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Old 06-24-2004, 02:07 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by 91
On top of that, I'd have said Roberto Baggio was the player of the tournament, as he was carrying an Italian team the wrong side of mediocre single handidly. When it came down to it, Brazil other than Romario were better than Italy other than Baggio (true, their match went to penalties, but Brazil were the better team on the day and the two teams tournament results reflect that also).
Yeah, Baggio was brilliant, one of the best players I've seen in my football watching time. People often forget about the likes of Baggio and Stoichkov when talking about the greatest of all time.

Although Paul McGrath did mark Baggio out of the first game completely.
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