Milan, Maldini: ‘I have not missed the derby but it's nice to feel tension’
“The derby? I have not missed it so much; I've played so much to satisfy my every desire. Feeling the tension rising is pleasant. It's my first managerial derby, yes.
“Value of the captain? I see it as the crown of a process. I always hoped to become what was Baresi for me, a point of reference, an extraordinary player to whom everyone was attacking. I was lucky, in my career, to retrace his footsteps.
“Zanetti? At a certain point I did not go there anymore, I was stumbling and I let him go.”
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