Quanta nostalgia of the Divine Codino 
Published in the "Fund" www.mirorenzaglia.org
Fabrizio De André was a big football fan, and the griffin for Genoa tifava. The Faber in his songs have always spoken of the past, many singing "songs of beggars?" With the lightness and elegance of her voice warm. Perhaps it is also normal for Fabrizio De Andrè has not written anything about football, despite the fact his passion. Normal for a man who spoke of serious things in such a delicate way. But a little 'sorry because I imagine that Fabrizio De Andre if he wanted to write, he would have been able to devote to a player, then the singer looked like Genovese a little ': I'm talking about Roberto Baggio .
Because even as De André Baggio had on him when he played the melancholy, the melancholy flow, however, with the lightness and joy of one who is still in power and nature over the top, above the normal. One of his special "desperation"? To put it to Faber. And this specialty Roberto Baggio has brought with him his entire life to football, because it was a star loved by all the Italian people, but has found its way to face countless obstacles that made his name even bigger and even stronger our nostalgia for his deeds.
Just thinking of her knees, reduced bad end of their careers, but have begun to give him problems at the dawn with Vicenza in Serie A that went through his goals, but saw him celebrate promotion to the forum because the operation to its knees. But the problem has never stopped Roberto Baggio, in fact urged him even closer to achieving its goals. Just think of the championship that brought the World Cup in Korea, when the military Baggio Brescia Carlo Mazzone. The divine ponytail breaks for the umpteenth time and is forced to stand still, with Brescia coming down to the number of cadets and the dream world that Baggio is getting further away.
At that time the "special"? Baggio (and here we are talking about very special people, not special one ) does not give up and he decides he wants to recover in a way impossible to save his Brescia and convince the Trap to take it with the blues. Baggio's return is very hot in the derby between Brescia and Atalanta are playing at home that the swallows, which are under 3 goals. Baggio enters, with his ponytail and his captain's armband colored with the colors of Buddhism and the game ends 3-3 with Carlo Mazzone which runs under the platform as guests of Bergamo had offended his Roman throughout the game (which Mazzone also nostalgia, maybe one day we can get an article ..). At the end of Brescia on the wings of its leader is able to escape, but Trapattoni not take Baggio to the World.
We all know how it ended up that world. As we all know what is meant for any coach not to play Baggio: in fact the Ballon d'Or 1993 is perhaps the only player who has always agree with all of Italy football. No ifs, ands or buts. Just think of the pro-banner that Baggio was Trapattoni during games, or just think of Cesare Maldini had to discuss with the forum does not want Del Piero in the field, but Baggio (he was in France in 1998) or obstructs chee Lippi for one year player and is defeated when he saw May 23 in 2000 to win neroazzurri Baggio made a match to go against Parma in the Champions League with a penalty that slipped under the crossbar of Buffon's near post.
In this respect, Ulivieri said that in Italy there was a party that claimed Baggio and he had paid the cost to Bologna, since he had his wife at home Vicenza that tormented him every time he let out divine pigtail.
But why all this love for Baggio? This is really hard to explain. I can only say that it is a player who is in the memories of all the Italians, both small and large. Now it's really hard not to see the tail over the top 10 blue. One of my most vivid memories is just the football world in '94 in the U.S., which saw Baggio protagonist: it was the game suffered with Nigeria, with the great Nigeria '94. That match, like most of the tournament was solved by him. I was at sea with my grandfather and a gentleman friend of the family, and the feeling was that it was normal that Baggio scored, because he was now representing Italy. For us it was normal that he had blue summers as a protagonist. Protagonist to the point where the decisive penalty miss against Brazil, sent over the bar.
But it is clear that the whole of Italy football has forgiven that mistake in Baggio. The Italians have forgiven Di Biagio with France, De Rossi with Spain, and it was unthinkable not forgive the one who had brought them one step from the dream. A few steps from the door in the sky as the title of the book Baggio wrote some years ago. But not only at the national Baggio has been loved to death. Just think of when they arrived at Fiorentina. He was young, was flying his fans, went to play football with them to the headquarters of the ultras and they visited in prison after the bloody clashes. One day, the leadership of Fiorentina having to sell and not wanting to stay at Green decides to sell to Juventus. Florence A world war broke out, but eventually sold it the same. Them with dignity, with his face clean, goes to play with the old lady ..
In first round play Juventus at the Franchi in Florence and for the warmth Baggio is the worst. There is a penalty for the Bianconeri and he decides to pull it, not because he is afraid but because of the goalkeeper infringes knows well the rigors of Baggio. But the penalty is wrong anyway. When the bleachers are replaced by a purple scarf and pulled him quite naturally wears around his neck. The Juventus fans screaming for the penalty to treason for the scarf around his neck, but he, too clean and too decent, in fact, could not forget his fans and has certainly not pulled the penalty for cowardice. Roberto Baggio's career could still say many things. We could talk about amazing goal, all the audiences have been enchanted by his deeds (he played in Vicenza, Fiorentina, in Milan, Inter, in Bologna and Brescia) and many other episodes that tie Italy football to one of its favorite sons. If not her favorite. When we talk about things that went you could always be a bit 'nostalgic, but in these cases nostargia (as the title of an album by Gabriella Ferri) is all. Roberto Baggio
Why not be born again. Not be born as a player stronger than the other awkwardly, but he seemed to try quell'imbarazzo .. A man never over the top, never conceited, never arrogant. A decent man, loyal and clean note. Who lived with the same naturalness victory and defeat as facts normal life. Normal especially for someone like him. Just think of the applause that gave him his last match in San Siro against AC Milan 16 May 2004, when the entire stadium rose to their feet to greet his sample. It is precisely this nostalgia. A little 'because it was small, a little' because today there are very strong players in Italy as Balotelli, Cassano and others, but Roberto Baggio you have never seen even the shadow. Maybe. We console ourselves, maybe watching some of his goals ...
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