Roberto Baggio injured in armed burglary at home in Italy | Italy

The Italian soccer legend Roberto Baggio was robbed and crushed at gunpoint in his house on Thursday whereas watching the Italy-Spain match within the European Championship together with his household.

A gaggle of at the least 5 armed people forcibly entered the villa in Altavilla Vicentina, situated in northern Italy, at 10pm native time.

Media reviews recommend Baggio, 57, tried to confront the burglars and certainly one of them struck him on the top with the butt of a gun. The previous Ballon d’Or winner was then confined together with his household in a room whereas the burglars ransacked the home, taking jewelry, watches and money.

After the raid, when Baggio sensed that the hazard had handed, he broke by the door of the room the place he had been detained and referred to as the police.

He was taken to hospital in Arzignano the place he obtained stitches to his brow, native sources reported. His members of the family weren’t harmed.

“To start with, my household and I wish to thank everybody for the good affection obtained. Really, thanks,” Baggio mentioned in a press release launched by his supervisor. “In such circumstances, something can occur, and luckily, the violence suffered solely resulted in a number of stitches and quite a lot of worry.”

Considered one of many biggest ever footballers, Baggio, affectionately often called the “Divine Ponytail,” performed for golf equipment together with Fiorentina, Juventus, Milan, Inter, Bologna and Brescia.

In 1999 he completed fourth in a Fifa participant of the century on-line ballot. Baggio holds the excellence of being the one Italian participant to attain in three World Cups and shares the place of high goalscorer for Italy within the match.

In 1993 he claimed the Fifa world participant of the yr title and was awarded the distinguished Ballon d’Or. A yr later, on the Fifa World Cup held within the US, Baggio guided Italy to the ultimate.

His missed penalty kick within the closing towards Brazil stays an iconic second in soccer and a haunting reminiscence that Baggio has confessed nonetheless troubles him.

Lately the Italy coach, Luciano Spalletti, invited Baggio and 4 different icons of Italian soccer – Alessandro Del Piero, Francesco Totti, Gianni Rivera and Giancarlo Antognoni – to attend Italy’s preparatory coaching camp for Euro 2024 to infuse some veteran affect into the present crop of gamers.