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i can't believe mate went to that game, it must have been incredible.
Yes the match was unbelivable :extatic:
All the stadium fool pf banners 4 Roby and all the peaple who did not stop chanting 4 him the whole time

Somewthing that could happen just 4 Roby


I was under this jersey (it was taken up just 2 times, 4 the rest we could see the match normally

) in an area where there was just Baggio fans...
Also in TV the match was a big success, it was the most seen game from the WC to now, so not only it was big time most seen that other friendlies but also than the quilify to the EURO, that are suppose to be more important. And the statistics are considering just RAI1... I can imagine the difference will be even highter if it wuold be possible to know how many peaple sow it also around the world.
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Roby Baggio played just 10 minutes in the match vs Siena, due to the same muscolar problem that made him be substituted in the match vs Perugia. But Brescia won anycase and now they are matematicly safe of staying in serie A :extatic: So this is the forth time they saved :strong: This is an absolute record 4 a team that before Roby arrival was nicknamed "the elevator" cause every time they made it to arrive in serie A they went down again the next season never making to save and to stay 2 years one after the other
Here are some pictures of the game:
http://www.bresciacalcio.it/fotogallery.php?fotogallery=sienabs
http://www.biancoazzurri.it/gallery.asp?giornata=32&campionato=C032003&keywords=&Submit=Cerca#
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@Nina: yes, as RobyBaggio10 said those colors are the flag of Soka Gakkai.
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About the Euro again: well to be onest I think that Roby is not "on fire" like he was 2 years ago before the WC, 4 physical reasons but especially 4 motivation; this season was of course not one of his best one, he had problems all year round and missed many games, but still he leaded his team to their "goal", scored 11 goals (and most of tham are incredibly beautiful and difficolt), made 12 assists (resulting the best assist man of the tournament) and his average of ratings is second just to Totti so that is enought 4 him to be better than Del Piero, Di Vaio, Miccoli, Corradi, Inzaghi and even Vieri. The only Italian foward who did objectvily better than him is Totti while Cassano was on a similar level.
So even if I think that Roby will not be able to make the NT arriving to the final "alone" and will have a secondary role cause Totti is with no discussion the leader I want him to go 4 2 reasons:
1) I can't stand that he is always discriminated, if he did better than the other fowards why he cannot be called?
2) Even if I think that if the azzurri will suck, Roby will be not be able to save tham and to do "miracles" like in the past I think that is always better to loose knowing that the bests weare there. If not we will regret 4 ever like it happened 4 the last WC....
But as I said I'm afraid he will not be called :down:
The Genova match prouved that Baggio still the first 4 Italians so I imagine that Totti, who definitly want to be the the EURO's star and not just him prefer to be without him
It is always the same problem... he is so shiny that he makes others be afraid that he can take the spotlight away from tham...
This is Roby's destiny: he is so loved that he make coaches and other players jealous and discriminate him, and more he is discriminated more fans love him and support him, so he become more discriminated again, so even more loved, ecc..:groan: