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The Divine Ponytail Tells All
He may be a practicing buddhist and one of the cleanest players in the game, but Italian star Roberto Baggio has a nasty streak just like the rest of us. In his autobiography, 'A Goal in the Sky', due out this month, Baggio, 34, trashes many of the famous coaches he has encountered during his long career. "The Divine Ponytail" takes angry sideswipes at Renzo Ulivieri and Fabio Capello, but reserves special venom for Marcello Lippi, his tormentor at both Juventus and Inter Milan. Baggio claims Lippi tried to recruit him as a locker-room spy and then tried to destroy his career. Notably absent from this roll of dishonor is current Italy coach Giovanni ("Trap") Trapattoni, in whose hands rest Baggio's dreams of making his fourth World Cup. In a year at the helm, Trap hasn't tapped the veteran forward, but he hasn't ruled Baggio out of his plans for Korea/Japan. Either way, he could get a chapter of his own in Baggio's sequel. |
