ITALY EXCLUDE BAGGIO IN SERIE A, HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
 

Player (Current team)     Games   Goals  Goal/game
R. Baggio (?)               357     160     0.45
G. Batistuta (Roma)         242     154     0.64
E. Chiesa (Fiorentina)      239      91     0.38
A. Del Piero (Juventus)     175      60     0.34
M. Delvecchio (Roma)        137      50     0.36
F. Inzaghi (Juventus)       234     113     0.48
V. Montella (Roma)          191     115     0.60
   Ronaldo (Inter)           58      42     0.72
G. Signori (Bologna)        242     141     0.58
F. Totti (Roma)             152      38     0.25
C. Vieri (Inter)            169      66     0.39
I. Zamorano (Inter)          98      25     0.26
Z. Zidane (Juventus)        117      18     0.15
* Based only on Seria A matches (not other league, cups or national team)


Analyses and facts:
  • Best scorer: Roberto Baggio;
  • Best scorer per game: Ronaldo (Baggio comes 5th according above list);
  • Players who were in the Euro 2000 Italy squad instead of Baggio: Del Piero, Totti and Delvechhio had together scored: 148 (Baggio alone scored 160);
  • All the players from the list above have been chosen by a serie A coach except from Baggio;
  • Lippi chose Zamorano instead of Baggio for Inter, who had only scored 25 goals and 0.26 per game;
  • Bologna negotiates with Zamorano instead of Baggio (despite Baggio scored 22 goals for Bologna in 1997/98 season);
  • Zidane was the footballer of the year 1998, had only scored 18 goals and 0.15 per game;
  • Almost every players in the list above cost and earn more than Baggio;
  • Baggio helped clubs in important matches than any other players;
  • Baggio and Signori are the best freekicker among the players (perhaps Zola has scored more goals);
  • Baggio assisted for direct goalscoring more than anybody else;
  • Del Piero was given a first-team place in France'98, after scoring 21 goals for Juventus (Baggio replied to score 22 goals for Bologna same season);
  • During Euro 2000 everybody missed Vieri but no one spoke about Baggio (Baggio scored more goals then the players above).


Coaches in Serie A choose all the players in the list above but Baggio, WHY? How is this reasonable when we have the facts above?

Roberto Baggio is a similar kind of player as Zidane, DelPiero and Totti, they can be either a striker or an assistor, while other players are pure strikers.

Zidande + Del Piero + Totti has scored a total of 116 (Baggio alone has scored 160). The other players whose speciality is only goalscoring, but Baggio is still on the top of the strikers list!

So, again why do the coaches in Serie A feel doubtful about the one and only Baggio? Baggio has beaten the best players in every way and still doing that even when the coaches are trying in every way to stop him!

Also the players should be ashamed not to defend Baggio from the coaches! So far only the young Andrea Pirlo (Inter) has came forward to thank Baggio regarding his skills and his importance, but where are the others?

And to Mr. Baggio, we, who are your true fans, will always love what you are doing! Only we can understand your achievement and it will be forever... you are the one and only hero to us! Thank you!

Hiren Jansari
from Sweden