ROBERTO BAGGIO'S WORLD

30TH MAY 2001

Giornale di Brescia gave every Brescia player a rating for their importance in achieving the team's goal of staying in Serie A, and Roby was given 8.5, the highest mark the newspaper gave.

Below are three Giornale di Brescia pictures.

29TH MAY 2001

Brescia finally avoid being an elevator and can stay in Serie A for the first time in 34 years, since 1967, the year of Roby's birth. As reported in Italian Soccer website, coach Mazzone acknowledged Roby and said "his great merit was that he was able to adapt his top class to a club which fights at the bottom of the standing. Surely I would like to have him in my teams also in the previous seasons, I would have won some more games for sure."

Below are three RAI pictures and one La Gazzetta dello Sport picture.

28TH MAY 2001

Here are six more pictures of Roby in the match between Brescia and Vicenza, source is Giornale di Brescia.

28TH MAY 2001

Here are six Sportal pictures of Roby in the match against Vicenza last night.

28TH MAY 2001

RAI gave Roby 7 for his performance in the match against Vicenza. And here is a Real format video highlight of the match, source is RAI.
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28TH MAY 2001

Here are three pictures taken in the match between Brescia and Vicenza. They are two KataWeb pictures and one La Gazzetta dello Sport picture.

28TH MAY 2001

Final result: Brescia 2-1 Vicenza. Brescia successfully achieve the goal of salvation, they will stay in Serie A next season.

28TH MAY 2001

Half time result: Brescia 2-0 Vicenza. Hubner scored from a penalty to open the score, Vicenza have a player sent off for protesting against the penalty. Then Baggio assisted Bachini for Brescia's second goal of the game.

26TH MAY 2001

As reported in Giornale di Brescia, Roby is writing an autobiographic book, with the support of Ivan Zazzaroni, director of the weekly magazine Guerin Sportivo. This book is planned to be published in November.

26TH MAY 2001

On Thursday, Roby took a rest and watched his teammates playing in a friendly match, Brescia explained that leaving Baggio aside was just for precautionary reason, and Roby will play in the match against Vicenza on Sunday.

Below are one Brescia Calcio Official Site picture and one Giornale di Brescia picture.

23RD MAY 2001

According to Sportal, Saudi Arabian club Ryad is offering ten billion lira to purchase Baggio from Brescia for the coming season, but as reported in La Gazzetta dello Sport, Roby denied any wish to move at this crucial stage, he said "I will be with Brescia next year."

Here are two pictures taken in the match between Perugia and Brescia, sources are Giornale di Brescia and La Gazzetta dello Sport.

21ST MAY 2001

As reported in Giornale di Brescia, after the match against Perugia, Roby said "I hoped that it could end with two to zero, but it was not. However, I must admit that it was a beautiful draw, a difficult game, hard to play."

Then Roby was asked whether he was trying to score directly from two of the corner kicks, and he replied "I tried once, then the second one I was trying to kick it to the near post and create difficulty to the keeper, in the first half one of the corner kicks went across the face of the goal and Petruzzi couldn't catch the ball."

Finally about his quiet performance in the games lately, Roby said "it is that, you know, you are used to the good performance of me, with goals in all the games."

Here are two pictures taken in the match against Perugia yesterday, sources are Sportal and Giornale di Brescia.

21ST MAY 2001

Final result: Perugia 2-2 Brescia. Hubner scored from a penalty kick but Perugia scored two back to equalize. Brescia now is six points clear of the relegation zone with three matches left.

20TH MAY 2001

Half time result: Perugia 0-1 Brescia. The scorer was Hubner.

19TH MAY 2001

On Thursday Brescia won a friendly match by 9-0, Roby scored one goal. Tomorrow they will travel to play against Perugia.

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Below are three pictures from Massimo Boldrini, thanks to Massimo!

19TH MAY 2001

The first row below are four Brescia Calcio Official Site pictures and one La Gazzetta dello Sport picture. The first picture in the second row is from Hamad Al-Namlah, and the rest are from Jack Randazzo, thanks to Hamad and Jack!

15TH MAY 2001

Here are three pictures of Roby in the match against Bologna, source is Giornale di Brescia.

13TH MAY 2001

As reported in Giornale di Brescia, after the match against Bologna, Roby said "surely I would like to continue scoring, but as I have already said, the only thing that counts is the salvation of Brescia. The summery temperature gave both squads a difficult condition in the game. From this point of view surely it was not an easy contest. On the field were two good teams. They have a different objective that they tried their best in order to win. It ended as a draw, but I think that the contest was emotional for me."

Today is the day of general elections in Italy, and as it's shown in the last two pictures in the first row below, yesterday at the Rigamonti Stadium, a man put up a banner that read "tomorrow I vote for Baggio".

I've created another screensaver of Roby with the national team. Click here.

The pictures in the first row were taken in the match against Bologna, they are one Sportal picture, one La Gazzetta dello Sport picture, one KataWeb picture, two Giornale di Brescia pictures, and one La Repubblica picture. The pictures in the second row are from Jose Luis Abad, and the pictures in the third row are from Massimo Boldrini, thanks to Jose Luis and Massimo!

13TH MAY 2001

Final result: Brescia 0-0 Bologna. There are four rounds left in Serie A, now Brescia is seven points clear of the relegation zone.

12TH MAY 2001

Half time result: Brescia 0-0 Bologna.

11TH MAY 2001

Tomorrow Brescia will play Bologna at the Rigamonti Stadium, Roby's partner in the forward line will be once again Albanian player Tare, rather than Hubner.

I have created a screensaver of Roby with Brescia, click here. I will create more later.

The first picture here is from Giornale di Brescia. The next three are from Jose Luis Abad, then three from Edik Sembiring, and the last one is from Gurkan. Thanks to Jose Luis, Edik and Gurkan!

9TH MAY 2001

As reported in Giornale di Brescia, Italian national team coach Trapattoni said "before I can say if I will put Roberto Baggio into the list of the Azzurri for the coming World Cup, we must conquer the qualification mathematically. Then I will have to take into consideration the performance and shape of Vieri and Del Piero, Inzaghi and Montella, Di Vaio and Chiesa. In this position the competition is indeed strong." It seems that Trapattoni does not consider Roby as a playmaker, rather he will put him up front as a striker if he calls him.

Then the coach added "if he is still in this shape in May 2002, there will be a possibility for him to take part in the World Cup in Japan and Korea."

When asked whether he would take Roby for the match against Georgia, Trapattoni shaked his head and said he would take the group of players he had been using recently.

Here is a Giornale di Brescia picture.

9TH MAY 2001

As reported in Tuttosport, Serie B team Torino has made a bid of $3.5 million to purchase Baggio. Roby will earn $2 million and can leave at the end of the season. Torino looks certain to be promoted to Serie A next season, but Brescia president Corioni is reportedly ready to increase Roby's salary in order to keep him with the team.

There is a new wallpaper designed by Roberto Bianchini from Brescia. Click here.

The first five pictures below are from Jose Luis Abad, the other three are from Massimo Boldrini. Thanks to Jose and Massimo!

8TH MAY 2001

As reported in Calciomercato, Brescia president Corioni had confirmed the stay of coach Mazzone as well as Baggio, which is a good news for the team if they successfully remain in Serie A next season. On the other hand, recently there are rumours that Blackburn Rovers is interested in getting Roby, as the newly promoted English Premier League club is reportedly seeking an experienced leader. But obviously Roby will not leave Italy, because it is clear to everyone that he wants to be close to his family, and that he wants to stay in Serie A to catch the dream of representing the Italian national team in World Cup 2002.

Go and visit The power of Roby Baggio by Daf, inside you can find unique pictures of Roby.

The picture here is from Federico Medina, thanks to Federico!

7TH MAY 2001

As reported in Datasport, when Italian national team coach Trapattoni talked about Baggio's recent performance, he said "I do not want to make a judgement every Sunday. I am following all the forwards. (Baggio and Vieri) They are regaining their form, this is a good sign."

Here is the Real format video highlight of the match between Lecce and Brescia, there are also interviews with Roby and coach Mazzone inside the clip, source is RAI.
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The first six pictures below were taken in the match on Saturday, the last two were taken at the Rigamonti Stadium on Sunday, when the team was training there. They are two RAI pictures, one La Repubblica picture, one Corriere della Sera picture, and four Giornale di Brescia pictures.

6TH MAY 2001

Here are the MPEG format videos of Roby's three goals in the match against Lecce last night, source is RAI.
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All the fifteen pictures below are from RAI.

6TH MAY 2001

Here are eight pictures of Roby in the match between Lecce and Brescia, source is Sportal.

6TH MAY 2001

RAI Sport gave Roby 8 for his performance in the match against Lecce, while Giornale di Brescia and Il Nuovo gave him an even higher rating of 9.

Here are six Giornale di Brescia pictures.

6TH MAY 2001

Ten goals so far this season, and 170 goals in Serie A. As reported in Datasport, after the match against Lecce, Roby said "the success of the squad is more important than my three goals. We needed these three points, we have come here in order to win and we have been fighting since the first minute, so we deserve this result. I am in good condition. But I am in form because I have more playing time for the squad, and I have lost the problem of missing goals. Now I am better and I won't let it go." And about coach Mazzone, Roby said "what I must say is that he is the optimal trainer, and a great person." Then about the national team, he said "still a long time before the World Cup. Now I only concentrate on the salvation of Brescia that hasn't been achieved yet."

Here is a La Gazzetta dello Sport picture.

6TH MAY 2001

Final result: Lecce 0-3 Brescia. Roby's eight goals in six games gave Brescia four wins and 2 draws, and these fourteen points let the team get further out of the relegation zone. Stay tune for further report.

6TH MAY 2001

33rd minute second half: Lecce 0-3 Brescia. Baggio scored from a penalty and got his first hat trick in three years.

6TH MAY 2001

14th minute second half: Lecce 0-2 Brescia. Baggio scored his second goal in this match.

6TH MAY 2001

Half time result: Lecce 0-1 Brescia.

6TH MAY 2001

5 minutes first half: Lecce 0-1 Brescia. Baggio scored a goal to give Brescia the lead.

4TH MAY 2001

Here is a Real format video about Baggio, Signori and Chiesa, source is RAI.
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The two pictures in the first row below are from Brescia Calcio Official Site. The six pictures in the second row are from RAI Sport. The two pictures in the last row is from Boil, webmaster of Roberto Baggio's Spirit, thanks to Boil!

2ND MAY 2001

The six pictures in the first row were taken in the match between Brescia and Inter on Sunday. They are one La Repubblica picture, three Giornale di Brescia pictures and two RAI pictures.

The first three pictures in the second row are from Damien Vicens, and the rest are from Massimo Boldrini. Thanks to Damien and Massimo!