
Perhaps no player has come quite as close nor suffered a fate so cruel as the one that befell Italy's Roberto Baggio at USA '94. Baggio netted all five of his goals in the knockout rounds, including two in the semi-finals against Bulgaria, to send the Azzurri into the final against Brazil.But after a goalless 120 minutes in Pasadena, the Juventus forward blazed his penalty over the bar in the shootout to hand Brazil their fourth world title.