Baggio misses out on World Cup
There will be no World Cup swansong for Roberto Baggio after Giovanni Trapattoni pulled no surprises in the Italy World Cup squad announced this morning.
The Azzurri coach has called on the bulk of players who remained unbeaten throughout the qualifiers.
That meant no place for Brescia's Baggio, a veteran of the last three World Cup finals, whose season has been plagued by injuries.
However, his France '98 colleagues Angelo di Livio, 35, and Paolo Maldini, 33, will make the trip.
Trapattoni has also called on four reserves ahead of the May 21 deadline - Roma goalkeeper Francesco Antonioli, Fiorentina defender Daniele Adani, midfielder Massimo Ambrosini of Milan and Parma striker Marco di Vaio.
The Italy squad for the 2002 World Cup
Christian Abbiati (Milan), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Francesco Toldo (Inter Milan); Fabio Cannavaro (Parma), Mark Iuliano (Juventus), Paolo Maldini (Milan), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Alessandro Nesta (Lazio), Christian Panucci (Roma); Francesco Coco (Barcelona), Luigi Di Biagio (Inter Milan), Angelo Di Livio (Fiorentina), Cristiano Doni (Atalanta), Gennaro Gattuso (Milan), Damiano Tommasi (Roma), Francesco Totti (Roma), Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus), Cristiano Zanetti (Inter); Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Marco Delvecchio (Roma), Filippo Inzaghi (Milan), Vincenzo Montella (Roma), Christian Vieri (Inter).
