Thanks to the rotation, Daniel Maldini welcomed his first chance to play in ac Milan. Prior to that, he had been on the bench seven times, but most of them were near the end of the game. Although Daniel Maldini's performance in the first half did not meet expectations, he successfully received a cross from Kalulu shortly after the beginning of the second half, and opened the record for the team with a header.
So the tournament also wrote a new history for the Maldini family.
The first to write his name in AC Milan was César Maldini.
In 1954, at the age of 22, Cesar Maldini moved from Trestina to AC Milan and, despite his young age, with excellent defensive skills, quickly became the team's main centre-back, helping the team win the league title in his first season. Since then, he won the league in '57, '59, '62, and in 1963 led the team to the champions league for the first time, becoming the first Italian to lift the Champions League as captain. He then moved to Turin in 1966, ending his playing career after only one season.
After retiring from the army, he returned to Milan as an assistant coach and officially became manager in 1972, bringing the Coppa Italia and Champions League titles to the team. However, after only two seasons in charge, he left the team to coach various teams, and finally ushered in the coaching peak of the Italian U21 national team.
At euro 21, he achieved three consecutive titles (1992, 94, 96 years), which have not been broken. With this achievement, he took over the national team in 1996, but unfortunately failed to maintain the momentum. However, the youth army he coached at that time became italian celebrities one by one when he became an adult, such as Vieri, Totti, Buffon, Nesta, Inzaghi, Cannavaro and so on, laying the foundation for winning the World Cup in 2006.
His son, Paolo Maldini, had never seen his father put on a Milan shirt, so he was not born a Milan fan, but a Juventus fan. But after his father sent him to the Milan academy and let him witness the game in person, he became a huge fan of Milan.
Paulo Maldini, from the beginning of his career, only stayed at AC Milan. Since officially putting on the Milan shirt at the age of 16 on 20 January 1985, he has participated in more than 1,000 matches.
Due to the premature fame, Paul Maldini also had a drunken life at the beginning, thanks to a quote from coach Arigo Saki: "Paul, is it time for you to make a decision, do you want to be a footballer or a playboy?" "Paul Maldini stopped at the brink in time, focused on his life habits as an athlete, and eventually became a legend in the world of football, and was able to retire at the age of 41.
Technically, under the careful guidance of teammates Baresi and Tasotti, Paul Maldini gradually became a calm leader and was able to cash in on his talents. As the team won the Champions League for two consecutive years, people began to recognize the ability of 22-year-old Paul Maldini, from Cesar's son to Maldini, and Cesar himself became Paul's father.
In turn, the title of Maldini's son was inherited by Daniel Maldini.
Daniel Maldini is the second son of Paul Maldini, and his 25-year-old brother Christian Maldini is a mediocre talent who has long since left AC Milan and is currently only playing for a Serie C team. So the hope of inheritance falls on Daniel Maldini.
However, the path he chose was different from that of his family, and he played as a striker. On 25 September 2021, the day he made his first selection for the team, scoring his first goal, which was also Maldini's goal for AC Milan after 13 years and 179 days.
At present, the team still has the number three shirt sealed for Maldini, hoping that one day Daniel Maldini will prove that he can wear this number.