Maradona says in his book about Baresi
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When I arrived in Italy, everyone was afraid to face him! And in one of our matches we played against Juventus, and Platini said to me: rookie, you like dribbling more than passing, we’ll see what you do when you face Franco Baresi 👀
I said Baresi? Who is Baresi!! I’ll teach him a lesson
And he says that two months later we played against Milan at San Siro, and I dribbled past Ancelotti and knocked him to the ground, and it seemed easy to me, and I thought I would score the goal easily
And suddenly someone pounced on me from behind and stole the ball from in front of me with total elegance, without me even feeling him, and took the ball from me
I said, who is this number (6) player?
He passed the ball to Tassotti and told Ancelotti, who was on the ground: leave him to me, I’ll handle it
That was Franco Baresi, the one forwards were terrified of I realized I was facing an exceptional defender Claudio Gentile used to hit me to stop me But Baresi would snatch it from between my feet without touching me
And after the end of one of the matches, I asked for his shirt and wore it in the middle of the San Paolo pitch As a sign of respect and appreciation for the best defender I faced in my career
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