Caniggia was born in Henderson, Buenos Aires, 1967. Different from other players, caniggia is not a professional football player since childhood, but a professional track and field athlete. Football is just an Argentine's hobby, and he often plays it, but what is certain is that caniggia has excellent football talent. His debut experience is even more fascinating. 1985 South American u20 Youth Track and Field Championships, caniggia participated in the 100-meter race. It is said that he hit a banana before the game started, which attracted the attention of riverbed scouts in the stands. In the subsequent 100 meter race, caniggia ran 10.07 seconds and won the first place, which was the last level of the Olympic Games at that time. After the game, River Bed Scouts immediately recommended caniggia to River Bed Club. After trial training, the fire line signed a contract. In this way, Argentina lost an excellent track and field athlete, but gained a world-famous football player.
At Riverbed Club, caniggia received professional football training. His speed is better combined with football skills, and he has gradually become an irresistible winger of Riverbed and a secret weapon of Argentina. 1987, caniggia was selected by the Argentine team to participate in the Copa America. At that time, he used puma football shoes, the king of puma in the 1980s, and the mg sole version. His amazing speed attracted the attention of European clubs. 1988 In the summer, caniggia landed in Serie A. He joined Verona in Serie A, where he and Diego Diego Maradona became the twins of the Argentine team. However, newcomer caniggia did not adapt to the pace of Serie A immediately, and his performance in the first season was average. However, his wind-like speed made him famous in Serie A..
1989, caniggia transferred to Atalanta Club. When he saw caniggia's photo, it reminded me of the American drama Brave Lion being broadcast by CCTV. I think caniggia looks like Vincent, the hero, at least with the same hairstyle. In Atlanta, we saw caniggia on the top of the mountain. At that time, his speed was really as fast as the wind The Serie A defender could do nothing for him except foul. In his first season in Atlanta, he made 365,438+0 appearances for the team and scored 8 goals, which helped the team achieve the seventh place in Serie A. ..
1990 In the World Cup in Italy, caniggia became the last player of Argentina and was used as a surprise soldier of Argentina. However, Argentina capsized in the opening match of the World Cup and lost to the African lion Cameroon. That game was the first time I watched the World Cup in my life. I remember Cameroon kept breaking the rules and chopping Diego Diego Maradona, and the defending champion couldn't organize a decent attack. It wasn't until caniggia came off the bench that Argentina turned the tables. Although caniggia, who was extremely fast, was taken care of by Cameroon and suffered a lot in the whole game, two players in Cameroon were sent off for fouling caniggia, including Biecque, the hero of the goal. In the end, Cameroonian defeated Argentine with Biecque's Tarzan header. If it hadn't been for caniggia's excellent performance, Argentina would have been defeated by Cameroonian in the first match. Caniggia's World Cup debut ended in such a dismal way, but coach Pilate realized the role of the 23-year-old.
In the next two rounds of group matches, caniggia replaced Barbo as the main striker of Argentina, and Argentina also played a defensive counterattack, beating the Soviet Union 2-0, Romania 1 draw 1. After the third group barely qualified, they met their powerful old rival Brazil. At that time, everyone was not optimistic that Argentina could eliminate Brazil. So Argentina played a very low-key game and blocked Brazil's attack with tenacious defense. It wasn't until the end of the second half that Diego Diego Maradona suddenly realized that he sent a direct pass to caniggia, which was then called the century pass. It was a wonderful pass. caniggia didn't miss the chance, and easily passed Tavrell to send the ball into the empty net. In this way, Argentines miraculously sent their old Brazilian neighbors home, and caniggia became a hero of Argentina.
Argentina's promotion to the 1990 World Cup is thrilling. It has just sent off Brazil and welcomed the European Brazil team Yugoslavia, and its overall strength is not inferior to Argentina. In that game, Argentina finally beat Yugoslavia on penalties. Next, Argentina will face the host Italy. Caniggia was favored by baresi, the best defender in the world at that time. In this game, Italy's pastime Silachi led Italy. As a result, caniggia later used a header to help the team tie the score. In the final penalty shootout, goyechea took the lead again and eliminated the Italian team from the final. However, caniggia was suspended for accumulating yellow cards and missed the World Cup final. In this way, his first World Cup tour ended. Caniggia, who was playing in Serie A at that time, used Diadora's football shoes. It can be said that caniggia contributed to Argentina's promotion to the final, while Argentina lost to German in the final and caniggia's suspended striker was also weak.
After the World Cup, the world-famous caniggia was known by many clubs, but caniggia chose to stay in Atalanta. 199 1 Copa America, caniggia's performance was bursting. Without Diego Diego Maradona, Argentina relied on caniggia's outstanding performance and Batty's finishing touch, and finally Argentina won the final championship with two wins in the semi-final. Caniggia and Buddy further won the America's Cup, and Buddy later joined the Viola. Although caniggia missed many games because of the Copa America, he was in good shape, scoring 65,438+00 goals in 23 Serie A matches in Atalanta.
In the season of 9 1-92, caniggia was as strong as ever, scoring 8 goals in 3 1 round. At this time, the Italian giants Rome finally shot, they bought caniggia, hoping that he could replace veteran striker Ghianni. Caniggia's speed stunned the discerning Roman fans. In the match with Milan, he rode the dust in the Olympic Stadium and shot through Milan's goal. So the southern curve band in Rome wrote a hymn for him: "caniggia, you took us in the wind and your heart fluttered away." This is the origin of the nickname "son of the wind" caniggia. However, the good days in Rome did not last long. After that, caniggia was placed in the center position by the coach, and he was not allowed to step back to get the ball. He had to have a close contact with the old Italian defender, which made caniggia, who was short and famous for his speed, very miserable. He fell victim to the team's tactics.
Gradually, he lost the position of the main force. That season, caniggia anticlimactic, only get 15 appearances, scored 4 goals. He began to get lost in the night in Rome, driving a Porsche 9 1 1 sports car in a nightclub in Rome all day, getting drunk and indulging himself. The Rome team also let him drift with the tide, until one day, the scandal of caniggia taking cocaine broke out and he was banned by the Italian Football Association 13 months. Caniggia didn't make too many excuses for this. The whole world thought that he would go to the end of his career like Diego Diego Maradona. Caniggia continued to sweat profusely at the training ground during the suspension, and received strict training in football and track and field. His recess expires on 1994. In Argentina's physical fitness test, caniggia 100 meters ran 10.23 seconds, and he was still selected for Argentina's World Cup. Next time we will share the following story.