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Pure Baggio brilliance Italy's Roberto Baggio (left) scored a spectacular goal against Czechoslovakia in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Famous FIFA World Cup Goals: Roberto Baggio’s Brilliance

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Gitanjali Roy is deputy managing editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has over two decades of editorial experience across digital and broadcast media.
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Italian forward Roberto Baggio made his FIFA World Cup debut in spectacular fashion during the 1990 edition. Baggio, then a rising star, was benched for the first two matches played by the Italian national team, known as the Azzurri, at the tournament. That changed in Italy’s third, and final, Group A match, against Czechoslovakia. Not only did Baggio start for Italy, he scored an individual goal regarded as one of the greatest in World Cup...

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