - which is just pathetic , ROFL! Yes, he went through serious surgery (not quite as dramatic as your take), but it's obvious his teams did whatever they had to *to allow him to feel near 100% on a pitch* ! Don't make a fool of yourself with your subjective 'cool story' belief system. Jeez... bet you still wear a mask to 'keep safe' out there... ; )
@@beejj6190 You're an ignoramous! I advise you choose your words carefully. My brother almost lost his life from covid-19 after spending a month in hospital of which 23 days was in a coma. Healthy young and non smoker. My wife's brother is a senior doctor so he got involved in helping my brother. No i don't wear a mask unless I'm with a vulnerable person. Something you densentized people would fail to understand.
@@beejj6190 if you read my comment, it is a general consensus of those who underwent major surgery to their knees or ankles. There is always a reduction in functionality. However, in case of Baggio, the club would have spent money considerable money on getting him the best orthopaedic specialists available with input from Baggio himself for recovery. Discipline. He is also an incredible talent which helped him overcome whatever disadvantage that he faced. But no way would he be 100% as he was before the operations. You can personally consult an orthopaedic surgeon for their professional opinion for your own satisfaction.
Baggio was for me, the most amazing non-brazilian player that i saw! My favorite international player. His skills and elegance, and hability with speed, are amazing. Is sad that here in Brazil and another parts of world, he is just remembered by the penalty that lost in the world cup 94. Is underrated by this and by the shining Romario's moment in 94. Your reserved personality was a ''problem'' for this too. The best italian football star ever!
@@DanielSuarez-jq6tl pessi lessi is shit hi If was born 20 years bifore his birth hi wodnt be fotbalist , playing against Baresi Maldini Nesta Costacurta Thuram Dessally Veira etc and etc ithen penaldo ofsaido will make 10 goals per year
Baggio honestly saying throughout 90s he destroyed players for fun awesome player my favourite italian player most skillful player I ever seen on live tv channel 4 those were the days italian football no.1
not many players nowadays have the tenacity and cojones to dribble the goal keeper... Baggio used to do it as a walk in the park. was lucky enough to see him play once. true champion, on and off the pitch. most likely the best player Italy ever had, and it will take years before another player comes close to his skills in Italy. Yes there were Totti, Del Piero, who also won more trophies than him... but I dont believe anyone came close to Baggio as far as technical skills and beauty of play go. All this despite his uncountable injuries.
I was born in 82 so you know who I grew up watching, baggio was my favorite. Romario, van basten, gullet, muller, klingsman, maradona, batistuta, Bergkamp and so many more, the world has continued to produce so many great players, y'all should catch some of those old matches back then.
The melancholic drum and base tune fits the legendary status of this incredible champion and man I’d make my son watch his movie to inspire him and learn that in life you never give up !!!
Baggio is absolutely the best Italian footballer ever! I always enjoy watching him dribbling and scoring gorgeous goals, he’s like a poet on the soccer pitch!
Same can be said about a Maradona without drugs and alcohol, R9 without injuries or Van Basten without injuries. I think the first one I mentioned still managed to be the best despite all that.
I remember when he was playing: every sunday I was waiting for the highlights of the serie A on tv just to see what marvellous play would have come from Baggio. It was a show to watch him play
Goat status....one of the most gifted players , alongside with Maradona. 7 major injuries and he still managed to be one of the greatest of all time...unbelivalble..
Io lo ritengo il giocatore più forte e sfortunato allo stesso tempo, di tutti i tempi... non ha potuto mai dimostrare tutto il suo potenziale e guardate qua cosa era capace di fare con il pallone in mezzo al campo signori... questo era vero calcio e lui è stato tormentato per tutta la carriera dagli infortuni continuamente... Baggio sei unico
Nicholas Alexander when I was a boy, the first player I heard of was Baggio. My coaches jokingly called me Baggio. Not knowing who he was. then I found some pictures of him in a soccer skills book I bought once. But yes he is a genius. “Forza Il Codino Divino”
I fall in love with football cause of R.Baggio the 19/06/1990 (italia-czech, world cup, i was 9 years old) and his Juventus shirt is on my wall since 1995. I cry with your wonderfull vidéo thanks! (sorry for my english i'm french😕)
I’ve his goal compilation. His best goals are very similar to R9 trademark (rounding the GK even on tight angle) and Messi (dribbling in small space crowded with defenders). Baggio and R9 they have proved themselves even without reaching their full potential due to injuries.
Baggio was just a pure joy to watch at early to late 90s, he was a pure football talent. No muscle or rigorous training and can score all kinds of goals you could imagine
I was too young to enjoy young Roby as I started supporting Juventus thank to the prime Del Piero, and honestly, I used to hate him because many times Del Piero couldn't play due to Baggio presence. But now I regret I couldn't enjoy such a great beauty back when Italian football was at its best..Baggio immense player..the only thing could stop him was Injury
I think Baggio at the peak of his power's was capable of things no other could do with a football and even today there's no one like him. He was pure magic Baggio
@@jhonybraavo Yes, laugh as much as you want but Baggio had to face the world's best defences in the Serie A week-in-week-out with constant knee pain with little protection from referees in those days. Messi was cocooned from all that in La Liga with sub-standard defending and heavy protection from referees, particularly when Barcelona played in Europe.
My favorite player growing up... I was lucky to see him play I'm the 1994 WC semifinal game! To this day the most insane and iconic sporting event I've been to!
I have never seen a collection of the best goals of a player with 36 pearls .... maybe others have scored more but no one, neither c . ronaldo nor messi or maradona(the number 1 ever ), has made all these quality goals . for me he is one of the 5 best players ever . a legend
Baggio, who brought me to football, i cried for him in 1994, 1998, no one make me happy and so sad like him. In my mind, R Baggio, Maradona, Messi and Cantona alway the best in football
