| 21ST JUNE 2002 |
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Roby has returned to Italy, where he talked with some journalists, and he had hinted that he would continue to play soccer. As reported by Datasport, when talking about his vacation and the World Cup, Roby said "when I was in Argentina I went for hunting everyday. I had not watched any match of Italy (in the World Cup), I only knew they were knocked out during my flight. I can understand the disappointment of the Azzurri, but I had been disappointed a month ago and had to accept it. I don't know if it was Trapattoni who made mistakes, but sincerely I am not interested."
About his future, Roby said "I really don't know where I am heading to. I must decide it calmly. I still haven't contacted (Brescia president) Corioni and (Brescia coach) Mazzone, but I will surely have a chat with Corioni very soon."
And about his former teammate Guardiola who has moved to Roma, Roby said "Pep is one of the greatest player and it has been an honour for me to play with him, but his departure surely doesn't affect my decision."
About coach Mazzone staying with Brescia, Roby said "it encouraged me but I cannot decide only based on this. But certainly I have a solid relationship with him, so with Brescia, it had been the most beautiful two years."
Finally Roby said "only my head can push me to continue."
Here is a Giornale di Brecia picture.
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| 20TH JUNE 2002 |
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FIFA just released the results of the Dream Team of all time poll, among the eleven players is Roberto Baggio with 55,625 votes as a midfielder. The other players are as follows:
Striker: Pele (Brazil) (107,539 votes)
Striker: Johan Cruyff (the Netherlands) (53,645 votes)
Striker: Romario (Brazil) (29,480 votes)
Midfielder: Diego Maradona (Argentina) (111,035 votes)
Midfielder: Zinedine Zidane (France) (80,527 votes)
Midfielder: Michel Platini (France) (53,783 votes)
Defender: Franz Beckenbauer (former West Germany) (81,442 votes)
Defender: Paolo Maldini (Italy) (58,523 votes)
Defender: Roberto Carlos (Brazil) (58,200 votes)
Goal Keeper: Lev Yashin (former USSR) (24,587 votes)
To the right is a picture from FIFA World Cup official site.
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| 18TH JUNE 2002 |
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As reported by Datasport, Roby's manager Petrone revealed that Baggio had received offers from Spanish, English and Japanese clubs, he said that Roby stayed in Italy in order to play for the national team, but now this becomes impossible, therefore he may accept offers from overseas clubs. Now Roby is still in Argentina for vacation, and should make a decision after he goes back to Italy on Thursday.
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