Saturday Morning Hangover
By: Gianfranco | December 8th, 2007
I got to thinking yesterday as the Rossoneri and Il Capitano, Paolo Maldini, began their trek to Japan. Japan has been very, very unkind to the man you see above in all his glory. If we all stop and think for a moment, the last time Paolo was in Japan was a loss in this very same club cup, but before that was one of the worst days I can remember as a fan of Calcio and more importantly Paolo Maldini.
That day was the 2002 WC in South Korea and Japan in a match that involved the Azzuri and the hosts South Korea. It was in that match that Maldini lost the will to play for his country, and I felt maybe even the will to play at all. It was really a crappy match were the referee lost control and so did a one Francesco Totti, who upon further recollection has rarely ever done anything of value for the Azzuri. The nail in the coffin of Maldini’s career was a golden goal scored over his head and into the net, with that Maldini left the Azzuri in what I still to this day believe was a honorable way to retire, again take note Totti.
Now as Maldini returns to Japan you have wonder if Il Capitano carries the weight of past trips on his shoulders as he attempts to claim his third International Club Cup. As you can see his luck on thes journeys has been poor and also somewhat fruitless.
Hopefully this year will be different as the Rossoneri attempt to claim the FIFA World Club Cup in a 4 team tournament for the title. Carletto seems to be placing a large emphasis on this cup which I believe to be more or less a friendly endeavor to showcase football in Asian countries. Wouldn’t it be great if FIFA played this competition in the United States…YES!
Check back as I try to keep everyone up to date on the happenings of Milan’s quest for the Cup.
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the boys are pretty serious about the CWC, im very optimistic about our chances in it.
in other news, moronho is being linked to a move to milan next summer:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article3022173.ece
and also, we’re very close to signing banega from boca juniors, hes the next pirlo.
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Well its true that il capitano was affected to some extent after the Italy-South Korea game. But as for this season, looks like he want to end his career the way he started it, even though he’s not getting much minutes, but he is playing like the 1990’s young left back Paolo. It really kills me to see him end his career with a squad like this, i know it probably doesnt bother him after 7 scudetti, 6 Champions League, etc. playing with players like Van Basten, Baresi, Ancelotti, Baggio, Maradonna and this list will go on and on [btw this picture is priceless] anyway, to see his career end with a squad that cant win a single home win in the league so far!!!!! was he suppose to retire last season after the CL triumph? well i disagree we werent ready to see him leave suddenly. and they better give him the greatest farewell game, Baresi like game, it was a shame to see Costacurta leave like that.
i know i may be over exaggerating, but the day i became a soccer fan is the same day i became a Maldini fan. seeing him leave will be hard to sink in.
and you mean bring the World Club Cup to Canada =)
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oh here’s the picture,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Milan_thirteenth_champion.jpgPosted from
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i dont think you are over exaggerating… maldini is the reason i became a milan fan and he is the reason i started following soccer as well… and i think milan fans will go into a mass depression at the end of this year when he retires…
i dont think anyone remembers what a milan team without maldini even looks like..
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K, you have hit the nail on the head, my dad barely remembers and he is my DAD!!!! He like many of the Milan icons is not only synomous with Milan but it is hard to picture a squad without him.
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