Since the powers that be don't care about our section and won't help us improve things around here. We will just have to do it ourselves. If any other regulars, you know who you are, want, feel free to make up and add to these. Lets keep the subjects as reviews to keep them grouped together. Let's add our past greats and our current players. So first up is Paolo Maldini, born June 26 1968 in Milan. He played his whole career for Milan 85-09, 647 Serie A games, 902 total games for Milan in all competitions. 126 games for the Italian NT. Seven Serie A titles and five European titles. A 3rd and 2nd place finish in the World Cup. Many individual awards and records, his number has been retired and #3 will never be worn again in a Milan uniform. Unless one of his sons makes it to the team. Possibly the greatest defender ever.
Yup, but it's old, those people aren't around and we will do it better than that. This is why I asked for our own sub section for this stuff, but was told it was on hold, even though we got more than enough support for it.
PKs are a nightmare for Italy. I always hate going to them when we do. At least Balotelli is 100%. So future PKs might be easier to handle.
italy recently beat france in the WC final and england in the euros in PKs. i would say PKs aren't too bad after those wins. Also, maldini is my favorite player of all time. he is the reason i started suporting AC Milan and he is the reason why i cheer for the italy national team (other than when they play guatemala, but that's never happened and probably never will). one of those timeless defenders that was just perfect with his timing and positioning. a leader by example, he earned respect on and off the field. i almost cried when he retired, no lie. he played for so long that i had never known soccer without maldini and im still trying to cope with that haha
Maldini is one of my all-time favorite players. (only AC Milan Kit I own is a Maldini one) He is the reason along with Nesta + Pirlo that I was attracted to Milan. Seeing him play (8 rows from the pitch) the Chicago Fire in a friendly think 2005 was amazing. I was so impressed by the power, strength and skill of Milan. Clearly, they were playing at 1/2 speed, but the world class talent was obvious.
Does anybody have a source where I can see how many games he played left back for Milan (and the NT if possible) and how many games in center? I am really curious to know the ratio. Cheers PS If you Milan fans had to pick him for either the center or the left back position, where would you put him? Where would he excel the most?
Paolo ed il papà Cesare stanno assistendo alla partita del Milan primavera... In campo anche Christian...