Eight-goal Milan make history in Foggia Fifa.com Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Carlo Ancelotti, Frank Rijkaard, Roberto Donadoni, Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten and Co nevertheless knew they were in for a challenge. Zdenek Zemen had rapidly taken Foggia from Serie C into the top tier, ...
Manchester United: The Time Has Arrived for a New No. 7 Bleacher Report No player will ever again wear Franco Baresi's No. 6 AC Milan shirt, and only one of Paolo Maldini's sons will be allowed to don his No. 3. At Ajax, much to Johan Cruyff's bafflement, the No. 14 shirt was retired in honour of the great man's 60th ...
First XI The banned united ESPN First Franco Baresi was booked in the 38th minute for tripping Youri Djorkaeff and then Alessandro Costacurta, already booked for a foul on Jurgen Klinsmann, was sent off for a high tackle on the German. Replays showed Costacurta had not actually ...
Paolo MALDINI Fifa.com Lining up alongside Mauro Tassoti, Franco Baresi and Alessandro Costacurta, he was also fortunate to form part of one of the greatest defensive units Milan have ever assembled. His two-footedness was also a factor in his longevity.
ProSoccerTalk daily soccer re-set NBCSports.com Birthday of note: Franco Baresi played slightly before my time, but when he retired from AC Milan (the only club he'd ever represented) at the end of the 1996-97 campaign, you could still see visages of the player that would eventually be voted Milan's ...
An AC Milan Golden Generation Finally Fades SB Nation At that time, they were the young stars that extended the career of the legendary Franco Baresi, one of the greatest defenders of all time and possibly the best player to ever play for AC Milan. Little did anyone know that in the 2000s, ...
Top Five: Final penalty shoot-outs GiveMeFootball.com The first time this showpiece event had ever gone the distance, defenders Franco Baresi and Marcio Santos traded misses to kick things off, before Demetrio Albertini and Romario and showed how things should be done. Alberigo Evani and Branco both ...
Di Matteo blueprint based on Sacchi vision Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog) Roberto Baggio lifted a penalty over the bar in the shoot-out in Italy's defeat after a sterile 0-0 draw, but Sacchi's stoppers, led by Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini, had stood the test of time in normal time. From a coaching perspective, ...
Missed penalty kicks not the stuff of Champions Los Angeles Times It was failure on a grand scale, reminiscent of the 1994 World Cup final at the Rose Bowl, when Italy's Roberto Baggio and Franco Baresi both missed in the tiebreaking shootout to give Brazil the title. Or the 2004 Euro quarterfinals when David Beckham ...
AC Milan veteran Gattuso tips Nocerino to succeed him Tribalfootball.com ?Nocerino can wear my jersey, especially as he's a Southerner like me,? smiled Gattuso on Milan Channel. ?It was right for the club to retire the jerseys of Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi, but we'll leave ours to our teammates.?
The Top TEN Cup Finals decided by a penalty shootout FootballFanCast.com (blog) Defenders Marcio Santos and Franco Baresi traded misses first up, before both sides scored their next two each. However, Daniele Massaro missed his effort and after Brazilian skipper Dunga converted his, it left Roberto Baggio needing to score to keep ...
'Great responsibility to replace Nesta' Football Italia Silva has been compared to Franco Baresi in playing style, something that he revealed he holds dear and is one reason why he wants to stay at San Siro. ?I enjoy it because being compared to Baresi makes me very happy and I hope to still do well because ...
Man City, mad for Ibrahimovic AC Milan sign Montolivo and Traoré La Gazzetta dello Sport "Ambro" made his debut under Fabio Capello next to Franco Baresi on 5 November 1995 (Milan 3-2 Cagliari), and since then he has won four league titles and a slew of international trophies, including two in the Champions League and one in the Cub World ...
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 ...
The European Cup finals in Munich before the Allianz Arena: From Nottingham ... Goal.com India On May 26, 1993, Marseille and Milan faced off as 64400 spectators saw football greats such as Fabien Barthez, Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps and Rudi Voller take on Franco Baresi, Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten, and Jean-Pierre Papin.
Barcelona Still Keen On Thiago Silva Inside Futbol Silva's stock at the San Siro is sky high, with sections of the fans regarding the player as a worthy successor to club legend Franco Baresi. Barcelona could start the bidding for Silva at ?40M, an amount Milan would undoubtedly find hard to refuse.
GMF runs down the game-changing pioneers that helped revolutionise football GiveMeFootball.com His system made heroes of of iconic Italian defenders such as Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta, and was a vital step in the tactical evolution of the game. It also helped add one more phrase to football's growing list of jargon ...
Blame it on the parents Malta Independent Online After all, his dream was similar to mine when I was a young boy ? although in my case I fancied taking over from Franco Baresi in the heart of the defence ? but I too had realistic parents who always supported me, but never led me to believe that ...
From Arsenal's Invincibles to Capello's Grande Milan: the legendary unbeaten ... Goal.com India 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 ...