article_snippet: The adored Giuseppe Meazza, after whom Inter and Milan's stadium is named, shot Italy to glory in the 1930s.
article_snippet: The Azzurri's late 1960s and World Cup 1970 renaissance owed much to the thunderous force of Cagliari idol Luigi Riva.
article_snippet: In 1982 Paolo Rossi spearheaded Paolo Rossi country's third World Cup win with a craftier, subtle approach.
article_snippet: Perhaps the most famous and popular modern Italian attacker, the masterly Roberto Baggio, played alongside the selfless Gianluca Vialli and blunderbuss Christian Vieri at World Cups, bewitching the football-loving world.
article_snippet: Roberto Baggio goals drove Roberto Baggio team to the 1994 World Cup final.
article_snippet: In the past, players such as Giuseppe Meazza, after whom Inter and Milan's stadium is named, shone .
article_snippet: Paolo Rossi spearheaded Italy to the 1994 World Cup final in 1982 with a craftier, more subtle approach .
article_snippet: Elsewhere, Giorgio Chinaglia (left, pictured with Pele) and Roberto Baggio (right) live long in the memory .
article_snippet: Ranked by the joy England gave Italian football fans, here are five of the Azzurri' s most cherished netbusters: .
article_snippet: Meazza (1910-1979), known as the Da Vinci of football, was acrobatic, a master dribbler and had an unerring shot.
article_snippet: Anyone who saw the 1994 World Cup knows the majesty of Baggio.
article_snippet: Roby' also shone at the '90 and '98 World Cups.
article_snippet: Paolo Rossi early performances at the 1994 World Cup were pallid.
article_snippet: Still Ia Nazionale's top scorer with 35 goals from 42 games, Luigi Riva's shots measured 140km/h, which would be closer to 200km/h with modern balls.
article_snippet: Known as the Thunderclap, Luigi Riva Luigi Riva was instrumental to the Italy side which finished runners-up at the 1994 World Cup.
article_snippet: Meazza (left) shakes hands with Hungarian captain Gyorgy Sarosi before the 1938 the 1994 World Cup final in Paris .
highlights_snippet: Previous striking legends include Guiseppe Meazza and Roberto Baggio .
  