Tribute to the Greatest of All Time

It is human nature not to stop and reflect on the things that seem like constant features of life. If you see something day after day, for years and years, you may begin to take it for granted and just assume that it is part of the natural scheme of things, like breathing or the presence of sunshine and oxygen. Thus it is with our very own Paolo Maldini. While watching a replay of the recent Fenerbache v AC Milan CL match on this past Thursday and seeing the usual level of excellent defensive play and leadership displayed by our captain, I realized something. We have had a very special opportunity to witness the greatest defender to ever play the game (and one of the top ten players certainly) for almost two decades. This has been a rare privilledge, tantamount with those who got to thrill at the acheivments of Pele or George Best or Johan Cruyff in another era, and we should never forget what we have had the opportunity to have seen. Some day soon we will see a Rossoneri squad take the field without number 3 in the lineup and then, and only then, will we realize how lucky we have been. We should take these last years to take some time to reflect and appreciate what a great player we have been able to watch and cheer for and to realize we may never see such a player again and to celebrate the fact that one of the best players of all time played on our team.