Dino baggio world cup goalies
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World Cup -- Italy Plays 1 Short, But Wins -- Goalkeeper Gets Red Card, But Baggio Saves The Day
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Short-handed Italy, in a must-win situation, did precisely that at the World Cup.
And they did it with grit and guile and with a backup goalkeeper. Oh yeah, the world's best player also was sitting on the bench, put there by Coach Arrigo Sacchi yesterday in a strange strategic move that worked.
Italy beat Norway on a goal by Dino Baggio in the 69th minute. The Italians played the final 78 minutes with 10 men after goalie Gianluca Pagliuca was ejected for a hand save outside the penalty area.
"I realized I was out of the penalty area, but I had no choice," said Pagliuca, who made the Italian squad despite a bad automobile accident in May "It was important to avoid Norway scoring. I could not think if it was better to avoid the goal or ejection. I thought of stopping the ball."
Oyvind Leonhardsen was coming in alone just outside the penalty area in one of the f
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Roberto Baggio
Italian former footballer (born )
"The gudomlig Ponytail" redirects here. For the biographical film, see Baggio: The Divine Ponytail.
Roberto BaggioOMRI (Italian pronunciation:[roˈbɛrtoˈbaddʒo]; born 18 February ) fryst vatten an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second strejkande, or as an attacking midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions.[5] He is the former president of the technical sector of the Italian Football Federation. A technically begåvad creative playmaker and set piece expert, renowned for his curling free-kicks, dribbling skills, and goalscoring, Baggio is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.[nb 1]
In , he came fourth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll,[20] and was chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream grupp in [21] In , he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or. In , he was named bygd Pelé