Baggio 'in Italy farewell'

Baggio's career in pictures

Italian legend Roberto Baggio may be recalled to the national team for an honorary farewell match.

Coach Giovanni Trapattoni has resisted pressure to call up Baggio since taking over the national team four years ago.

But he has revealed he is "thinking seriously" about changing his mind - at least for one match.

"I'll tell him that if he would like to, if he feels the desire, I would call him up for one match," Trapattoni told the Gazzetta dello Sport paper.

Baggio, 37, has reaffirmed his decision to retire at the end of the season after 16 years in Serie A.

Baggio has left a mark on an era Giovanni Trapattoni

Italy's friendly against Spain on 28 April in Genoa is the most likely opportunity for a farewell appearance.

"I would like it to be an award for an incredible career," added Trapattoni, who coached Baggio at Juventus in the early 1990s.

Baggio achieved one of his last career goals on Sunday when he scored his 200th goal in Serie A.

He has scored 27 goals in 55 games for Italy, his last match for the Azzurri coming in a Euro 2000 qualifier against Belarus in 1999.

"Baggio has left a mark on an era, not only in Italy," Trapattoni added.