| 28th May, 2000 |
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 There is a RAI report about Roby that said he left a deep sign in Florence, Juve, Milan, Bologna, and also Inter. It also mentioned Baggio's "soccer philosophy": "It's better to have 10 disorganized people who can play football than 10 organized people who just run". But trainers nowaday usually emphasize more on muscular power than talent. Here is a Real movie of this report, you can see all Baggio's open-play goals this season, and the standing ovation that Inter supporters gave him. All the pictures here are actually the screenshot of this report.
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Earlier, RAI reported that many Italians living in Sydney, Australia would like to see him playing in the Sydney 2000 Olympic games.
There are 3 more new wallpapers designed by Amir Gad, John Gu and Gurkan. Click here.
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| 27th May, 2000 |
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On Thursday, a charity match dedicated to Middle East peace was held at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. The purpose of this game was to raise money for school Internet and other facilities to boost dialogue between Israel and Palestine. Some world figures attended, such as soccer legend Pele, FIFA president Blatter, actor Sean Connery, and of course the Palestinian president Arafat.
The match was played between the joint team of the 2 countries and the Italian singers. Baggio played for the Israel and Palestine joint team coached by French Platini, which was an all-star team with not only professional soccer players, Ferrari's Formula one driver Michael Schumacher was a memeber as well. While some famous Serie A players reinforced the singers, like Hidetoshi Nakata and Angelo Peruzzi. The match ended with the all-star won by a score of 2-1. After this match, Baggio travelled to Argentina to have a short break.
Below are 2 Reuters pictures of Roby in this charity match.
There are 2 new wallpapers, one was designed by Ahmad Yousef Kedan from Israel and the other by Kori Marica from Japan, click here.
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| 26th May, 2000 |
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As reported by Agence France-Press, Baggio said "if Lippi stays, there's no reason for me to stay." And it is confirmed that Lippi will continue coaching Inter next season, so Roby will leave for sure.
La Gazzetta dello Sport online is doing a survey, the question is "Vieri is not available for the European competition (because of injury), if you were Zoff would you call Roby Baggio?"
Here are 7 more pictures of Baggio in the Inter-Parma match. The first 4 are from Inter official site, and the rest are from La Gazzetta dello Sport.
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| 24th May, 2000 |
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 Here are 3 more Associated Press pictures.
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| 24th May, 2000 |
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Roby Baggio scored twice and helped Inter to beat Parma 3-1, this means they are qualified for a place in the Champions League. Both of his goals were of the highest quality, with the first one from a freekick that opened the score, and the second with a beautiful left foot volley from the edge of the box, which gave Inter the important 2-1 lead. Here are the goal movies, the Mpegs are from RAI, and the QuickTimes are from Inter official site.
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2nd goal (84') | Mpeg | QuickTime |
He started the match with Vieri, and was substituted by Fresi just after he scored his second. RAI Sport gave him 7.5, which was the highest in this game. After the match Baggio said "I'm a serious professional and I've demonstrated that this season." But when asked where he would head to in the coming season, he said "I truly don't know. I have no idea."
Here is a Real movie from RAI Sport, you can see an interview with Roby as well as his post-match celebration. | Live | Download |
Many pictures below, the first one is a screenshot I found in Inter official site, the next 3 are from La Gazzetta dello Sport, then 5 RAI pictures, and finally 3 Associated Press pictures.
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| 23rd May, 2000 |
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 This picture is in a La Gazzetta dello Sport article, which talks about today's play-off match between Inter and Parma.
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| 23rd May, 2000 |
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Today Inter will play their final but the most important match this season. They will travel to Verona to play the European Champions League play-off match with Parma. According to Inter official site, Vieri will be the first-choice striker, and Lippi will choose between Baggio and Recoba to partner him.
Surely this will be Roby's last game wearing the no.10 Inter jersey, next season he'll be with another team, very likely that it will be a Serie A team. Just wait and see.
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| 21st May, 2000 |
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 2 more pictures of Baggio in the Inter-Lazio match on Thursday. They are from Associated Press and RAI Sport respectively.
There is a new wallpaper designed by Radchada Thamronglak. Click here.
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| 19th May, 2000 |
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The second leg of Coppa Italia final ended with a 0-0 draw, which saw the Lazio players celebrating in Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. Baggio started the game and RAI Sport gave him a 6. But he was substituted by Recoba in the 61st minute, who got an even higher mark of 7; while both Zamorano and Vieri got 5.5.
Well, finally Baggio couldn't win any trophy with Inter, and he has not won any with any team since his first season with AC Milan.
Below are some pictures. The first 4 are screen shots that I found in Inter official site, the other 2 are Reuters and La Gazzetta dello Sport pictures respectively.
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| 18th May, 2000 |
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 Today Inter will play the second leg of Coppa Italia final at the San Siro Stadium. They lost the first leg by a score of 1-2.
Vieri is back from injury, but will probably start from the bench. While Baggio should be able to start the match.
Here is a La Gazzetta dello Sport picture of Roby in the first leg.
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| 17th May, 2000 |
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 Zoff had announced a 26-man preliminary squad for EURO2000, and the final 22 will be from these 26 players. But Roby is not in the list, disappointedly.
Here are 2 Inter official pictures.
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| 15th May, 2000 |
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 Now Inter and Parma are level with 58 points, they will have to play an extra play-off match to determine who can take part in Champions League. But before this play-off, Inter will play the second leg of Coppa Italia final against the Serie A champions Lazio, which will be on Thursday, 18 May.
Here is an Associated Press picture of Baggio celebrating his goal.
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| 15th May, 2000 |
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 Here are the goal movies of Baggio's penalty, from RAI Sport and Inter official site respectively.
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These 2 pictures are RAI Sport pictures.
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| 15th May, 2000 |
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 Inter beat Cagliari 2-0. Baggio played his second full match of this season, and showed encouraging form. He involved in a number of scoring chances, also caused a Cagliari player to be sent off, and in the 75th minute, he scored a penalty that gave Inter the lead. Now Inter have the chance to play in the European Champions League next season, but this is not an issue for Roby anymore. On the other hand, both Vicenza and Napoli has been successfully promoted to Serie A, in the near future Baggio will decide where to go.
This picture here is a screen shot I found in Inter official site.
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| 14th May, 2000 |
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Today Inter will play their final Serie A game this season. A win will give them the hope for a Champions League place, a loss will otherwise dampen that. Every week La Gazzetta dello Sport will do a prediction for the probable squad for all Serie A teams, but the people there always think Baggio will be a substitute, no idea why.
Anyway, there are 3 new wallpapers, 2 were designed by Marica from Japan, while the other one was designed by John Gu. Click here.
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| 11th May, 2000 |
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 When Baggio was interviewed by La Gazzetta dello Sport, he hinted a move to Napoli, he said "the idea of playing at Napoli is very interesting, yes I like the idea but nothing is decided yet. I will decide where I am going to play next season within the next fortnight."
The small picture here is from Inter official site, and it's in the Inter Football Club magazine.
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| 9th May, 2000 |
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It's obvious that Baggio was one of the best Inter players on the field in the Inter-Fiorentina match, and when he knew he was being substituted, he was disappointed and didn't head to the bench. Some people thought that this was not an appropriate behaviour.
Another thing about Roby is about the anti-doping stuff. At the end of every Serie A match, 2 players from each team will be randomly chosen to have a test for using drugs, and this time Baggio was one of them. However, as reported in Inter official site, he didn't turn up for the test because he had left the dressing room. As a consequence, he'll go to Rome on Wednesday with Inter's doctor to meet CONI representatives to discuss about the misunderstanding involved.
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| 8th May, 2000 |
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 Inter lost to Fiorentina by 4 goals at home. Baggio was in the starting line-up, but he was substituted in the 56th minute, when the team was 2 goals behind. The picture here is from Inter official site.
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| 7th May, 2000 |
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Today Inter will play Fiorentina at the San Siro Stadium. As reported in Inter official site, Baggio and Recoba will start the match.
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| 4th May, 2000 |
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More pictures. The first 3 were taken in the Perugia-Inter match. The first one is from RAI Sport, while the second and the third are Inter official pictures. The rest were scanned and sent to me by Julia, I would like to thank Julia once again!
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| 2nd May, 2000 |
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Some pictures scanned and sent to me by Julia from France. In here I would like to thank Julia!
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| 1st May, 2000 |
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RAI Sport gave Roby 6.5 and below are 3 RAI Sport pictures.
Here are the QuickTime movies of Seedorf's goal from Inter official site, the goal was assisted by Baggio.
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There are 2 new wallpapers designed by Daf, click here.
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| 1st May, 2000 |
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Inter beat Perugia 2-1. Baggio played the whole match for Inter for the first time this season. He started with Recoba and Mutu. The opening goal of the game was scored by Seedorf, which was assisted by Roby, then Recoba got the second for Inter, and Perugia pulled a goal back afterward. Baggio did some good work in the dying minutes of the game, he once went pass 2 defenders and crossed the ball to Recoba, but he shot it wide; and then he got a chance himself but just couldn't score.
This was the third consecutive wins for Baggio including the charity match. The most important is that he started all 3 matches, and played 2 of them without being substituted.
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