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Milan was plunged into mourning as the city paid tribute to Italian football legend Franco Baresi at his funeral on Tuesday morning. The AC Milan captain was named their Player of the Century in 1999 after spending the entirety of his 20-year career at the San Siro - including two stints in Serie B in the 1980s. After he hung up his boots‚ the club retired the No6 shirt worn by their eternal 'Capitano'‚ with the fans that lined the streets surrounding the venue for the ceremony at Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio waving replica jerseys in tribute.
AC Milan and Italy legend Franco Baresi has died at the age of 66‚ his former club confirmed on Friday. The one-club man was synonymous with the red-and-black side of the San Siro‚ playing every minute of his 20-year career for il Rossoneri. As such‚ there was no shortage of emotion in the club's statement shared in the early hours of Friday morning‚ as AC Milan extended support not just to Baresi's family‚ but to their entire community.
'Every time I went to head the ball‚ Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini put an elbow in the back of my head‚ and basically knocked me out‚ I played for 75 minutes with a bottle of smelling salts in my hand' Chris Waddle on his experience with two Italy icons
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