The End of an Era: Chaning of the Guard for AC Milan Serie A Weekly For years the partnership of Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Nesta granted Milan one of the stingiest defenses ever seen. There is no amount of praise possible to give Nesta that can do justice to his greatness. He is a reminder of when Serie A controlled ...
41 days to Euro 2012: Italy revive the art of Catenaccio but France still triumph The Score 12 years ago and Italy, led by Dino Zoff, contained history's slickest back four as captain Paolo Maldini was joined by Fabio Cannovaro, Alessandro Nesta and Demetrio Albertini. The Azzurri also boated the attacking talents of Vincenzo Montella, ...
Floundering Yoann Gourcuff handed unlikely France reprieve The Guardian (blog) Carlo Ancelotti, his coach at Milan, described him as "egocentric" in his autobiography and he was virulently criticised by Paolo Maldini, who said he failed to succeed at San Siro because he did not make the necessary effort to integrate himself into ...
Milan sign midfielders Montolivo, Traore IBNLive.com The midfielder took on the captain's armband after Paolo Maldini retired in 2009. Ambrosini has helped Milan to a number of trophies, including four Serie A titles and two Champions League victories. The former Italy international was not part of the ...
35 Best Outfield Players Who Played Past the Age of 35 Bleacher Report Paolo Maldini is another player to reach the ripe old age of 40 during his playing days. The Milanese and Italian legend spent the majority of his last years playing at center-back for his side, and his lack of pace was not exposed too much thanks to ...
Trapattoni driven by memory of Italian flop Football.co.uk In 2002, an Italy team boasting stars like Paolo Maldini, Alessandro del Piero and Francesco Totti crashed out of the World Cup after a shock 2-1 defeat against co-hosts South Korea. The result left an especially bitter taste as Trapattoni's team had ...
Davide Santon: The Unfulfilled Promise of "The Next Maldini" Bleacher Report However, due to a spate of injuries and a loss of form, the career trajectory of Davide Santon has unfortunately veered erratically away from that of Milan and Italy colossus Paolo Maldini. Maldini was introduced to the senior international at around ...
Thiago Silva: To fill Alessandro Nesta's shoes is challenging bettor.com (blog) The Diavolo defender reminded that previously he had the responsibility to fill in the shoes of Paolo Maldini, and stated that the added burden of Nesta's exodus has made the challenge even more difficult for him. ?Being here carries a great ...
11 Most Heartbreaking Moments in World Football History Bleacher Report Two goals from Argentine Hernan Crespo were preceded by a surprising strike from legendary defender Paolo Maldini which had Milan heading into the locker room with the victory all but secured. Even the most passionate, optimistic Liverpool supporters ...
50 Greatest Players in Champions League History Bleacher Report Paolo Maldini won the competition five times and is high up on the list of appearances with 139 to his name. People will always doubt David Beckham's playing ability, but he has achieved a lot during his career. When you make it to 111 appearances in a ...
Manchester City champions: Was Blues' title win the most dramatic in British ... Manchester Evening News Paolo Maldini gave Milan a first-minute lead, and two goals from Hernan Crespo put them in a seemingly unassailable position at the interval. Reds captain Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool hope, and Vladimir Smicer and Xabi Alonso levelled in a ...
The Milan Derby: A Look Back at Five Years of the Derby Della Madonnina Bleacher Report Milan took the early lead through Andrea Pirlo, but the club's defense, which still boasted captain Paolo Maldini, couldn't hold the lead. Inter stormed back with goals on either side of halftime through striker Julio Cruz and midfielder Esteban ...
Manchester City v Manchester United: live Telegraph.co.uk 80 min Zabaleta defending like he's a right-sided Paolo Maldini. Deals with Nani then Welbeck, giving away a throw in both times. Then Rooney gifts City a free kick with a high foot. Ten left. I can't quite believe it but City might just do this.
Liverpool's Miracle of Istanbul vs. Chelsea's Win over Barca: Which Was Greater? Bleacher Report AC Milan weren't shy of talent either, fielding names such as Cafu, Paolo Maldini, Kaka, Andrea Pirlo, Rui Costa and Hernan Crespo. Again, Barcelona would probably pip AC Milan as having the best starting XI available. Chelsea had a much better team to ...
From Arsenal's Invincibles to Capello's Grande Milan: the legendary unbeaten ... Goal.com But, of course, having players of the quality of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini (we could go on!) did make things a little easier ... While Andre Villas-Boas' disastrous spell in charge of Chelsea has ...
8 Players Who Could Be the Next Lionel Messi of Defense Bleacher Report As the world's top teams continue to bring in new defenders from their youth system, there is always a chance that they will uncover the next Paolo Maldini or Franco Baresi. And so, with that chance in mind, we lay out eight defenders who we think ...
Privatization of Kingdom sports industry gets boost Arab News ... Jorge Mendes (international player agent), Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid coach), Luis Figo (International Milano ambassador), Marco Bogarelli (sport and media chairman), Marco Brunelli ( Italian Serie A league), Paolo Maldini (former AC Milan player), ...
Comolli: Tottenham Star Reminded Me Of Maldini IBTimes.co.uk "I kept saying to him and to his family, you remind me of [Paolo] Maldini - the player I was watching, when I was watching Gareth, it was Maldini. So it takes a lot of energy to convince a player to come. "There's a huge amount of competition, ...
ALAN PARDEW SET TO BE SPECIAL ONE Express.co.uk Santon was called the new Paolo Maldini by Mourinho when he played for him at Inter before joining Newcastle in the summer and Pardew has had quite an effect on him. Santon said: ?The preparation is perfect and it's all geared towards winning.
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