Comments on: Great And…Not Great – Roberto Baggio http://www.futfanatico.com/2009/10/13/great-and-not-great-roberto-baggio/ My new Web site Wed, 16 May 2012 14:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Great And…Not Great – Roberto Baggio « Scissors Kick http://www.futfanatico.com/2009/10/13/great-and-not-great-roberto-baggio/#comment-78 Great And…Not Great – Roberto Baggio « Scissors Kick Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:22:15 +0000 http://futfanatico.com/?p=1312#comment-78 [...] Great And…Not Great – Roberto Baggio “The greatness and the gaffe. The genius and the gomer pyle. While we last ruminated on an unknown-outside-Argentina-striker, we now turn our attention to the Italianinternational scoring phenomon known as Roberto Baggio. Or, how Pope John Paul referred to him – ‘my worst nightmare.’” (futfanatico) [...] [...] Great And…Not Great – Roberto Baggio “The greatness and the gaffe. The genius and the gomer pyle. While we last ruminated on an unknown-outside-Argentina-striker, we now turn our attention to the Italianinternational scoring phenomon known as Roberto Baggio. Or, how Pope John Paul referred to him – ‘my worst nightmare.’” (futfanatico) [...]

]]> By: Elliott http://www.futfanatico.com/2009/10/13/great-and-not-great-roberto-baggio/#comment-77 Elliott Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:35:45 +0000 http://futfanatico.com/?p=1312#comment-77 Terry - like a lot of young Americans, the Baggio miss in WC 94 was our first experience with the bitter pill of penalty kicks. I wish I could say I saw his 90 goal live, but I think I was still in my mighty-ducks-hockey-phase. Doug - its always tough to compare an international goal vs. a league goal. Messi´s effort was amazingly spectacular...but it was against Getafe, a UEFA cup tem at best, and a relegation struggler at worst. Terry – like a lot of young Americans, the Baggio miss in WC 94 was our first experience with the bitter pill of penalty kicks. I wish I could say I saw his 90 goal live, but I think I was still in my mighty-ducks-hockey-phase.

Doug – its always tough to compare an international goal vs. a league goal. Messi´s effort was amazingly spectacular…but it was against Getafe, a UEFA cup tem at best, and a relegation struggler at worst.

]]> By: Doug http://www.futfanatico.com/2009/10/13/great-and-not-great-roberto-baggio/#comment-76 Doug Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:57:19 +0000 http://futfanatico.com/?p=1312#comment-76 Messi's goal against Getafe in April of 2007 is similar but, I would say, superior. Not a whole lot of difference, but I think he beats more players and ends up having to finish from a much more difficult angle. Messi’s goal against Getafe in April of 2007 is similar but, I would say, superior. Not a whole lot of difference, but I think he beats more players and ends up having to finish from a much more difficult angle.

]]> By: Terry http://www.futfanatico.com/2009/10/13/great-and-not-great-roberto-baggio/#comment-75 Terry Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:02:42 +0000 http://futfanatico.com/?p=1312#comment-75 That Italia 90 goal re-engaged me with the beautiful game. It was eclipsed only by Platt's goal against Belgium in my English biased recollections. That Italia 90 goal re-engaged me with the beautiful game. It was eclipsed only by Platt’s goal against Belgium in my English biased recollections.

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