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Memorable experience for pony-tailed star
GENOA (ITALY): Italy's Roberto Baggio returned to say goodbye to international football after a five-year absence and said the 1-1 friendly draw with Spain provided him with the best moment of his career.
The former `European Player of the Year', now 37, was on the field for 87 minutes in what was billed as a farewell game after he announced he would retire at the end of the season.
But many of the 30,000 crowd at the Luigi Ferraris stadium used the occasion to urge Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni to hand Baggio, of the ponytail fame, a place in the squad for June's Euro 2004 finals — an unlikely prospect even though it is yet to be ruled out.
``The game tonight has provided the most beautiful memory of my career,'' Baggio told Italy's RAI television.
``As a professional you enjoy victories and goals, but nothing has been as beautiful and emotional as the demonstration of affection that I was given by these fans.
``(It was) a really special match for me. It's my last, apart from those that remain for me in the championship,'' Baggio added.
"The applause and the banners this evening, the love of the people are the most beautiful things that will stay inside me,'' the striker said.
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