As one of the most famous defenders in the history of football, Maldini can be said to be the benchmark among defenders, as the main defender of the Italian national team and AC Milan, Maldini's football career lasted for 24 years, and he has defended Lao Ma, Baggio, Romario, Barty, Da Ronaldo, Vieri, Henry, Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo and other super forwards, but only 2 people can really make him fear, they are Maradona during Napoli and Da Ronaldo during Inter, because the two of them are really too powerful, Although Ronaldo is also an excellent goalscorer, compared to Maradona and Da Ronaldo, the psychological pressure when defending Ronaldo is not so great.
Maldini family is guarding the existence of AC Milan's defense for decades, the old Maldini was an excellent defender in Italy at that time, and in Maldini's era, he inherited his father's excellent tradition, and achieved the ultimate in the left-back position, Maldini's body is very strong, and his prediction, technique, hardness are among the top existence, and even his performance in the left-back position is better than Brazil's Robert Carlos, and many people list him as the first left-back in history. And he really deserves this title, and the steel defense line he forged with Baresi back then made many gods prohibitive.
Maradona as a strong opponent of Maldini, is the existence of the king of the ball, his technique tends to be perfect, is a nightmare for many defenders, although not tall, but his technique and playing style make many defenders very headache, and Maradona led Napoli to win the Serie A championship, itself is a miracle, you know, in the Serie A of that year, there were super defenders such as Maldini and Baresi, but even if they were as strong as Maldini, there was nothing they could do about Maradona, and when Marado was included in the Serie A Hall of Fame many years later, Maldini also apologized for so many rough fouls on Maradona.
The confrontation between Da Luo and Maldini must be a classic memory of many post-80s fans, one in AC Milan, one in International Milan, every time they meet Mars hit the earth, the strongest spear meets the strongest shield, that intensity of football, it is difficult to see now, although Maldini was one of the strongest defenders at that time, but in the face of a genius like Da Luo, Maldini is sometimes very embarrassed, Da Luo's excellent foot skills make Maldini suffer, maybe this is the unique talent of South American players, In fact, now that I think about it, if Da Luo had not been destroyed by defenders like Maldini at that time, it is difficult to imagine what height Da Luo could reach.
Although Ronaldo is also very good, is a very good goalscorer, and he is very self-disciplined, can be called a football model, but compared to Maradona and Da Luo, it is still a little worse, in terms of talent, Maradona and Da Luo are undoubtedly a higher-level existence, Ronaldo is better than hard work and persistence, Maldini was able to defend Ronaldo alone at the age of nearly 40, it says it all, it is worth mentioning that Maldini won the lower league championship with his tennis coach at the age of 49 after retiring, And officially entered the professional tennis world, can be called a living fossil of sports.
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