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Franco Baresi, the immaculate defender who defined a legendary era of Italian football

The AC Milan legend, who has passed away at the age of 66, was a one-club man who changed the game and brought a touch of class to the meanest defences

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‘You walked down the tunnel and saw Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Gianfranco Zola. You asked yourself “Have we got a chance?”’ Terry Phelan on Ireland’s World Cup 94 upset

The former Manchester City defender was a part of Jack Charlton’s USA 94 squad

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‘Milan didn’t collapse against Liverpool in Istanbul. We lost focus for six minutes – for the other 114, we played an extraordinary, beautiful game’: AC legend claims they were 'extraordinary' against Reds in 2005 Champions League final

AC Milan bottled a three-goal lead against Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League, but one of their players has rubbished ideas of a collapse

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‘I was annoyed when Zlatan broke my record as Serie A’s oldest goalscorer – I wanted to remain in Milan’s history and he took that from me’: Italy legend bitter about Ibrahimovic scoring aged 41 and five months

Zlatan Ibrahimovic annoyed an AC Milan legend after he broke the oldest goalscoring record

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32 best Serie A players of the 90s

Italy and Serie A was the playground for many of the world's best players in the 1990s

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Uncapped wonders: snubbed players with multiple European Cup medals

Plus: more players putting the extra ‘and’ into ‘club and country’, games with all-headed goals and more

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The best Serie A players of the 00s

Ranking the Italian top flight's standout stars from the first decade of the 21st century

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The best Italy players ever

Four-time World Cup winners and twice European champions, the Azzurri have been blessed with some wonderful talents. Here, a look at their finest footballers...

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The best defenders of the 80s

Counting down the finest centre-backs, full-backs, wing-backs and sweepers of the 80s

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The Milan derby crowns Serie A’s return - here is why it means so much more

Milan hope to feel the ‘magic’ once more when they face their eternal rivals Inter in the Champions League semi-finals

The Independent UK

AC Milan are back – but not as you remember them

For years, the term ‘Galactico’ felt as applicable to Milan than Real Madrid – but those days are gone. Instead, astute business has offered a road back to the Champions League semi-finals

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Not them again! Footballers who are bogey players for one particular club

Plus: stalwart teammates with 500 appearances for the same club, record starts to the season and more

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