This is the first time in the World Cup that the final was decided by a penalty kick!

Brazil and Italy players were divided into two groups, standing in the center of the stadium, their eyes were all staring at the penalty area where the final battle was about to take place!

At the penalty spot 12 yards away from the goal, the first one to play was the captain of the Italian national team - Franco Barreci!

Baresi carefully placed the football on the penalty spot, retreated - run-up - shot! Italian fans watched the ball fly out of the crossbar, and cheers from Brazilian fans rang in their ears. Baresi, this strong man, kneeled on the turf in pain...

Brazil also failed to seize this opportunity. Facing Palioca, the first goalkeeper who played, Marcio Santos, was saved by Palioca;

The players from both sides next, Albertini, Evani, Blanco and Romario, all sent the ball into the goal without hesitation - the score on the field is now 2:2!

Exactly the same as Zhuang Mingge's "memory", the Italian team's fourth appearance was Daniele Massaro, who scored twice in the Champions League final. In his memory, he is another Italian player who missed a penalty. As an Italian fan, Zhuang Mingge now hopes that Massaro can break free from the trajectory of history this time and change the fate of Italy and Baggio...

Zhuang Mingge closed his eyes nervously and prayed silently. After a long wait, the cheers of fans came from the TV, but Zhuang Mingge, who heard the lament of the Italian commentator, knew that the cheers of these people did not belong to Italy.

Zhuang Mingge opened his eyes and saw the fourth Brazilian player to take the penalty kick. Yes, it was Pereira's new Brazilian national team captain and core on the field, Dunga, run-up, start-up, shot!

Score! The goal is scored! Dunga's powerful shot penetrated Paliuca's fingers! Before the fifth round of the penalty final, Brazil gained a lead! The next Italian player to play must score the penalty to save the team's hope of continuing to compete for the World Cup championship!

Zhuang Mingge's brain was extremely nervous at this time. He remembered Robert Baggio, the fifth appearance in "historical". Will he score this penalty this time?

Now that Brazil has led 3-2, some Brazilian fans are still celebrating their team's lead in the stands and trying to boo and interfere with the next Italian penalty player.

Zhuang Mingge turned his gaze near the center circle, and he was waiting for the Italian player who walked out of the center circle and towards the penalty spot.

It's Robert Baggio!

Baggio walked to the free throw point, kissed the ball gently, carefully put the football on, stood up, and walked back slowly a few steps. He lowered his head, as if thinking about something, his charming ponytail swaying in the wind...

It's over, Zhuang Mingge is very familiar with such a scene. That was Baggio's last memory before becoming the "Prince of Melancholy"...

Looking forward to his charming smile and his intoxicating kiss, however, all this has become out of reach, because Baggio's penalty kick flew into the air...

Looking back, the green road is everywhere! The picture of Baggio's silent bowing his head and standing for a long time flows into the long river of history. Even if it is just a wave, it will always remain in the hearts of the fans. A look is enough to interpret the melancholy beauty that cannot be escaped, and a tear is enough to touch people who love football.

As an Italian fan, Zhuang Mingge looked at Baggio standing silently 12 yards in the picture, Mazaro and Baresi crying with their faces, and Maldini and Donadoni who were comforting each other...

The TV director was obviously stingy with giving too much time to the "loser". The screen switched and turned into Tafarell, who was cheering and cheering, hugging each other tightly on the court, celebrating the championship with the Brazilian players who flashed by indiscriminately, and the figure of the "alien" who was still young at this time.

When Dunga took over the Hercules Cup from Rosenberg, chairman of the World Cup organizing committee, and then raised it high, the picture became the last picture of this World Cup.

Cheers sounded, and the victory belonged to Brazil, and they became the first team in history to win the World Cup crown four times.

After turning off the TV, in this room divided by Groz and watching the World Cup, no one counted how much profit he made in this bet. Everyone in the room was sad about Italy falling on the 12-yard line. Alisa and Groz and other girls were immersed in the melancholy style that Baggio showed in that moment.

There are few senior fans of the Celestial Empire who don’t like Baggio, and Zhuang Mingge is the same. He knows very clearly that this World Cup final has become a watershed in Robert Baggio’s career.

Fans often look at a failed group of heroes with a "pain and happiness" mentality. Italy after the penalty kick has brought the deepest memories of fans who love it. The Italian team's tortuous World Cup journey has been left in the minds of fans for a long time. This is indeed a team to be proud of, and every pride of it has been melted into the boiling blood. However, after the World Cup in the United States, Baggio, no matter how hard he tried, could not erase the deep marks that millions of people had on him. It was an existence that boasted of "incomplete beauty".

Zhuang Mingge always believed that such a mark was unfair to the heroic Baggio. Although this objectively achieved an alternative "glory", he could not forget how a "national hero"-like Baggio became a sinner in history overnight.

Romario once said that the 1994 World Cup was a performance by him and Baggio. A Sachi autobiography many years later said: In that World Cup, Brazil without Romario was still Brazil; Italy without Baggio was nothing...

If you think about it carefully, what did he gain in this World Cup that should have belonged to Baggio? There was nothing except the code name of "Mourish Prince". Although Baggio was still Baggio in the future, the regret and pain of missing a penalty kick accompanied him throughout his life. No matter how he resisted and struggled, fans and media would associate this code name with him as soon as possible.

Before the 1994 World Cup, Baggio was the darling of Italy. Florence fans conducted a city-wide parade because of his transfer; he led Juventus to win a championship trophy after many years; the 1993 European Footballer was the best reward for him.

With five goals in the World Cup, Baggio almost brought Italy to the stage of the World Cup finals alone, which also made Baggio's reputation reach the peak of his personal career.

In history, after this "Rose Bowl Decisive Battle", what no one expected was that this became the turning point in Baggio's career:

First, Juventus coach Trapatoni, who admired Baggio, left with his seal. The new Lippi strongly supported the team's rising star Pierro, and rebuilt the team with him as the core. Baggio, who relapsed from an old injury in the World Cup, "lose" in the competition with Pierro, and was then sold by Moji to "ally" AC Milan.

Although Berlusconi, the old man spent a huge amount of money to win the Italian No. 1 star at the time, Capello and Sachi served as Milan's head coach. One of them did not like Baggio, and the other "made enemies" with him after the 1994 World Cup because of public opinion. So Baggio continued his tragic career during his two years in Milan.

Baggio, who joined Inter Milan after the 1998 World Cup, originally hoped to compete for more championship trophys with Ronaldo and others, but unexpectedly, Morati actually invited Baggio's first "enemy" Lippi as the team's head coach a year later. Lippi excluded players he didn't like in Inter Milan. The old captain Bergomi retired, and Baggio was forced to transfer to the newly promoted Brescia, and since then he entered the dusk period of his career...

PS1: It is about to enter the next volume! Fiorentina and the protagonist will show their strength in the World No. 1 League!
Chapter completed!