Tragic hero Baggio reveals: "I would have stabbed myself if I had had knife"
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Reading Time: 1min | Mon. 30.06.25. | 16:13
The legendary Italian forward still remembers vividly that 17 July 1994 and the crucial miss in the penalty shootout of the FIFA World Cup final
Franco Baresi and Daniele Massaro had already missed their chances before Roberto Baggio and Brazil still had a penalty kick remaining after Baggio's attempt, but his effort remains the only one we still remember.
And he, too, of course.
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Talking about it, Baggio admits he "wanted to die" after missing a decisive penalty kick in the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final against Brazil in Pasadena:
"If I had had a knife, I would have stabbed myself", he revealed in the interview for The Athletic.
"If I had had a gun, I would have shot myself. At that moment, I wanted to die. That's how it was.
"The entire World Cup, not just our matches, was affected by the heat. It was mind-boggling," he added.
Baggio explained that they had to push themselves beyond the limits of what was humanly possible to be able to play.
"But despite everything, we were driven by passion and the desire to achieve results, and many Italians who lived there as immigrants were proud of us. We felt it as a team. It was an extra push to overcome the obstacles," he said.
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