ok, firstly lets get some things straight
Bergkamp is no way better than Baggio and does not score better goals.
The Baggio vs Bergkamp competition can be seen in the early 90's.
Baggio at juve , Birdcrap at inter.
Bergkamp failed miserebly to set serie a alight when playing in italian football for inter milan.
Back then the italian league was profoundly a defensive league although thought as the best league in the world, the marking was tight. But who was the one player that shone in this league? Baggio - he beat man after man with his mazy dribbles and deadly finishing:
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There are many more i can post! Especially from the late 80's when he was at Fiorentina.
I have never seen bergkamp do dribbles like maradonna/baggio. Yes the Bergkamp at Arsenal has great flair and ability and is technically gifted, i have seen great things from him in the past few years but he is playing in a different league - a more open one and yet still he does not have the same effect on the game that baggio has had.
Baggio has not had the opportunities that most players have had for club and country. Managers have bizzarely left him on the bench when he was at Ac and Inter Milan. But when Baggio has been given the chance he has never dissapointed. eg. His last game for inter he scored twice in the Champion League qualifier play off against parma:
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and the goals against R. Madrid:
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At international level his 27 goals may seem inferior to the likes of Batigol but they are diferent players who play different games. u can however compare Baggio to Maradonna 2 players who play alike , goalscorers and playmakers.
therefore baggios 27 along maradonnas 31 is not inferior at all, infact its pretty damn good due to the fact that national managers have not selected him in recent years. in Italia 90 Vialli was Vicinis favourite for some reason, he kept playing him and playing him even when he could not perform, Baggio was given a chance against Czecoslavakia and look what he did:
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Also remember that to be a cup winner u have to have a solid team around u, back in 90,91,92,93 juve were not one of the best, yes they had Moller, Vialli etc but the overall team was not as generously gifted as the great AC Milan were in those days. When Baggio was at AC and Inter in the late 90's he was playing for teams who were not performing as well as they should have been, both the Milan managers were sacked. Along came lippi at inter and the trouble began again for baggio.
At Bologna Baggio was picked for every game, and again he never dissapointed. Having one of his best seasons:
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If there are no opportunities for u to take then how can u prove ure self?
But what Baggio has done with the limited support he has got from managers is truly outstanding and personally i feel he belongs up there (not above) with Maradonna.
By the way i'm 101% English and so its not just italians that say this.
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