Today is a famous handsome Italian football star’s birthday. His name is Roberto Baggio, one of the greatest Italian football stars.
In 1994, the 15th World Cup was held in America. Italy got into the final because of Baggio’s fantastic and heroic performance. In the final, Italy had a hard game against Brazil. After 120 minutes, the score was still 0 to 0, so they had to take penalty kicks. Before Baggio shot, Italy was fall behind by 3 to 4, so his shoot determined the result. As the soul of Italy national team, Baggio beard the whole Italy’s expectation. Sadly, he lost the chance. His unforgettable melancholy view of the back lived in football fans’ hearts forever. Afterwards, he got the unique nickname called ‘Melancholy Prince’.
Baggio retired in 2004. After that, he devoted himself to the charity work and got the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.
Maybe many people think Baggio is ugly because his right leg is obviously thinner than his left leg. In fact, the reason is that he had a terrible accident in a match when he was 17, which almost ruined his whole football life. His right knee was so seriously hurt that every match or training could be his last time to play. Whenever in the matches or just daily trainings, Baggio suffered large pain. Many players like him choose to retire in such a situation. However, Baggio insisted on fighting. The injury can never beat his strong mind!
Though Baggio’s football life is imperfect and unlucky, his quality and personality inspires me and the world.
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