07-28-2016, 02:12 PM
RIP Marisa Maldini. Feel terrible for Paolo. Lost both parents in a span of months.
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10-15-2019, 07:40 PM
Maldini: 'That 2005 Final...'
Football Italia 3 Hours Ago Paolo Maldini looked back over his Milan career and that infamous 2005 defeat to Liverpool. “I played eight Champions League Finals, but people only remember that one.” The defender spent his whole life with a Rossoneri jersey on, as his father Cesare was the captain who lifted their first European Cup in 1963, also taking four Serie A titles, with Paolo following in his footsteps. Now his two sons have come through the Milan academy, while Paolo returned as a director. “There are very few years from 1954 onwards in which a Maldini has not been part of Milan,” he told UEFA.com. “My rapport with this club started in 1978 and never came to a close. The fact that at least one member of the Maldini family has been at Milan since the 1950s should say it all.” Paolo was in a more successful team than his father, winning the Champions League five times, three Intercontinental Cups, four editions of the European Super Cup, seven Serie A titles, five Italian Super Cups and one Coppa Italia. However, it’s the 2005 loss to Liverpool on penalties, after fumbling a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 in Istanbul, that hangs over him. “My goal in the 2005 Final was the fastest and most wonderful scored in a Champions League Final, the most dramatic to prove that things cannot be taken for granted and it’s that unpredictability which makes the sport marvellous. “It makes me laugh that I played eight European Cup Finals and won five of them, but people only seem to remember that one. It left an important mark. “We were the favourites, we played much better than Liverpool and the momentum of the game never really shifted apart from those six minutes. We were consistently dangerous going forward. But when you accept these painful situations, it becomes easier for you to have other chances to make up for them.” Milan and Maldini got that two years later, beating Liverpool in the 2007 Champions League Final. “I remember very little of the game. I had taken so many painkillers to get through it. I remember Pippo Inzaghi’s goals, the final whistle and a little of the celebrations. “When I had surgery three days after the Final, every time I woke up, I’d ask if we had won or lost, just to make sure.”
06-01-2021, 12:32 AM
06-01-2021, 05:21 AM
This man should get a few mills from what Donnarumma wanted. He deserves it.
06-01-2021, 10:33 PM
(06-01-2021, 05:21 AM)ac.michael Wrote: This man should get a few mills from what Donnarumma wanted. He deserves it. I am not sure that money is on his mind. He could have left for Chelsea or Real Madrid for much more money. I remember both teams prepared some juicy offers for him in the summer of 1998, when our team was truly in a lot of crap (two seasons in a row finishing serie A at 11th and 10th, iirc). 
I remember the 96-97 and 97-98 seasons. All my friends were telling me that Milan will never recover. It'll take years and years. Then the following season we won the Scudetto with probably the most underwhelming team of them all. 7 points behind Lazio with 7 games to go. Everyone considered it over. Then, we won. It's one of my best memories.
Maldini is a true symbol of the club. He has been associated with the club for as long as I've been alive. I don't know a Milan without Maldini. Still,even he knows, then Milan is above everything and above everyone. And when the time comes to be judged, everyone will be, including Maldini himself. But one thing is absolutely for sure with no question whatsoever. Everything he does, is for the good of Milan. There are very few people in football like Maldini. Gotta say...as much traveled as he's been, Gattuso is another one. The club he works for/plays for, always comes first. These are men of stature. Men of principles. And I hate to bring this up in this thread because it doesn't deserve to be....but the fact we did what we did with Maignan and Donnarumma, is because what Donnarumma and Raiola did was without principles. Without consideration for the club. And Maldini stepped in to make make sure the club will not be exploited by anyone. |
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