21.   He suffered a stress fracture of his right foot in February, but the Italian team had already been chosen before his injury, he said.

22.   He is suing his Italian team for breach of contract.

23.   He was a part of the all-out pressing style coach Arrigo Sacchi used with Milan and the Italian national team.

24.   He saves the Italian team from a potentially ugly early return home.

25.   He simply sent Madonna a jersey and left early from the party Madonna threw for the Italian team.

26.   He was a fervid fan of AC Milan, the perennial Italian soccer power, and of the Italian national team.

27.   His Italian team in Bologna did well, but lost in the playoffs in the fifth and final game.

28.   His Italian team, Saeco, thinks he can win.

29.   Incredibly, though, no top-level Italian teams can fit Baggio into their plans, partially because they believe he has overvalued his contract.

30.   In their trek towards the stock market, Italian teams are following the trail of U.K. football clubs such as Manchester United Plc and Tottenham Hotspur Plc.