Giancarlo Antognoni gave a long interview to the Gazzetta dello Sport . The Fiorentina legend discussed Franco Mastantuono , the Viola's new star, and drew some lofty comparisons.
Roberto Baggio made a special public appearance at New York’s Rizzoli Bookstore as fans gathered to celebrate the release of his autobiography, A Light in the Darkness.
Italy legend Roberto Baggio feels Lionel Messi is better than Pelé and Diego Armando Maradona ‘for what he’s been doing for 20 years’, while Marco Materazzi picks ‘the real’ Ronaldo.
Brazilian legend Romario says Franco Baresi was the ‘most difficult’ opponent he faced during his playing career but is ‘grateful’ to Roberto Baggio for
Roberto Baggio and other Italian legends, including Christian Vieri, have visited New York and Toronto in recent days, meeting several Azzurri fans living abroad and taking part in various activities, including watching Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.
The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on July 17, 1994, was packed with 94,000 fans who had watched two of the world’s greatest teams fight out one of the most cautious finals in World Cup history.
Roberto Baggio remains one of the greatest legends in Italian football history, yet Antonio Cassano believes he was the superior player despite the enormous admiration Baggio received throughout his career.
Luca Toni says his former Brescia teammate Pep Guardiola should take a sabbatical and join him and Roberto Baggio for a trip, but ‘the only place we could all go together would be the Maldives.’ Luca Toni, a 2006 Italy World Cup winner and a former teammate of Baggio and Guardiola at Brescia, reacts to Pep leaving Manchester City after ten years.
Roberto Baggio has explained why he did not see eye-to-eye with Marcello Lippi during his time at Inter towards the end of his career, and says that the
Roberto Baggio has sat down for a rare in-depth interview, discussing his playing career, the 1994 World Cup final, his relationships with Diego Maradona,
In 1994, the United States hosted the World Cup. It was a significant moment in soccer as a whole, but huge for American soccer. The U.S. was not a footballing nation by and large at that point, and also it doesn’t even call the sport football.
Former Italian striker Antonio Cassano argues he was more ‘creative’ than Francesco Totti and had more physicality than Roberto Baggio: ‘But I never reached my prime.’ Former Serie A star Cassano released some bold statements in his latest appearance on the Viva El Football podcast, which he hosts alongside Daniele Adani and Nicola Ventola.
La Gazzetta dello Sport argues that the FIGC will need to rely on Italy legends to revive football after a third consecutive World Cup play-off elimination.
The contents of a 900-page report presented by the legendary Roberto Baggio have cropped up in conversations among supporters in the wake of Italy’s third consecutive failure to qualify for the World Cup.
Former Serie A referee Nicola Rizzoli recalls a classy gesture from Roberto Baggio during a tense Serie A match between Lazio and Brescia: ‘We won’t make
Roberto Baggio says he would have given his life for his ex-coach Carletto Mazzone: ‘He called me when my transfer fee was zero.’ Mazzone revived Baggio’s career in 2000 after the ex-Italian striker left Inter.
The legendary Roberto Baggio has weighed in on the issues surrounding the Italy national team and believes there is only one way to ‘fix’ Gennaro Gattuso’s
Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand admits he ‘got emotional’ when he bumped into Roberto Baggio last week: ‘It was too much…’ Former England international Ferdinand was in Italy last week, when he attended the Derby della Madonnina between Inter and Milan at San Siro.
Roberto Baggio was never far from controversy during his playing career, yet one constant was his deep affection for Fiorentina. The Italian striker joined the club from Vicenza in 1985, marking the beginning of a prolific and emotionally charged chapter in Florence.
On September 14th, 1997 – Luigi Simoni’s Inter Milan travelled to Bologna for a Match Day 2 Serie A clash at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara, headlined by Ronaldo vs Roberto Baggio.
Roberto Baggio, one of the biggest names in the history of Italian football, was robbed at gunpoint Thursday in his home as he watched the Italy National Team take on Spain at the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament in Germany.
Italian football legend Roberto Baggio was injured during a violent robbery at his villa during Spain’s victory over Italy at Euro 2024. According to Il Corriere della Sera, as quoted by MD, Baggio was at home watching the game with his family when a minimum of five armed assailants broke into his house.
What happens when you put against each other a star-studded Roma side, coached by an ultra-offensive manager in the name of Zdenek Zeman, and one of the most impressive Inter lineups ever seen – where Roberto Baggio had just joined the Fenomeno Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima?