This is the first time in the history of the Shijie Cup that the winner is decided by penalty shootout!

The Brazilian and Italian players stood in two groups in the middle of the pitch, their eyes glued to the penalty area where the final showdown was about to take place!

On that penalty spot, 12 yards from the goal, the first to take the field was the captain of the Italian national team - Franco Baresi!

Baresi carefully placed the ball on the penalty spot and stepped back - run - shoot! The Italian fans watched as the ball flew off the crossbar, and the cheers of the Brazilian fans rang out in their ears, and Baresi, the strong man, fell to his knees on the turf in pain......

Brazil also failed to take advantage of this opportunity, facing Pagliuca, who is known as the "goalkeeper who can save the most penalty kicks", and the penalty kick of Marcio Santos, who was the first to play, was saved by Pagliuca;

The next players on both sides, Albertini and Evani, Blanco and Romario, all unceremoniously sent the ball into the back of the net - the score is now 2:2!

Exactly the same as Zhuang Mingge's "memory", the fourth appearance of the Italian team is the "coolie striker" Danielle Massaro who scored twice in the Champions League final......

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

Zhuang Mingge, who opened his eyes, saw the fourth Brazilian player to take a penalty, yes, it was the new captain of the Brazilian national team and the core of the field supported by Pereira - Dunga, run-start-shoot!

Entered! The ball is in! Dunga's powerful shot penetrated Pagliuca's 10-finger barrier! Before the penalty shoot-out final reached the fifth round, Brazil took the lead! The next Italian player to come on will have to score a penalty to keep their team's hopes of winning the Shijie Cup alive!

Zhuang Mingge's brain was extremely nervous at this time, and he remembered Robert Baggio, the fifth player in "history", this time, will he score this penalty?

Now that Brazil are 3-2 up, some Brazilian fans are still celebrating their team's lead in the stands and trying to boo to disrupt the next Italian penalty taker.

Zhuang Mingge set his sights on the vicinity of the center circle, and he waited for the Italian player who walked out of the center circle and towards the penalty spot.

It's out, it's out! It's Robert Baggio!

Baggio walked to the penalty spot, kissed the ball gently, carefully placed the ball, stood up and slowly took a few steps back. 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, it is Zuihou's memory before Baggio became the "Prince of Melancholy......

Expect his charming smile and his heartwarming kisses, however, it all became out of reach as Baggio's penalty flew into the air......

Looking back, the green road is long! The picture of Baggio silently hanging his head and standing for a long time has flowed into the long river of history, even if it is just a wave, it will always remain in the hearts of fans. A look is enough to interpret the beauty of melancholy that can't be escaped, and a tear is enough to move people who love football.

Zhuang Mingge, who is an Italian fan, looked at Baggio standing silently in front of 12 yards in the picture at this time, Massaro and Baresi who hid their faces and wept, and Maldini Jr. and Donadoni who were comforting each other......

The TV director was obviously stingy with giving too much time to the "loser", and the screen switched to Tafarel cheering with his arms raised, the Brazilian players hugging each other tightly on the pitch and celebrating the victory, and the "alien" who flashed in the camera and was still young at this time.

When Dunga received the Hercules Cup from Rosenberg, the chairman of the organizing committee of this year's Shijie Cup, and then raised it high, it became a picture of Zuihou of this Shijie Cup.

The cheers rang out, and the victory belonged to Brazil, who became the first team in history to win four Shijie Cup titles.

The TV was turned off, and in the room that was divided by Little Groz to watch the Shijie Cup, no one counted how much profit they had made from this gamble, and everyone in the room was sad for Italy who had fallen on the 12-yard line, and girls such as Alyssa and Little Groz were immersed in the melancholy of Baggio's momentary expression.

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

Fans often look at a group of heroes who have failed with the mentality of "pain and happiness", and Italy after the penalty loss has brought the deepest memories to the fans who love it. The tortuous history of the Italian team in the Shijie Cup has remained in the minds of fans for a long time, and this is indeed a team to be proud of, and every pride of it is melted into the boiling blood. However, Baggio after the American Shijie Cup, no matter how hard he tried, could not erase the deep imprint of tens of millions of people on him, which was the existence of "crippled beauty".

Zhuang Mingge always believes that such a mark is very unfair to the heroic Baggio. Although this objectively achieved an alternative kind of "glory", he could not forget how a "national hero" Baggio became a sinner of history overnight.

Romario said that the 1994 Shijie Cup was a performance between him and Baggio. And many years later, a Saki autobiography said: In that Shijie Cup, Brazil without Romario was still Brazil; Italy without Baggio is nothing......

Thinking about it carefully, what did he gain from this Shijie Cup, which should have belonged to Baggio? Except for a code name of the "Prince of Melancholy", nothing. Although Baggio will still be Baggio in the future, the regret and pain of missing a penalty have accompanied him all his life, no matter how he resists and struggles, fans and media will associate this code name with him for the first time.

Baggio before the Shijie Cup in '94, he was the darling of Italy, and the fans of Fiorentina made a city-wide parade because of his transfer; He led Juventus to a trophy for the first time in many years; The European Footballer of the Year 1993 was the most rewarding award for him.

With five goals in the Shijie Cup, Baggio almost single-handedly brought Italy to the stage of the Shijie Cup final, which also made Baggio's popularity reach the peak of his career.

Historically, after this "Rose Bowl Showdown", what everyone didn't expect was that this turned out to be a turning point in Baggio's career:

The Juventus coach Trapattoni, who first admired Baggio, hung up the seal, and the new Lippi vigorously supported the team's rising star Pierrot and rebuilt the team with him as the core.

Although the old Berlusconi spent a lot of money to win the first star of Italy at that time, but it was Capello and Sacchi who served as Milan coaches, one and Lippi also disliked Baggio, and the other was "enmity" with him after the Shijie Cup in 94 because of the abandonment of Baggio by public opinion, so Baggio's two years in Milan continued his sad career.

Baggio, who joined Inter Milan after the 98 Shijie Cup, originally hoped to be able to fight for more championship trophies with Ronaldo and others, but unexpectedly, Moratti actually invited Baggio's first "enemy" Lippi as the team's head coach a year later, Lippi wantonly excluded the players he didn't like at Inter Milan, and the old captain Bergomi retired, and Baggio was forced to transfer to promoted Brescia, and since then he has entered the twilight of his career......

PS1: Coming to the next volume! Fiorentina and the protagonist will make their debut in the first league of Shijie!

PS2: Since the author has a very tasking exam this afternoon, the 2100-vote plus can only be written again tonight, and it is expected that it should be made up tomorrow...... I'm sorry.