++ [ originally posted by axlrose85 ] ++
a)roberto baggio took italy to the final itself.and he wasnt even fully fit.he didnt even play in the first round.the whole nation counted on him,he delivered.and baggio has no other record of anythnig even NEAR as choking apart from that penalty miss.so calling him a choker is pure rubbish.
i guess judging from your statement sheva and pirlo are chokers too because they missed the penalties in last year's CL final.rite?
b)yes he did play several games in the serie A and in the CL.how many times has he handled pressure well in the post-98 era?he's a choker.face it.
c)the euro final vs france.
italy leading 1-0.
the chacne to kill the match with a 2nd goal.
a player called alessandro del piero gets a bloody easy chance. tries and fails.
italy lose the match.
does that ring a bell?.
d)italy wud have qualified for the 2nd round even if they had lost and DP didnt score.go and check the wc stats again.italy's 2nd round match against korea,where was del piero?
the 02/03 CL final.where was del piero?
he's been a great player.but he's a choker.and a big one.
Ahhh now I get it. So missing a chance is choking, but missing a penalty isn't?
How many times did he score against Milan, Roma and Inter after 1998? A lot TBH. So yes, he did handle the pressure well.
Where was Del Piero against Korea? Fvck off dude, he was Italy's best player that game. There's something wrong with your memory, because afterwards every newspaper in Italy was complaining about the fact DP got substituted for Gattuso.
The 02/03 CL final? Two out of five scored for Juventus. Del Piero was one of them. That's not called choking. He handled the pressure well there. And to be frank, Del Piero was one of our more inspired players that game. Do you remember that bicycle pass Conte could have easily knocked in? That's right, that was Del Piero's pass.