AC Milan and Italy great Baresi dies aged 66
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Franco Baresi death
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- Guardian Sport·2h agoFranco Baresi was not only the captain but the moral heart of great Milan team
Centre-back defined era of hard Italian defending and collection of honours are eternal proof of his class There are very few players who become bywords for their position, who enjoy universal acclaim. But for anybody who watched football in the late 80s or early 90s, Franco…
Read at Guardian Sport → - Guardian International·8h agoFranco Baresi, iconic former Milan and Italy defender, dies aged 66
Italian icon had undergone surgery on pulmonary nodule ‘The entire history of Milan is in tears,’ Serie A club says The former Milan and Italy defender Franco Baresi, one of the most recognisable players of the golden era of Italian football in the 1980s and 1990s, has died…
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