| 30TH MARCH 2001 |
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Yesterday Brescia played a friendly match and won by 11-0, Hubner scored seven times. Although Roby didn't score, he assisted on some of the goals.
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| 28TH MARCH 2001 |
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As reported in BresciaOggi and Giornale di Brescia, Baggio expressed his support on coach Mazzone. He said "I and the whole squad are unified with Mazzone, as a person and a professional. We all are with him and that he will stay until the end of the championship. We believe that our unity can also join the fans to the squad. The fundamental way to get out of difficult moments is unity. If it lacks, it is obvious that work becomes tremendous."
About the climate within Brescia lately, Roby said "under the current conditions nobody can work in calm, when we lose calm this will only create advantages for the other squads. There are still eleven games left until the end of the championship, no matter what result we get in the game against Juventus in Turin, we will keep our believe in the salvation. We knew that it would have been very difficult, and our thought is never changed, but we believe that the possibility of salvation exists. However, salvation will need a unity of the trainer, the fans and players."
Then he returned to talk about Mazzone, Roby said "in my career I have worked with many coaches, Eriksson, Capello, Ulivieri, Maifredi, Zoff, Sacchi. Everyone has his way to prepare for the game, but they are great coaches. Mazzone is also a great coach, he deserves great esteem. He always speak out what he thinks and he is a serious person, this is what makes him admirable."
Finally, Roby repeated "I will be with him and he will be here until the end."
Here is a Giornale di Brescia picture.
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| 27TH MARCH 2001 |
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As reported in La Gazzetta dello Sport, Baggio looked very fit during training sessions, that he was just like the Roby in the match against Fiorentina, if he really performs this way on Sunday it will be a big headache for Juventus. On Thursday Brescia will play a friendly match with Rezzato to test for a formation that will be used on Sunday.
Here is a La Gazzetta dello Sport picture.
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| 25TH MARCH 2001 |
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Here are five La Repubblica pictures.
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| 25TH MARCH 2001 |
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Due to the World Cup 2002 qualifying match between Italy and Romania, there is no Serie A match this week. Brescia will travel to Turin to play against Juventus next week on 1 April.
Here is a La Gazzetta dello Sport picture.
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| 23RD MARCH 2001 |
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Here are two pictures from Vince, in the second picture you can see Baggio shaking hand with Totti, one of his main competitors for a place in the Italian National Team. Once again thanks to Vince!
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| 22ND MARCH 2001 |
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A fairwell match will be held for former Romania National Team captain Gheorghe Hagi on 24 April, which will be played between Romania National Team and World Stars. Baggio is invited to play for the World Stars coached by Holland great Johan Cruyff. Some other famous players being invited are Figo, Romario, Roberto Carlos and Stoitchkov.
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| 21ST MARCH 2001 |
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Another Giornale di Brescia picture.
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| 20TH MARCH 2001 |
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Another picture of Roby in the match against Atalanta, source is Giornale di Brescia.
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| 20TH MARCH 2001 |
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Yesterday during the match against Atalanta, when Brescia conceded the third goal of the game, fans began to hiss on coach Mazzone. While as reported by Datasport, Mazzone himself was disappointed with the defeat, he said that they were dangerous but was not able to get a goal, also Baggio was tightly marked.
Here is a Sportal picture of Roby in this match.
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| 20TH MARCH 2001 |
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Brescia was beaten by Atalanta with the score 0-3. Once again Brescia were unable to score, except from Hubner scoring an own goal just before half time that extended the deficit to 0-2. RAI Sport gave Roby 6 points for his performance in this match.
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| 19TH MARCH 2001 |
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Here are two more pictures from Vince Micieli. In the second picture you can see that Rui Costa is wearing the captain's arm-band that Roby gave him as a gift when he asked for it, only that he changed the crest to the one of his team Fiorentina. Thanks to Vince!
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| 18TH MARCH 2001 |
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Tomorrow Brescia will play the derby with Atalanta at the Giglio Stadium in Reggio Emilia instead of the Rigamonti Stadium, as the Caf kept the verdict that Brescia could not play on that ground for one match.
Italian National Team coach Trapattoni has announced a 23-men squad for the World Cup 2002 qualifying matches against Romania and Lithuania, but Roby is not included.
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| 15TH MARCH 2001 |
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Here are four pictures from Vince Micieli, former webmaster of The Roberto Baggio Website. Now Vince is the president of an amateur soccer club playing in the 1st Division in the Hamilton Senior Soccer League in Canada, its name is Michelangelo Soccer Club. I have recently helped Vince to create an official website for the team, click here and take a look! Special thanks to Vince for the pictures!
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| 12TH MARCH 2001 |
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Baggio didn't play well in yesterday's match against Roma, both RAI and La Gazzetta dello Sport only gave him 5 points, while Giornale di Brescia gave him an even lower mark of 4.5.
Here are four pictures of Roby in that match. The first three are Sportal pictures, the last one is from Giornale di Brescia.
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| 12TH MARCH 2001 |
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Brescia lost to Roma by 1-3. Baggio played until the 80th minute then he was substituted.
Here is a Reuters picture.
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| 11TH MARCH 2001 |
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Today Brescia will play against the league leader Roma at the Olimpico Stadium. It is expected that coach Mazzone will use the same formation as the one used in the match against Lazio last weekend, that is 3-5-1-1 with Pirlo in the midfield and Baggio as the attacking midfielder behind Hubner.
Here is a La Gazzetta dello Sport picture.
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| 10TH MARCH 2001 |
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As reported in Giornale di Brescia, the Discipline Commission had a decision to reduce the punishment to one match. Brescia will only need to play on a neutral field for the match against Atalanta, which is confirmed to be in Reggio Emilia, while the match against Reggina will be played at the Rigamonti Stadium. However, president Corioni still was not satisfied and had sent the case to the Caf for the third level of judgement, Brescia would like to clear all the punishment, and to play both matches at the Rigamonti Stadium.
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| 9TH MARCH 2001 |
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Yesterday Brescia played a friendly match with a team called Ghedi, and Brescia won by 13-1. Baggio didn't score, but according to Giornale di Brescia, he was in good shape.
Also reported in Giornale di Brescia is that, if the Discipline Commission keeps the two-match punishment on Brescia, or reduce it to one match, then the match against Atalanta may be held at the Giglio Stadium in Reggio Emilia.
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| 9TH MARCH 2001 |
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As reported in Giornale di Brescia, the taxi driver who drove the referee out of the Rigamonti Stadium after the match against Lazio said there were really some boys waiting outside of the stadium, but they were waiting for the players for an autograph. Also he said that the referee was assisted by a Brescia personnel to get into his taxi, and that no wound was seen on the referee's body. After the referee was in the taxi, the police had already cleared a path for them to leave. Although on the way out he saw some newspaper balls being thrown onto the vehicle, the taxi did not suffer from any damage. This piece of evidence can be favourable to Brescia.
According to BresciaOggi, the Sport Judge will make a decision on 16th March, three days before the match against Atalanta.
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| 8TH MARCH 2001 |
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In RAI Sport there is a report about what coach Mazzone said regarding the match against AS Roma on Sunday. Here is the Real format video of the report, inside the clip there is a scene where Roby is walking onto the training field.
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Here is a RAI picture.
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| 7TH MARCH 2001 |
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As reported in Sportal, Brescia were penalised by the Sport Judge for the behaviour of their fans at the Rigamonti Stadium during the match against Lazio, which was mainly towards the referee who was obviously on the side of Lazio. Brescia will not be able to play the next two home matches at the Rigamonti Stadium, they are the matches against Atalanta and Reggina.
According to Brescia Calcio Official Site, the club had launched an appeal to overturn this decision, Brescia Calcio stated that they had assisted the referee to get out of the field and get into a taxi, and that the referee did get into a taxi safely. Also the supporters did not maintain their behaviour.
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| 6TH MARCH 2001 |
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Two more pictures of Baggio in the match against Lazio, source is Brescia Calcio Official Site.
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| 6TH MARCH 2001 |
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Here are two Giornale di Brescia pictures of Roby in the match against Lazio.
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| 4TH MARCH 2001 |
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Although Brescia's overall performance was better, they still lost to Lazio with a score of 0-1. At the moment the team have 21 points in Serie A, if other teams like Napoli or Vicenza win today, Brescia will drop behind them.
Here are two pictures taken in the match last night, sources are La Gazzetta dello Sport and Sportal, respectively.
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| 4TH MARCH 2001 |
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A Giornale di Brescia picture.
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| 3RD MARCH 2001 |
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Tonight Brescia will play against Lazio at the Rigamonti Stadium. According to Sportal, Lazio coach Dino Zoff stated that he wouldn't underestimate Brescia, especially Baggio. He said "Brescia is a team that deserves the maximum respect, a squad that knows how to play, therefore it will have its own way of game play. Like always, it will depend on a player, who is a top class player named Roberto Baggio. He is a classy, an important player that he can always create a great game. It will be dangerous when the ball is passed to his feet."
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| 2ND MARCH 2001 |
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A Giornale di Brescia picture of Roby in the press conference held in Erbusco yesterday.
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| 2ND MARCH 2001 |
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In a press conference yesterday Baggio stated that his last objective in his career was to play in the World Cup next year. Roby said "it is always my dream. Trapattoni has not promised to me, neither has contact with me, but I do not let it go. If I still have the power to play, I will aim at wearing the Azzurri jersey. I must believe in myself and to go back to represent Italy, which is my hope. They all know that I want to play in the World Cup, after which I can stop."
Italy was beaten by Argentina 1-2 on Wednesday, Roby's comment was that the Italian lacked important players.
About the rumour of leaving Brescia and joining J-League club, Roby said "I never had contact with Japanese teams or leaders. I do not want to transfer, and it is less stressful here. Just ask the foreign players and to think about the difficulties that they face when they are in Italy. I am happy with myself for staying in this squad."
About coach Mazzone, Roby said that the reports about his exit was not true, and he had confidence with Mazzone.
Finally about Pirlo, Roby said "he has great potential. He and I can coexist and that was demonstrated in Florence. We will try to play well against Lazio."
Here is a Real format video of this press conference from RAI Sport.
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The picture here was taken before the start of the Fiorentina-Brescia match, source is La Gazzetta dello Sport.
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| 2ND MARCH 2001 |
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The friendly match with Primavera ended with Brescia winning by 23-2. Hubner scored 4 goals and Baggio got one. Pirlo didn't play in this match because he was called to represent the Italian Under-21 National Team.
The first picture below is a bigger version of a picture I posted here earlier, the second one was taken in the match against Atalanta, both are from SoccerAge. The next three pictures are Brescia Calcio Official Site pictures of Baggio in the match against Fiorentina. The last one was taken in the friendly match between Brescia and Primavera, source is Giornale di Brescia.
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